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Lost Road and Other Writings

The Lost Road and Other Writings is the fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth, a series of compilations of drafts and essays written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited and published posthumously in 1987 by Christopher Tolkien.

It contains the following pieces:

"The Early History of the Legend" - an introduction to the following two pieces, detailing how Tolkien's correspondence with C. S. Lewis led to the writing of The Lost Road.
The Fall of Númenor - an early draft of the Akallabêth
The Lost Road - a story that connects Tolkien's other tales to the present
The later Annals of Beleriand
The later Annals of Valinor
The Ainulindalë - an early version of The Music of the Ainur
The Lhammas ("Account of Tongues") - an overview of the various languages of the Elves
Quenta Silmarillion - a draft of The Silmarillion
The Etymologies - a long list of words and roots, the best source on Elvish languages
The second Silmarillion map