A review by annarien
The Shaping of Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

4.0

Very interesting to see the first Silmarillion sketch and some of the subsequent additions to the legendarium. My favorite bits of early lore have got to be the repeated mentions of friendship between Orodreth, Angrod and Aegnor with Celegorm and Curufin... to the point where they actually became honorary Fëanorians and were taken aboard the ships. Then they all lived close to one another in Beleriand and all that love between them just makes the betrayal and backstabbing in Nargothrond that much more delectable. Delectable for me, anyway.