The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien's unfinished book!
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The Children of Hurin
Has anyone heard of this or read it? It sounds pretty interesting. Apparently J.R.R Tolkien started writing this as more "novelized" form for part of the Silmarillion but never finished it. His son Christopher finished it, and it was just published. The artwork looks pretty cool too; done by Alan Lee.
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I have heard of this, and very much want to read it.
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Hopefully it's better than the Simarillian. The only good thing about that book was that it was easier to get all the references to ancient Middle Earth history in LOTR. Also the end chapter about Sauron's rise to power and the creation of the ring is moderatly interesting.
I might read this new one. I've heard some of the writing isn't very good (very awkward and archaic) but the story is OK. You'd think the people in charge of marketing could've thought of a more interesting/less boring title, though.
I might read this new one. I've heard some of the writing isn't very good (very awkward and archaic) but the story is OK. You'd think the people in charge of marketing could've thought of a more interesting/less boring title, though.
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The Silmarillion was an excellent book! Through and through.
The title, hmm, it is kind of bland. What would you suggest though?
The title, hmm, it is kind of bland. What would you suggest though?
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Yes, but remember the publishers were the one who called the last installment of LOTR "The Return of the King". I heard that Tolkien didn't actually like the title because he thought it was a spoiler.Thursday Next wrote:It's quite possible that was the working title when Tolkien started writing it.Ferder wrote: You'd think the people in charge of marketing could've thought of a more interesting/less boring title, though.
You've got to feel a little sorry for Tolkien's son, though. He's going to be peering over those scratchy notes of his father until the day he dies.
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Man, I don't feel sorry for him. If that's what he likes, more power to him! And I don't think the scratchy notes would be bad to pour over, Tolkien was a genius, who knows what you might find! I know millions of Tolkien fans who would die for that chance! (Well, not die, but you know what I mean...) I do see what you mean, that interest in Tolkien's writings wont ever die, and he definitely has a full time job doing that, but if he likes it, that's great for him. And he gets to be in the movie documentaries, and probably get an invite to any nice gathering of Tolkien fans, and just feel the love. I'd love to meet him. And if he ever wants to write a book himself, I bet he can get it published pretty much instantly. I can see what you're saying, but I have a hard time really pitying him, it sounds like a fun life to me...Ferder wrote:Yes, but remember the publishers were the one who called the last installment of LOTR "The Return of the King". I heard that Tolkien didn't actually like the title because he thought it was a spoiler.Thursday Next wrote:It's quite possible that was the working title when Tolkien started writing it.Ferder wrote: You'd think the people in charge of marketing could've thought of a more interesting/less boring title, though.
You've got to feel a little sorry for Tolkien's son, though. He's going to be peering over those scratchy notes of his father until the day he dies.
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But that's entirely different again because the publishers told Tolkien he had to break it into three separate books when Tolkien wanted to publish one big book. The reason was that paper was scarce after the war and a book that big would be way to expensive for the average person and the book wouldn't be the success it is today. But this is different part of the story had already been published.Ferder wrote:Yes, but remember the publishers were the one who called the last installment of LOTR "The Return of the King". I heard that Tolkien didn't actually like the title because he thought it was a spoiler.Thursday Next wrote:It's quite possible that was the working title when Tolkien started writing it.Ferder wrote: You'd think the people in charge of marketing could've thought of a more interesting/less boring title, though.
You've got to feel a little sorry for Tolkien's son, though. He's going to be peering over those scratchy notes of his father until the day he dies.
From Unfinished Tales: Narn I Hin Hurin (The Tale of the Childern of Hurin) I just found my copy.