news.aol.com— An unfinished tale by J.R.R. Tolkien has been edited by his son into a completed work and will be released next spring, the U.S. and British publishers announced Monday.
Sep 18, 2006View in Crawl 4
Wait just one minute! Where has this unfinished work been and why have we (the uber Tolkien geeks) not heard of it before? Why wasn't it at least mentioned in Christopher's previous publishing frenzies? I'm sure it's legit, but....Radagast the Brown
I saw a stage performance of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe over the summer, done by the University of Kentucky. Talk about bad, it was bad, however, it was so bad that I laughed my butt off, so I actually rather enjoyed it.I could see LOTRs stage show being about the same.:)
'The Children of Hurin'? Hmmmm, Turin Turambar (the son of Hurin) remains the only fantasy character I really liked. I'm not really into fantasy (dragons, magic and castles as someone can call it), they're too cliche for my liking but ever since I've read the story of Turin Turambar I understood why Tolkien is being regarded as a genious. LotR had never big appeal on me I hope this new book would make the trick for me.
Desslok raises a good point. When one reads certain classics by authors like Dickens, etc, one can notice certain over-used trends even in those classics. With a little bit of pondering, it becomes clear that the reason those are over used is because they were started by the actual classics you are reading. At one point in time they were new and novel (no pun intended).
Can't tell if you are joking or not drowelf but:It has been quite well known for years that the story of the Sons of Hurin is one of the most fragmented stories of Tolkien's unfinished works. Read the introduction of Unfinished Tales (published in the 80's) and Christopher mentions that fact in it...
Yeah, i was just kidding around....But the info you posted is good for people to know.This digg is making me want to watch the movie again. Unfortunately, it takes 12 hours. So I can only watch one per night. Some of you are probably thinking I should read the books...well, I've read LOTR and the simarillion 7 times each since high school (3 times in highschool) and I can't do it anymore...I just can't. But the movies are fun (if slightly flawed in places).
Narn i Hin Hurin is AWESOME and will be great to see in a fuller form (not that version that's in the History of Middle-Earth books could be called "short).PS - "Children of Urine" lolol
@Desslok: That's why I've only read Tolkien and nothing else fantasywise, I tried but they seemed a cheap rip-off to my eyes. Tolkien was original because he was the first to use hundreds of mythos to create an individual fantasy world with great complexity. BTW I like Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales a lot better than Hobbit or LotR because that's what I like to read, about civilizations and places even fantastical ones if they are well made and complex (in fact only Tolkien managed to do so, all the others are too incomplete for my liking). Now you understand why Tourin's story have real importance to me, because it's the only story of a fantasy character which I liked, he wasn't good or evil like most of the characters on LotR or Hobbit, he was both good and evil and that's what I liked to him.
...How can you say that Tolkien was cliché?That's like saying that George Lucas was cliché for using the "I'm your father!" line in Empire Strikes Back.
drowelfSep 19, 2006
Wait just one minute! Where has this unfinished work been and why have we (the uber Tolkien geeks) not heard of it before? Why wasn't it at least mentioned in Christopher's previous publishing frenzies? I'm sure it's legit, but....Radagast the Brown
bob_the_alienSep 19, 2006
I saw a stage performance of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe over the summer, done by the University of Kentucky. Talk about bad, it was bad, however, it was so bad that I laughed my butt off, so I actually rather enjoyed it.I could see LOTRs stage show being about the same.:)
stevethegreatSep 19, 2006
'The Children of Hurin'? Hmmmm, Turin Turambar (the son of Hurin) remains the only fantasy character I really liked. I'm not really into fantasy (dragons, magic and castles as someone can call it), they're too cliche for my liking but ever since I've read the story of Turin Turambar I understood why Tolkien is being regarded as a genious. LotR had never big appeal on me I hope this new book would make the trick for me.
lukas88Sep 19, 2006
Desslok raises a good point. When one reads certain classics by authors like Dickens, etc, one can notice certain over-used trends even in those classics. With a little bit of pondering, it becomes clear that the reason those are over used is because they were started by the actual classics you are reading. At one point in time they were new and novel (no pun intended).
healySep 19, 2006
Can't tell if you are joking or not drowelf but:It has been quite well known for years that the story of the Sons of Hurin is one of the most fragmented stories of Tolkien's unfinished works. Read the introduction of Unfinished Tales (published in the 80's) and Christopher mentions that fact in it...
drowelfSep 19, 2006
Yeah, i was just kidding around....But the info you posted is good for people to know.This digg is making me want to watch the movie again. Unfortunately, it takes 12 hours. So I can only watch one per night. Some of you are probably thinking I should read the books...well, I've read LOTR and the simarillion 7 times each since high school (3 times in highschool) and I can't do it anymore...I just can't. But the movies are fun (if slightly flawed in places).
vegangSep 19, 2006
Narn i Hin Hurin is AWESOME and will be great to see in a fuller form (not that version that's in the History of Middle-Earth books could be called "short).PS - "Children of Urine" lolol
stevethegreatSep 19, 2006
@Desslok: That's why I've only read Tolkien and nothing else fantasywise, I tried but they seemed a cheap rip-off to my eyes. Tolkien was original because he was the first to use hundreds of mythos to create an individual fantasy world with great complexity. BTW I like Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales a lot better than Hobbit or LotR because that's what I like to read, about civilizations and places even fantastical ones if they are well made and complex (in fact only Tolkien managed to do so, all the others are too incomplete for my liking). Now you understand why Tourin's story have real importance to me, because it's the only story of a fantasy character which I liked, he wasn't good or evil like most of the characters on LotR or Hobbit, he was both good and evil and that's what I liked to him.
mstkSep 21, 2006
...How can you say that Tolkien was cliché?That's like saying that George Lucas was cliché for using the "I'm your father!" line in Empire Strikes Back.