While I still love the language and the epic feel that Tolkien creates so beautifully, this book is clearly not as finished or developed as his others. It was left unfinished and his grandson, Christopher Tolkien, finished it based on his grandfather's notes. It goes back before the time of The Lor...
I recently purchased a libary's discarded copy of The Children of Hurin, Christopher Tolkien's edited version of his father's tale of Turin Turambar and his sister/wife Nienor Niniel, which he worked on for much of his adult life, and was prompted to revisit my review here because I don't think I ad...
All of Western thought may be footnote to Plato, but all Western fantasy is a footnote to Tolkien. A "new' book by Tolkien certainly is welcome, and it's interesting to be confronted by his somewhat staggering limitations as a novelist. After reading the introduction by Chris Tolkien, JRR's editor/s...
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