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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 26, 2007 14:37:59 GMT
Christopher Tolkien has just finished compiling The Children Of Hurin from his Father's notes. It'll be published soon. I thought a certain Hector might like to know this  |
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Post by Galadriel on Mar 26, 2007 18:53:55 GMT
I'm looking forward to it, hopefully it will be also great like the lotr books
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Post by janggut on Mar 27, 2007 2:53:07 GMT
or a disappointment like Brian Herbert's writing on his father's saga, Dune.
not easy to be a renowned author's child.
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Post by hector on Mar 27, 2007 5:26:06 GMT
Yeah, but unlike Brian Herbert, what Christopher Tolkien does is try to give some coherence to his father's own writings. He's very leery of adding something himself and has only done it when absolutely necessary. The Children of Hurín is no different than all the posthumous works compiled by C. Tolkien but written by Professor Tolkien himself.
I like Turin's story, and how he pretty much ended up screwing everything he came into contact, but it's not among my favorite tales of The Silmarillion.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 27, 2007 5:41:06 GMT
I agree with Hec. I've never spotted much of a difference between the stuff JRR wrote entirely and the stuff Christopher compiled. Brian Herbert is doing entirely original works and, well, he's NOT his Father...
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Post by janggut on Mar 28, 2007 1:16:41 GMT
what Brian Herbert did was also writing based on his father's notes. i guess there is a world of difference between mostly compiling with a little writing and considerable compiling with a lot of writing.
maybe Brian should take some note from Christopher.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 28, 2007 7:21:28 GMT
I'm not sure Frank Herbert left anywhere near as complete notes as Tolkien did. He was a much faster writer, as evidenced by the number of books published in his lifetime, and the notes for his unfinished novels are not likely to have contained many 'works in progress' as a result.
So I'm not sure Brian has the same option that Christopher does.
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Post by janggut on Mar 28, 2007 12:26:38 GMT
that remains to be debatable though i think your scenario is very likely.  |
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Post by hector on Mar 29, 2007 6:43:52 GMT
Not really debatable, no. Elliot is right. Tolkien wrote a lot, what his son does is organize it and publish it.
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Post by Alrik on Mar 29, 2007 11:36:16 GMT
I've seen first pre-press books on the books fair in Leipzig, Germany, last Thursday.
I'm not decided whether I'll buy the book or not.
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Post by rossoneri13 on Apr 1, 2007 14:09:13 GMT
wow I never heard of him before. But JRR is still my favourite author so if you guys say he isn't too far off his father, then yah. What other books does he have out?
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 1, 2007 14:55:55 GMT
Everything from the Silmarillion on has been at least partially compiled by Christopher Tolkien, Rossoneri, so if you liked any of the Unfinished Tales or other later releases, you should be pretty safe with Christopher I've honestly never been able to tell what he's added and what his Father wrote. |
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Post by rossoneri13 on Apr 12, 2007 20:28:50 GMT
I just got the Similarion from the library. I'll probably start on it next week
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 21, 2007 3:37:01 GMT
Starts well, and I'm enjoying it so far |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 23, 2007 4:11:48 GMT
Just finished. Darn good. No-one writes myth as well as Tolkien, and that's undeniably what this is, with echoes of the grand tragedies of Greece mixed with the warrior-legends of the Norse sagas. Loved it |
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Post by LaFille on Apr 25, 2007 0:25:59 GMT
The Children Of Hurin, Elliot?
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 25, 2007 0:31:24 GMT
Yes, Fille |
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Post by LaFille on Apr 25, 2007 0:36:33 GMT
Aha. Thanks for the info, then. And you read quick. ;D |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 25, 2007 0:37:29 GMT
That was slow & leisurely by my standards... ;D
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Post by philster on Apr 26, 2007 3:08:02 GMT
Now I'm intrigued. I didn't know that Tolkein's notes were so detailed that he could be said to be the one that wrote these books and his son was just the hand that put it to paper. I'll probably look into both the Silmarillion and this one soon.
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