Some excitement is brewwing over at the Tolkien Camp. It would appear that J.R.R. Tolkien’s son Christopher has been a busy guy.
Christopher Tolkien has spent the past 30 years working on The Children of Hurin, an epic tale his father began in 1918 and later abandoned. Excerpts of The Children of Hurin, which includes the elves and dwarves of Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings and other works, have been published before.
I wonder about projects like this and I can’t help but instantly think of the worst.
Is Christopher publishing this to honour his father? Finish a work his father never did? Or is this an attempt at the offspring of the worlds most notable fantasy writer to gain popularity based on the name of his father?
You know what? After the initial speculations, I dont care. This is more Tolkien. Really. More.
Who would have thought. This has shadows of Natalie Cole singing a duet with her dead father all over it, but it means we get to be exposed to the wonderfully creative mind of Tolkien once more.
I just hope its GOOD. I don’t know just how much was written by dad before son spent 30 years working on it.
