News from the BBC
Christopher Tolkien, who edited and published the posthumous works of his father, Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien, has died aged 95.
The news was confirmed by the Tolkien Society, which described him as "Middle-earth's first scholar".
After his father's death in 1973, Mr Tolkien published the acclaimed work The Silmarillion.
Scholar Dr Dimitra Fimi said the study of JRR Tolkien "would never be what it is today" without his input.
My first introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien's work was The Father Christmas Letters, which were written for Christopher and his siblings. In more recent years, I've dipped into Christopher's work on Middle Earth, both his History of Middle Earth, and the various pieces of his father's work that he edited and expanded upon.
What memories do Soylentils have of the Tolkiens' work?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 17 2020, @09:22PM (1 child)
Reading assignment, a short extract from The Hobbit. Bilbo had found Golem in the caves, and then found The Ring, then the two had their exchange of riddles. I don't think any other extract from any other story ever captured my imagination like that from The Hobbit.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Snotnose on Saturday January 18 2020, @01:13AM
6th grade, teacher read to us for a while after recess. He started with The Hobbit. By the time he was halfway through I'd finished not only The Hobbit, but all 3 books of Lord of the Rings. Tried to read the other stuff and just couldn't get into it.
This would be '69, when Tolkein was just starting to take off.
Why shouldn't we judge a book by it's cover? It's got the author, title, and a summary of what the book's about.