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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @11:30PM (4 children)
And who can forget Ezekiel 23:20.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @12:03AM (2 children)
Me, apparently. For anyone else who needs a refresher:
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @01:33AM (1 child)
The Message version, which gives 23:18-21:
The Bible is like an incel manual, by incels, for incels, forever jealous of the well-hung Chad.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 18 2020, @03:42PM
And, some places still have problems with hanging chad . . .
There's nothing new under the sun.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday January 18 2020, @12:05AM
Damn. I didn't know parts of the Bible read like a trashy romance novel picked up at the grocery store :)
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.