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Tolkien wrote the dark tale when he was but a 22 year old student. It is based on a character from Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, which he as a linguist studied. His biographer has said that the work was important for the creation of new languages. Tolkien himself has commented that it was then that he began writing legends of his own.
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Tolkien's First Fantasy Tale to be Published After 100 Years
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by vux984 on Sunday June 14 2015, @09:58PM
Furthermore, am I the only one to have become tired of Tolkien's works?
I'm sure you are not the only one, but I can't imagine who you think cares what you are tired of. For my part I'm still extremely interested in his works, as are many others.
But I DO completely agree we've long since reached the point where Tolkien's body of work fit for consumer consumption has been well and truly exhausted. What remains is really only of interest to people academically interested in the man himself, the evolution of his writing, or in gaining ever deeper insights into the evolution and development of Lord of the Rings / Middle Earth, etc. They aren't digging up lost works of art here.
(Score: 2, Informative) by KiloByte on Monday June 15 2015, @01:44AM
Uhm... The "Children of Hûrin" wasn't anything like you claim. It was far more palatable to a casual reader than previously published brief versions of that story.
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(Score: 2) by vux984 on Monday June 15 2015, @02:16AM
/shrug
I suppose. Although credited as " JRR Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien"; its as about as much a novel by JRR Tolkien as Blade Runner is a movie by Philip K Dick.