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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, @10:08PM (1 child)
I've read it through several times (but not in the last 10 years). I really enjoyed it. I read Hobbit and Lord of the Rings before that, of course, but I found I really enjoyed The Silmarillion to the point where I used to recommend it to others. I would have to go back and pull it off the shelf to look it over again because it is hard for me to distinguish the details in my mind from Unfinished Tales, which I read about the same time, but I for sure enjoyed them both.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @08:14AM
Do you also find fascination in the movements of the skies?