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Christopher Tolkien Dies, Aged 95

posted by janrinok on Friday January 17 2020, @08:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the Namárië dept.

kazzie writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday January 18 2020, @12:23AM (4 children)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 18 2020, @12:23AM (#944812) Journal

    The One Ring is the ultimate in single points of failure.

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  • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Saturday January 18 2020, @04:13AM

    by coolgopher (1157) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 18 2020, @04:13AM (#944868)

    This bash.org quote [bash.org] comes to mind...

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 18 2020, @04:28AM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 18 2020, @04:28AM (#944873) Journal
    It's indestructible and the creator/owner is the most powerful being in Middle Earth. Failure is impossible.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @04:36AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @04:36AM (#944879)

      Fortunately, nobody will get to the necessary exhaust port...

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by mcgrew on Saturday January 18 2020, @03:01PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Saturday January 18 2020, @03:01PM (#944980) Homepage Journal

    A friend of mine sank into alcohol addiction, losing his driver's license, custody of his son, his job, and ultimately everything but his life. At that point I realized what the One Ring was: addiction. Junkies and alcoholics are Smeagol.

    Danny finally went to AA and has his life back, including everything he lost, much like Bilbo.

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    Carbon, The only element in the known universe to ever gain sentience