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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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 18 2020, @09:24AM
Just so you don’t feel like you’re the only one, my experience was much the same as yours. I was a voracious reader and The Silmarilion wasn’t my first Tolkein book. I expected to enjoy it, but page after page whittled down my enthusiasm until I finally had a critical moment of self-awareness and said, “I don’t *have* to read this.”
Put it down, never tried it again. Read lots of other stuff I enjoyed more.