WTF? Would you believe I came across this article while looking up Gears of War pics?
Anyway, apparently The Independent, a British publication, is reporting that J.R.R. Tolkien's son Christopher, who was responsible for his father's posthumously publications, has completed one of his father's earliest works begun about 89 years ago, and it will be published on April 17th.
The title: The Children of Hurin.
The Tale of the Children of Hurin was a short and tragic tale that took place in the First Age of Middle-earth during the War of the Jewels, when the Elves and Dunedain (good men) waged hopeless war against Morgoth, the first Dark Lord and Sauron's master for the recovery of the Silmarils, the most beautiful gems ever created.
Hurin was a lord of one of the three houses of the Dunedain, the greatest mortal warrior the world had ever seen, and served directly under the High King of the Elves. In The Battle of Unnumbered Tears when Morgoth's forces crushed much of the armies of the Free Peoples, Hurin was taken captive and his land occupied by Orcs and Easterlings.
The tale of the Children of Hurin deals with the fortunes of his wife Morwen, son Turin, and daughter Nienor and the curse that Morgoth laid upon them. The story mainly follows Turin and his deeds, good and ill, as he attempts to find peace with the darkness of his own heart.
The tale appeared in brief in The Silmarillion, the final book to be published in the series in 1977, and a further expanded version was included in the companion book Unfinished Tales.
It is also my favourite tale from The Lord of the Rings universe. To have a full novel based upon it is something I never thought to see.
You can read the full article here.
2 comments:
super cool. get the hard cover and get it signed.
So... how are your skills at razing the dead? Preferably in a form that won't try to eat our brains.
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