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Originally Posted by davem
I was referring to the untold, or unfinished stories - like the fall of Gondolin & the War of Wrath, or Beren & Luthien.
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My bad, I misread "invented" as "intended"; talk about writting after midnight. I would say the jury may still be out on that one, seeing that some say that a good/most part of Tolkien's writtings is not published yet.
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Originally Posted by davem
We can in this case, as the fiction, in a real sense, is the man.
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I would call this as true as saying that this tour did take place
. Author and work are separable, esspecially if one gets to know the letters and other materials on Tolkien's life and personality, and if one takes into consideration that his work was continuously evolving.
As far as "keeping it real", I see no problem; as long as Tolkien's name does not appear as author of a new book, what's the biggie? It's all down to personal choice what standing we give to a book; some people exclude even works of Tolkien from canon, and frankly, as long as we give to Ceasar what is unto Ceasar, in public discussions [that is, we give relevant information about source, as it is good practice on Tolkien discussions], then anything goes. Not to mention that the Wheel of Time books are publicised in Romania as "tales of the fourth age, completing Tolkien's work".