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Lobelia · 06-03-2003, 10:02 PM

Hi everyone,

To answer a few questions: I believe that Leaf by Niggle is, indeed, meant to be about his work on THE SILMARILLION. *This* was his passion - the other stuff was just set in the Silm universe. And the purgatory bit is right, too. For those who live in Australia or the UK, the story is available in TREE BY LEAF, which was in print the last time I looked (with the film out, they're hauling out every Tolkien work they can get and re-printing), and some of the other stories, including THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL and his other poems, are in a volume called PERILOUS REALMS. I think that, between them, the two volumes cover most of his short stuff, including SMITH and FARMER GILES. Not sure what the book titles are elsewhere. Hope this helps!

As a writer, I found myself chuckling sympathetically and nodding while reading the story.

BTW, has anyone read his children's book ROVERANDOM? It's set more or less in our world, but also in Middle-Earth as it would be in the 20th century, i.e. the dog hero finds himself within sight of what I think is Tol Eressea and the Man in the Moon is the one out of Tolkien's poem.
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06-03-2003, 10:02 PM	#21
Lobelia Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 150	Hi everyone, To answer a few questions: I believe that Leaf by Niggle is, indeed, meant to be about his work on THE SILMARILLION. This was his passion - the other stuff was just set in the Silm universe. And the purgatory bit is right, too. For those who live in Australia or the UK, the story is available in TREE BY LEAF, which was in print the last time I looked (with the film out, they're hauling out every Tolkien work they can get and re-printing), and some of the other stories, including THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL and his other poems, are in a volume called PERILOUS REALMS. I think that, between them, the two volumes cover most of his short stuff, including SMITH and FARMER GILES. Not sure what the book titles are elsewhere. Hope this helps! As a writer, I found myself chuckling sympathetically and nodding while reading the story. BTW, has anyone read his children's book ROVERANDOM? It's set more or less in our world, but also in Middle-Earth as it would be in the 20th century, i.e. the dog hero finds himself within sight of what I think is Tol Eressea and the Man in the Moon is the one out of Tolkien's poem. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]