The completed Tale of Gondolin was published 13 years ago?! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

09-09-2007, 09:02 PM

Holy crap! Take a look at this, now!

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/review...ofgondolin.htm

*regains some measure of decorum*

I'm sorry if this is common knowledge, but when I saw it I knew I had to bring it up. Yes, I know all 50 copies have been sold, but my point is this: if the Tolkien family has been sitting on top of a completed (if not technically "finished;" but few of Tolkien's posthumously published works can claim that status, anyway) version of one of the great tales of the First Age for the past 13 years, WHY THE FLYING WIGGLY HELL HAVEN'T THEY GIVEN IT A WIDER RELEASE?!

While this Alexander Lewis guy is the one that put the pieces together (with Priscilla Tolkien's blessing), the Estate owns the actual text, so couldn't they publish it as-is? The best thing about such a venture would be that CRT won't have to work his hands to bone editing it, meaning that he could focus his effort on the Lay of Leithian

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09-09-2007, 09:02 PM	#1
johnboy3434 Guest Posts: n/a	The completed Tale of Gondolin was published 13 years ago?! Holy crap! Take a look at this, now! http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/review...ofgondolin.htm regains some measure of decorum I'm sorry if this is common knowledge, but when I saw it I knew I had to bring it up. Yes, I know all 50 copies have been sold, but my point is this: if the Tolkien family has been sitting on top of a completed (if not technically "finished;" but few of Tolkien's posthumously published works can claim that status, anyway) version of one of the great tales of the First Age for the past 13 years, WHY THE FLYING WIGGLY HELL HAVEN'T THEY GIVEN IT A WIDER RELEASE?! While this Alexander Lewis guy is the one that put the pieces together (with Priscilla Tolkien's blessing), the Estate owns the actual text, so couldn't they publish it as-is? The best thing about such a venture would be that CRT won't have to work his hands to bone editing it, meaning that he could focus his effort on the Lay of Leithian .