New Tolkien Books:updates - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 12-08-2005, 07:29 AM

Not strictly speaking a book, nor is it Tolkien, but I don't know where else to put it and it will no doubt be of interest to some 'Downers....

I've just got a Christmas issue of Radio Times and it includes a free CD - a new dramatisation of CS Lewis's Prince Caspian. This is part 1 and the next two issues will have the final two parts, apparently. The CD also has CD-ROM content from the Narnia film.

It's the issue with a Christmassy TARDIS on the cover (and 10 page Doctor Who 'special', something else not to be sniffed at).

davem · 02-23-2006, 05:14 PM

Another interesting new Tolkien book out in April from Oxford University Press:
The Ring of Words

davem · 05-01-2006, 03:40 AM

Update on Ring of Words. It should be published by now (in the UK at least) & looks to be the most important work on Tolkien since Garth's Tolkien & the Great War. You can download a PDF of the Preface here

zifnab · 05-15-2006, 10:04 PM

I hope this new-fangled innovative onslaught of revised, reissued, reorganized, revamped and redressed pieces of literature doesn't turn into a materialistic juggernaut of business associates that see the color green in their eyes, as they find a scrap of paper under a chair, somewhere in Europe, and turn it into a 487 page history of why Tolkien considered Bombadil to be Jesus Christs twin brother.
Just cause it's got a shiny new leather cover, and one fact out of forty three right, doesn't mean we should run out and gooble it up as if we were all jabberwockies. But hey...I aint saying that I'm no optimist.

Sometimes I gotta take a break and read some Vance or Wolfe, to appreciate the soothing flow of the old Ronald Reuel River to guide my thoughts for me.

But don't listen to me, I can't even hear myself.

davem · 05-16-2006, 05:21 AM

Zifnab. I understand your point & sympathise with it. However, Ring of Words is one of the most fascinating books on Tolkien I've ever read. It covers his time at the OED, & offers some fascinating insights into his approach to language. It also gives detailed etymologies of a hundred words he uses in the books & explores in depth the way he used them. The book has received high praise from Wayne Hammond & is, as I stated, up there with Garth's biography & Flieger's recent 'Interrupted Music' – imo.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-16-2006, 10:34 AM

It sounds like interesting stuff to me. Good to know that you have read it, davem, and that you enjoyed it to boot! I will have to ponder a purchase now.

davem · 05-29-2006, 10:49 AM

Very important book on The Hobbit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...420348-4703108

12-08-2005, 07:29 AM	#1
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Not strictly speaking a book, nor is it Tolkien, but I don't know where else to put it and it will no doubt be of interest to some 'Downers.... I've just got a Christmas issue of Radio Times and it includes a free CD - a new dramatisation of CS Lewis's Prince Caspian. This is part 1 and the next two issues will have the final two parts, apparently. The CD also has CD-ROM content from the Narnia film. It's the issue with a Christmassy TARDIS on the cover (and 10 page Doctor Who 'special', something else not to be sniffed at). __________________ Gordon's alive!

02-23-2006, 05:14 PM	#2
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Another interesting new Tolkien book out in April from Oxford University Press: The Ring of Words __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

05-01-2006, 03:40 AM	#3
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Update on Ring of Words. It should be published by now (in the UK at least) & looks to be the most important work on Tolkien since Garth's Tolkien & the Great War. You can download a PDF of the Preface here __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

05-15-2006, 10:04 PM	#4
zifnab Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: omni-presence Posts: 329	I wonder. I hope this new-fangled innovative onslaught of revised, reissued, reorganized, revamped and redressed pieces of literature doesn't turn into a materialistic juggernaut of business associates that see the color green in their eyes, as they find a scrap of paper under a chair, somewhere in Europe, and turn it into a 487 page history of why Tolkien considered Bombadil to be Jesus Christs twin brother. Just cause it's got a shiny new leather cover, and one fact out of forty three right, doesn't mean we should run out and gooble it up as if we were all jabberwockies. But hey...I aint saying that I'm no optimist. Sometimes I gotta take a break and read some Vance or Wolfe, to appreciate the soothing flow of the old Ronald Reuel River to guide my thoughts for me. But don't listen to me, I can't even hear myself. __________________ Facebook.

05-16-2006, 05:21 AM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Zifnab. I understand your point & sympathise with it. However, Ring of Words is one of the most fascinating books on Tolkien I've ever read. It covers his time at the OED, & offers some fascinating insights into his approach to language. It also gives detailed etymologies of a hundred words he uses in the books & explores in depth the way he used them. The book has received high praise from Wayne Hammond & is, as I stated, up there with Garth's biography & Flieger's recent 'Interrupted Music' – imo. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

05-16-2006, 10:34 AM	#6
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	It sounds like interesting stuff to me. Good to know that you have read it, davem, and that you enjoyed it to boot! I will have to ponder a purchase now.

05-29-2006, 10:49 AM	#7
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Very important book on The Hobbit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...420348-4703108 __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

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