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Child of the 7th Age · 05-31-2006, 09:21 AM

Mithalwen,

There is supposed to be another book coming out in the fall that has at least some "remembrances", including that of CT. It is J.R.R. Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and other Essays by Douglas Anderson and Marjorie Burns, Houghton Mifflin Co., to be published October 21, 2007.

Some of the essays and such are "new"; others are interviews and contributions that were done some years ago but weren't widely available. They are said to be "lively and loving testimonials." The book features reminiscences from CT, Priscilla Tolkien, Michael Tolkien, the lexicographer of the OED, Robert Murray (in view of the interesting public letters, I'd like to see this one), Donald Swann, L. Sprague de Camp, Norman Power (?) and Raymond Unwin. They also include the unedited transcript of the BBC interview.

I have my fingers crossed that the October publication date is "real" as it has been pushed back twice before. I am looking forward to seeing this book. I know it's available for pre-order through amazon.com (the U.S. one...I'm not sure about the British).

AbercrombieOfRohan · 05-31-2006, 10:46 AM

Has anyone heard of this? It's a new (as in I've only just heard of it) Tolkien book that my English teacher just recommended to me. He had to pre-order his copy though, because it hasn't yet been published in the United States.

davem · 05-31-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AbercrombieOfRohan

Has anyone heard of this? It's a new (as in I've only just heard of it) Tolkien book that my English teacher just recommended to me. He had to pre-order his copy though, because it hasn't yet been published in the United States.

Yeah - I linked to it in post 8 here. I have it. Very good book.

davem · 06-15-2006, 11:40 AM

More Expense

http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/tolkien/index.html

If anyone wants to treat me my birthday is August 20th, but I don't mind a late present.

Bêthberry · 06-15-2006, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by davem

More Expense

http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/tolkien/index.html

If anyone wants to treat me my birthday is August 20th, but I don't mind a late present.

I dunno, davem, that price sounds more like a group gift for a wedding present. Any likely BD candidates for that?

davem · 06-15-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

I dunno, davem, that price sounds more like a group gift for a wedding present. Any likely BD candidates for that?

I'm not sharing it. A man has his priorities!

Lalwendë · 06-15-2006, 01:35 PM

My Preciousssss

Not far away was his secret bookshelf, of which Lalwende knew nothing, and there in his hiding-place he kept a few wretched oddments, his wallet (a Yorkshireman is careful with his money) and one very beautiful thing, very beautiful, very wonderful. He had a book, a £100 book, a precious book.
"My birthday-present!"he whispered to himself, as he had often done in the endless dark days. "That's what we wants now, yes; we wants it!"

He wanted it because it was a book of power, and if you slipped that book in your hand, you were powerful; only in the full light of Tolkien scholarship could you be seen, and then only by your masterful choice of hard to find Verlyn Flieger quotes, and those would be obscure and confusing.

"My birthday-present! It came to me on my birthday my precious,"so he had always said to himself. But who knows how davem came by that present, ages ago in the old days when such books were still cheap at half the price on e-bay?

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05-31-2006, 09:21 AM	#1
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Mithalwen, There is supposed to be another book coming out in the fall that has at least some "remembrances", including that of CT. It is J.R.R. Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and other Essays by Douglas Anderson and Marjorie Burns, Houghton Mifflin Co., to be published October 21, 2007. Some of the essays and such are "new"; others are interviews and contributions that were done some years ago but weren't widely available. They are said to be "lively and loving testimonials." The book features reminiscences from CT, Priscilla Tolkien, Michael Tolkien, the lexicographer of the OED, Robert Murray (in view of the interesting public letters, I'd like to see this one), Donald Swann, L. Sprague de Camp, Norman Power (?) and Raymond Unwin. They also include the unedited transcript of the BBC interview. I have my fingers crossed that the October publication date is "real" as it has been pushed back twice before. I am looking forward to seeing this book. I know it's available for pre-order through amazon.com (the U.S. one...I'm not sure about the British). __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

06-15-2006, 11:40 AM	#4
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	More Expense http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/tolkien/index.html If anyone wants to treat me my birthday is August 20th, but I don't mind a late present. __________________ “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."

06-15-2006, 01:35 PM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	My Preciousssss Not far away was his secret bookshelf, of which Lalwende knew nothing, and there in his hiding-place he kept a few wretched oddments, his wallet (a Yorkshireman is careful with his money) and one very beautiful thing, very beautiful, very wonderful. He had a book, a £100 book, a precious book. "My birthday-present!"he whispered to himself, as he had often done in the endless dark days. "That's what we wants now, yes; we wants it!" He wanted it because it was a book of power, and if you slipped that book in your hand, you were powerful; only in the full light of Tolkien scholarship could you be seen, and then only by your masterful choice of hard to find Verlyn Flieger quotes, and those would be obscure and confusing. "My birthday-present! It came to me on my birthday my precious,"so he had always said to himself. But who knows how davem came by that present, ages ago in the old days when such books were still cheap at half the price on e-bay? ... __________________ Gordon's alive!

05-31-2006, 10:46 AM	#2
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	Has anyone heard of this? It's a new (as in I've only just heard of it) Tolkien book that my English teacher just recommended to me. He had to pre-order his copy though, because it hasn't yet been published in the United States.