Christopher Tolkien to finish lost Middle Earth novel - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 05-13-2007, 01:34 AM

http://www.pennlive.com/entertainmen...930.xml&coll=2

http://www.theopraxis.net/archives/2...ildren_of.html

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/behindtheshow/?page_id=2994

http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2007/05/...o-20-may-2007/

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32571\

http://www.cosmicconservative.com/weblog/?p=1958

Bêthberry · 05-14-2007, 11:51 AM

Well, I received CoH as a gift yesterday, so I guess I'll be getting around to looking at all those links shortly.

It's a handsome looking book indeed and I find CT's own style in the intro very interesting.

davem · 05-16-2007, 12:22 AM

http://enterthedoorwithin.blogspot.c...-of-hurin.html

http://coyotemercury.com/blog1/2007/...dren-of-hurin/

http://ambernight.org/archives/2007/05/14/400

davem · 05-18-2007, 12:05 AM

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/b...cle2554613.ece

http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-revi...995388317.html

Bêthberry · 05-18-2007, 07:45 AM

I got a good laugh out of this line from Boyce's review in The Independent:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boyce

It's a prequel in the sense that a book about neolithic traders of the Dorset coast is a prequel to Persuasion.

I wish I were a ten year old who had an entire day and a half in which to do nothing but read.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-18-2007, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

II wish I were a ten year old who had an entire day and a half in which to do nothing but read.

I'm with you there! So hard to find a chunk of time larger than 15 minutes in which to bury oneself in a good book. And Tolkien is such a wonderful writer, isn't he? Amazing how regardless of the style, he is capable of transporting a person far away. You feel the cold and smell the rain...and imagine the hot humid stench of Glaurung's breath.

davem · 05-19-2007, 01:09 PM

http://reformedpastor.wordpress.com/...final-triumph/

Also, there's a short review by Tom Shippey in this week's Times Literary Supplement (not on line yet), & another short one in this month's SFX magazine.

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05-14-2007, 11:51 AM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Well, I received CoH as a gift yesterday, so I guess I'll be getting around to looking at all those links shortly. It's a handsome looking book indeed and I find CT's own style in the intro very interesting. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-16-2007, 12:22 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	http://enterthedoorwithin.blogspot.c...-of-hurin.html http://coyotemercury.com/blog1/2007/...dren-of-hurin/ http://ambernight.org/archives/2007/05/14/400 __________________ “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."

05-18-2007, 12:05 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	http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/b...cle2554613.ece http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-revi...995388317.html __________________ “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." Last edited by davem; 05-18-2007 at 12:09 AM.

05-19-2007, 01:09 PM	#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	http://reformedpastor.wordpress.com/...final-triumph/ Also, there's a short review by Tom Shippey in this week's Times Literary Supplement (not on line yet), & another short one in this month's SFX magazine. __________________ “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."