Tolkien transaltion of Beowulf? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 01-17-2008, 09:49 AM

Oh, really? I beg to differ.

The Hobbit was subcontracted out to Taum Santoski and, after his death, to John Rateliff simply because CT didn't feel there was room in HME (which originally wasn't going to cover LR either)- and that project was initiated almost 20 years ago. Same with the linguistic material, which CT felt Hostetter, Gilson et al could handle better than he could- that began in 1992.

Anyway, CT has *not* stopped editing. He may not manage to finish, but he's still at work.

01-17-2008, 09:49 AM	#11
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	Oh, really? I beg to differ. The Hobbit was subcontracted out to Taum Santoski and, after his death, to John Rateliff simply because CT didn't feel there was room in HME (which originally wasn't going to cover LR either)- and that project was initiated almost 20 years ago. Same with the linguistic material, which CT felt Hostetter, Gilson et al could handle better than he could- that began in 1992. Anyway, CT has not stopped editing. He may not manage to finish, but he's still at work. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.