Beren and Lùthien to be published as stand alone volume

[Galin]

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

I, too, have a hard time going through tales that aren't finished. I have some of the HoME books, but I haven't gone through them in much depth. All of the abrupt endings and story fragments really confuse me. That's one of the reasons why I don't contribute to serious discussion here about first age things -- I just can't remember which endings are canon and which aren't...

That's easy! A given ending in HOME isn't canon unless you find it in something Tolkien himself published. I didn't want to disappoint Nerwen, so there you go: defining canon is as easy as cabbage pie.

I will add however, that the Tale of Mr. Tod shows bunny-bias, so "canon" need not mean "truth" in every instance!