New Tolkien Story To be Published

New Tolkien Story To be Published 387

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:11PM from the peter-jackson-unavailable-for-comment dept.

vingilot writes "CNN reports that Christopher Tolkien has edited and will release a new book by his father. From the article: 'Christopher Tolkien has spent the past 30 years working on "The Children of Hurin," an epic tale his father began in 1918 and later abandoned. Excerpts of "The Children of Hurin," which includes the elves and dwarfs of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and other works, have been published before.'"

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Well! I stand corrected. (Score:5, Funny)

by koreth ( 409849 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:14PM (#16134481)

I guess outrageously long copyright terms really do encourage artists to produce more work after they die.

More LOTR deluxe sets (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:16PM (#16134496)

Fortunately I didn't buy the LOTR trilogy set just yet. What's next? Lost side story of elven child raised by dwarven humans?

Story will not include "Hobbitses" (Score:5, Funny)

by loteck ( 533317 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:16PM (#16134499) Homepage

for they have largely been found to be "tricksy", not to mention "false".

Balrogs? (Score:5, Funny)

by ObsessiveMathsFreak ( 773371 ) writes: <obsessivemathsfreak.eircom@net> on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:21PM (#16134527) Homepage Journal

I think I speak for all true Tolkien fans when I say; This book will give the conclusive, irrefutable evidence that Balrog's indeed have wings. Namely, there will be one with wings on the cover.

LOTR... the stage show (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:22PM (#16134536)

fears that the set will be trampled by dwarves run high!

Beyond "Lost Tales" and "Unfinished Tales"... (Score:5, Funny)

by Kelson ( 129150 ) * writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:23PM (#16134539) Homepage Journal

We now have the Really Lost, Unfinished Tales of J.R.R. Tolkien

Legolas Atreides (Score:5, Funny)

by savi ( 142689 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:23PM (#16134540)

At last, the true secrets of the Bene Gesserit line of Noldor will be revealed! I LOVE pre-quels!

Re:Well! I stand corrected. (Score:5, Funny)

by Quaoar ( 614366 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:28PM (#16134566)

I hope so...I can't wait for Tupac's new album in 2080!

Re:Greedy Children (Score:5, Funny)

by bunions ( 970377 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:32PM (#16134585)

Look, the guy chose to die rather than have it published. I don't see how anyone could send a clearer signal, sheesh.

Trilogy (Score:5, Funny)

by the_tsi ( 19767 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:34PM (#16134594)

This is the first part of a trilogy, actually. Chris Tolkien is co-writing them with Kevin J. Anderson, who is widely regarded as the finest science fiction and fantasy author in the history of either genre.

Re:I felt a tremor in the force (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:34PM (#16134595)

Disturbance, not tremor, you fucking philistine!

My elven is rusty - please tell me... (Score:5, Funny)

by jpellino ( 202698 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:37PM (#16134611)

.. that "hurin" doesn't mean "corn". Cuz that would just be sad.

Obligatory... (Score:5, Funny)

by setirw ( 854029 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:38PM (#16134616) Homepage

Now, that's what I'm Tolkien About!

Re:Trilogy (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:39PM (#16134623)

*slits wrists*

Re:Bag It (Score:3, Funny)

by acvh ( 120205 ) writes: <`geek' `at' `mscigars.com'> on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:40PM (#16134626) Homepage

actually, most of the manuscripts he's worked on are in the library at Marquette(?) University, donated thus by his father.

If you prefer not to have read anything since the appendices to LOTR, then feel free not to.

As for the movies, they sucked, Jackson made significant changes to the plot just because he could, the acting was roundly horrible, the CG was obvious and not very convincing, and Liv Tyler is ugly.

so there.

loorddd Riings 4 Reevengee of Kinng (Score:1, Funny)

by edwardpickman ( 965122 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:46PM (#16134656)

Long dead corpse, pen glued to hand, 20,000 volts, new novel in dead authors own hand. Profit!

name sounds familiar (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:47PM (#16134658)

wasnt Christopher Tolkien in that pulp fiction movie?

"he hid that book up his ass for 30 years."

Re:Greedy Children (Score:5, Funny)

by gbobeck ( 926553 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:48PM (#16134666) Homepage Journal

I don't see how anyone could send a clearer signal, sheesh.

He could have engaged in spontaneous human combustion while holding the original manuscript.

Re:Balrogs? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @07:54PM (#16134701)

Balrogs have wings, right --- that's why they fall off mountains to their deaths, like birds do.

Re:Bag It (Score:3, Funny)

by Spock the Baptist ( 455355 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @08:04PM (#16134741) Journal

"Liv Tyler is ugly."

Get thee to an opthamologist!

STB

Re:Herbert's Dune Series (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @08:06PM (#16134753)

Well, there's really only one thing to say about Brian Herbert's "work"... http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/15 [penny-arcade.com]

Re:Elves and Dwarfs? (Score:3, Funny)

by Kelson ( 129150 ) * writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @08:08PM (#16134763) Homepage Journal

Hobbits are still hobbits though ;-)

Well, except to Gollum.

Nasty hobbitses!

Not that I'd point out Gollum as a paragon of proper speech, mind you...

Re:Bag It (Score:2, Funny)

by DiscoBobby ( 196458 ) * writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @08:15PM (#16134803)

Liv Tyler is ugly

Good Lord, I want to see the women in YOUR world!

Re:Whatever happened to his Beowulf? (Score:5, Funny)

by Duhavid ( 677874 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @08:25PM (#16134844)

We have to wait 30 years for his son to edit....

Re:Bag It (Score:5, Funny)

by endemoniada ( 744727 ) writes: <`gro.adainomedne' `ta' `leinahtan'> on Monday September 18, 2006 @08:30PM (#16134869) Homepage

"...the CG was obvious..."

As opposed to all those movies starring REAL balrogs and cave trolls?

Re:Just a money grab? (Score:5, Funny)

by CaptainCarrot ( 84625 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @08:53PM (#16134980)

CJRT is "somewhat of a Tolkien scholar". The Pope is "a well-known Catholic". The Sun is "a nearby star". Michael Moore "is not entirely pleased with the Bush administration". Slashdot "occasionally posts dupes"....

Re:Dwarfs (Score:3, Funny)

by kin_korn_karn ( 466864 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @09:17PM (#16135069) Homepage

At the end of the day we're still talking about two short guys that like to kick ass, right?

Yes, business major.

Re:Trilogy (Score:5, Funny)

by kubrick ( 27291 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @09:18PM (#16135075)

with Kevin J. Anderson, who is widely regarded as the finest science fiction and fantasy author in the history of either genre.

Thanks for letting us know, Kevin.

Re:Just a money grab? (Score:4, Funny)

by malsdavis ( 542216 ) * writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @09:31PM (#16135129)

How on earth was that comment deemed 'Funny'?

OR should it be "How on middle-earth was that comment deemed 'Funny'?"

Now that's funny!

*Tumbleweed rolls accross in background as people stay silent*

I for one.. (Score:1, Funny)

by tehSpork ( 1000190 ) writes: on Monday September 18, 2006 @11:12PM (#16135557)

I for one welcome the return of our, erm, dead Tolkin overlord!

Re:More LOTR deluxe sets (Score:5, Funny)

by greenguy ( 162630 ) writes: <(estebandido) (at) (gmail.com)> on Monday September 18, 2006 @11:49PM (#16135687) Homepage Journal

Better buy it now. I hear in the Extended Version, the Mouth of Sauron shoots first.

Re:Just a money grab? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday September 19, 2006 @02:11AM (#16136111)

Come on Joggle!!! Let's see. I first read The Hobbit in 1975. It's now 2006. HEY! So I am also "Tolkein Scholar who has worked on my (ameteurish fanfict) for the last 30 years."

I've got an idea. Joggle, can buy this book, and George Lucas can "digitally enhance" Jackson's LOTR movies. Gandalf will strike the Balrog first, and the Orcs can be changed to Ewoks, and speak like Ja Ja.

Apologies for the bad dreams that will come to you tonight.

> Uh, we're not talking about a snot-nosed punk trying to make a quick buck.
> The guy's eighty years old and has dedicated much of his life to his father's
> literary legacy, trying to make sense of his notes and half-finished stories
> (see the Silmarillion.)
So if a young guy cashes in, he's a snot-nosed punk.
If an old geezer does, he's "trying to preserve his fathers's legacy"?
C'mon, unless you are arguing when he released the Silmarilion he was a snot-nosed punk. in which case I'd agree.

Re:Dwarfs (Score:3, Funny)

by CortoMaltese ( 828267 ) writes: on Tuesday September 19, 2006 @03:06AM (#16136220)

Actually, we're talking about two or more short guys.
Yes, engineering.

Re:Abandoned? (Score:3, Funny)

by jackbird ( 721605 ) writes: on Tuesday September 19, 2006 @09:04AM (#16137125)

I read it as him saying your son will never get into Harvard Ninja Academy with a weak training regimen like that.

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Well! I stand corrected. (Score:5, Funny)

More LOTR deluxe sets (Score:2, Funny)

Story will not include "Hobbitses" (Score:5, Funny)

Balrogs? (Score:5, Funny)

LOTR... the stage show (Score:1, Funny)

Beyond "Lost Tales" and "Unfinished Tales"... (Score:5, Funny)

Legolas Atreides (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well! I stand corrected. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Greedy Children (Score:5, Funny)

Trilogy (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I felt a tremor in the force (Score:5, Funny)

My elven is rusty - please tell me... (Score:5, Funny)

Obligatory... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Trilogy (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Bag It (Score:3, Funny)

loorddd Riings 4 Reevengee of Kinng (Score:1, Funny)

name sounds familiar (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Greedy Children (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Balrogs? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Bag It (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Herbert's Dune Series (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Elves and Dwarfs? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Bag It (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Whatever happened to his Beowulf? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Bag It (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Just a money grab? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Dwarfs (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Trilogy (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Just a money grab? (Score:4, Funny)

I for one.. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:More LOTR deluxe sets (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Just a money grab? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Dwarfs (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Abandoned? (Score:3, Funny)

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