RIP Christopher Tolkien

[gyedid]

Christopher Tolkien has taken the straight road and gone on to Aman:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-christopher-tolkien-1.5430547

cheers,

Gabe

[rebs]

RIP. 

There are those that rejoice at his passing (hopefully not too many here), but I would point out to them the "damage" is already done.  He did the best he could to bring us more of his father's vision.

[Frabby]

RIP. I feel like I should say more, but I'm lost for words.  :(

[nerd]

Most of what ensured his father was not just another obscure academic is because of his own actions, like consistency in the Hobbit.

We are truly in debt to them, father and son.

[pheonixstorm]

I'll leave this as tribute to the Son of the Orc King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y

[Top Sergeant]

Farewell Christopher, and thank you for the Silmarillion, I truly enjoyed it.

[Daryk]

I enjoyed the Silmarillion too, as depressing as it was.  They achieved such heights, but also such lows...

[rebs]

Hell, I even bought The Children of Hurin.  It was an expansion on Turin Turambar.  Not as good as the Sil as a whole, but still entertaining.

[Daryk]

Was it more depressing than the Silmarillion?  I don't know if I want to pick it up if it is...

[rebs]

It's Tolkien at his darkest.  "Morgoth caused an evil wind to blow south out of Angband that winter" is a rough quotation of how it begins.  Turin Turambar's main short story is in the Silmarillion so if you have read that, then you've already read 75% of Children of Hurin.

[Daryk]

That's exactly why I'm hesitant... Morgoth was torturing Hurin with the fate of his children.

[Ursus Maior]

I bought the following novels as well, but haven't read The Children of Hurin or any of them.

[rebs]

Children of Hurin was pretty good, but then, Of Turin Turambar was my favorite story from the Sil.  Just narrowly beat out Beren and Luthien in my book.

I still have to get The Fall of Gondolin. 

[rebs]

"Day shall come again!"

My favorite quotation from the Sil.  Hurin was a badass.

[Frabby]

I've read the Quenta Silmarillion back-to-back seven times over the years. It's not an easy work to read or understand. Took me three or four passes until I finally understood who is who, what is going on, and how the stories interconnect. But from that point on it is awesome.
But at the end of the day, it is a compilations of unfinished works. I really appreciate and admire Christopher Tolkien's work, first putting the work together in the first place and then later hammering out final versions of the key stories.

[Von Jankmon]

There are those that rejoice at his passing (hopefully not too many here), but I would point out to them the "damage" is already done.  He did the best he could to bring us more of his father's vision.

We have nothing to complain about Christopher Tolkien's contributions.  The Hobbit was written for him, he was consulted on the plot of Lord of the Rings and his father gave him control and direction of the media.  He had the right to complete the Silmarillion and had the right to make new books.  Frankly he was restrained and only kept to his father vision and became a curator rather than a continuator.

I do now fear damage though with Amazon prequel Tv shows, Jackson's ego with his daft Hobbit trilogy content and crap shovelled out by the Saul Zaentz company and others.  It is in danger of being Disnefied and there have already been moves to extend the IP hold by third parties beyond the lifespan of the copyright of the original works.