Lounge Daddy Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/The_Children_of_Hurin_cover.jpg/200px-The_Children_of_Hurin_cover.jpg[/img] I know I am not the only one jazzed about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I heard about it. I'm not really thrilled that Chris Tolkien is going to be the one finishing it. I can't remember what book he did (Lays of Beleriand, the Silmarillion, whatever), but it wasn't as good as the stuff his father actually finished. Other than that, I'm one excited nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prose Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 coooooooooooool!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 the only complaint about JRR's work is that his writing seemed almost compulsively wordy I am hoping like heck that Chris Tolkien's editing will reduce some of the "wordy-ness" and make for a more fluid read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Fingers and toes are crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 mmm... I was just reading a bit about the story. It looks to be quite a bit darker and much more tragic than Hobbit and LOTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I'm interested... I still need to read the Simerillion (sp).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1227183' date='Apr 2 2007, 12:19 PM']mmm... I was just reading a bit about the story. It looks to be quite a bit darker and much more tragic than Hobbit and LOTR[/quote] I can't remember which part of the history "Children" covers. After the fall of Numenor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 [quote name='Nadezhda' post='1227538' date='Apr 2 2007, 07:21 PM']I can't remember which part of the history "Children" covers. After the fall of Numenor?[/quote] I believe [i]before [/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Cool. I'll be looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbug16 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1226778' date='Apr 1 2007, 10:53 PM'][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/The_Children_of_Hurin_cover.jpg/200px-The_Children_of_Hurin_cover.jpg[/img] I know I am not the only one jazzed about this [/quote] AAAAAaaaaahhhhh! Counting down the days!!! I am a diehard Tolkien fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 [quote name='goldbug16' post='1227655' date='Apr 2 2007, 07:45 PM']AAAAAaaaaahhhhh! Counting down the days!!! I am a diehard Tolkien fan! [/quote] Me too. I know more about Middle-Earth than I really care to admit. Counting down as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbug16 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 [quote name='Nadezhda' post='1227664' date='Apr 2 2007, 07:49 PM']Me too. I know more about Middle-Earth than I really care to admit.[/quote] I am not as much of a buff as some, but sometimes I live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I am super duper quadruple EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullnaChinaShop Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 [quote name='Nadezhda' post='1227538' date='Apr 2 2007, 07:21 PM']I can't remember which part of the history "Children" covers. After the fall of Numenor?[/quote] This comes well before the fall of Numenor. Numenor doesn't even exist at the point when this story takes place. The story is a great tragedy about the children of one of the early lords of men who served along with the exiled elf lords against Melkor. There is a version of the story in the Silmarilian in the tale of Túrin Turambar and another in the book of Unfinished Tales called "Narn i Hîn Húrin: The Tale of the Children of Húrin." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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