tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post6031145820921696424..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Tolkien's FALL OF GONDOLIN to be published as a stand-alone workAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-19338718858281745632019-10-03T04:57:07.882+00:002019-10-03T04:57:07.882+00:00This is finally out in Australia in paperback. Muc...This is finally out in Australia in paperback. Much excite.IlyaPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075475442172522596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-50565391024990871492018-04-14T05:31:08.821+00:002018-04-14T05:31:08.821+00:00I would be way more exited if this was going to be...I would be way more exited if this was going to be like "Hurin", but the "Beren and Luthien" aproach is just anoying to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-67541861187882996362018-04-12T00:54:04.405+00:002018-04-12T00:54:04.405+00:00Oh, I have to say I'm pleased, Adam.
The man&#...Oh, I have to say I'm pleased, Adam.<br />The man's spent fifty years almost on releasinga and explicating on his father's work, in a very dignified and competetent manner, and, in addition to that, has been involved in the Tolkienian world since childhood. If there is anybody at all that can be said to be a primary audience of J.R.R. Tolkien's work on Middle-Earth, it is unquestionably Christopher. He is far from a co-author (except maybe in the published Silmarillion of course), but these stories have been in his head and in his hands since he was a child, and I do think people overlook that emotional connection, not just to his father, but to his father's work, when discussing the Tolkien estate.<br /><br />That's why I'm so pleased - he's well past ninety now, right, and so it's great that he's not only published some great histrorical things on the development of the Arda mythos, but that in this last decade, he's been able to top it off by publishing the three great stories of the Silmarillion cycle: Hurin in 2008, Beren and Luthien just last year, and now the Fall of Gondolin. It's a shame that the latter two don't exist in full-fledged form, but copy-right will go out one day, and at that time I am sure that we will all be inundated with wonderful (and less wonderful) treatments of the Tolkien myths, some hewing to that classical style, some boldly diverging.<br /><br />In the meantime, this is a a fine finish to an illustrous career of legacy preservation, and a nicely symmetric one at that.Isak Glaserhttps://isakglaser.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-9164936403863011312018-04-11T16:23:35.947+00:002018-04-11T16:23:35.947+00:00I enjoy a nice edition as much as the next person,...I enjoy a nice edition as much as the next person, but I was pretty disappointed when I discovered that this book and the previous one didn't contain any material I don't already have.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-7077023150058144822018-04-11T03:57:26.106+00:002018-04-11T03:57:26.106+00:00The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin would be new mater...The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin would be new material - it's not in the Lays of Beleriand. On the other hand, we know that it is short and unfinished.<br /><br />Doing a back-of-the-envelope page count analysis suggests that there simply isn't enough extant material to pad out the book, short of font manipulation and extended introduction:<br /><br />https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/the-fall-of-gondolin-and-those-304-pages/<br /><br />This opens the door for some other new content, even if it is only minor.DShttps://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com