Yes, well, I read about it and am excited about it as I found Turins Tradgety a heart wrenching story.
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I think Christopher saw the success of Brian Herbert's continuation of his father Frank Herbert's "Dune" series, and felt it the right time or something like that to do the same.
Finally, real great news for us Tolkien fans!
Chris Tolkien gave us The master piece "The Silmarillion", good expectations with this one about the sons of Hurin!.
I have read this new book is almost all JRR Tolkien writtings!!!
And the stories are about the cursed sons of Hurin, we can already read a part in The Silmarillion and its one of the best stories of The Silmarillion!!
More Turin Turambar, Morwen, Niniel, and all that.
Yes, something like the Silmarillion
Most of the contents of The Children of Húrin are already known from various sources (Silmarillion, Lay of the Children of Húrin, Unfinished Tales etc.etc); what Chris Tolkien did was basically to form a standalone, extensive version of this central legend (with even more extensive comments of course).
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No matter where it is gathered from, I think that being a addition to the story of Middle Earth is something that a lot of people would surely have a lot of interest in.
Yes, I suppose this might be interesting for a wider audience as the lack of "too many names" and "too many years" (as some say of the Silmarillion) will make this book a lot easier and more continuous to read (ignoring the comments...), more like a "real book" like the Hobbit or LOTR
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This made me excited when I first heard it. Now I'm slightly apprehensive.
[BTW: I (for one) appreciate what Christopher Tolkien set out to do so many years ago, when he first decided to edit and publish The Silmarillion: He opened up his father's mythological genius to the world. It was this book which made me fall truly in love with Tolkien. And, for those who dislike CT's role as editor, (perhaps worrying that his influence over the work would distort his father's original), read the HoME Series: You'll quickly come to sympathize with CT, and realize that he did an absolutely brilliant job, considering the vast amount of work that he had to arrange into a (somewhat) consistent storyline. Rant over.]
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