The Children of Hurin

It's been ages since I last wrote anything about The Lord of the Rings. I even thought about closing my "Lord of the Rings Fanfare" category. The films came and went, and so did the extended-edition DVDs. Most of us found that there was life after the final easter egg was discovered on the final DVD. We moved on.

But now, I expect we're going to make a U-turn and head back to Middle-Earth. A new story, and maybe another movie? For here comes a new stand-alone book from the Tolkien household. Begun by J.R.R. Tolkien and finished by his son, Christopher, who spent nearly three decades poring over his father's notes and drafts to produce The Children of Hurin. I read bits of the tragic tale from The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales and I look forward to having the story fleshed out into a full-length novel.

Some have been saying the book has much potential for a film - battle scenes, a major twist, tragic characters. I'm all for it, as long as they bring back the original LOTR film team.

More information on the book, to be released April 17 - can be found here.

Posted by Monoceros at March 30, 2007 11:35 AM