Rest In Peace Christopher Tolkien Dead
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Duke Nukem
Hail to the king baby
Damn, so many good people have been dying out Lately.
CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
They're gonna say some sad words about his death and proceed to use his father's work for their own agendas, not just money.
I think he was pissed because that Tolkien Movie also was gonna get rid of parts involving his dads' faith
I think he was pissed because that Tolkien Movie also was gonna get rid of parts involving his dads' faith
Wow, 95 years old. He lived a pretty long life and helped usher in a great deal of his Fathers work as an Editor, right up until very recently IIRC.
ShieldWife
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Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. Tolkien died to day at the age of 95. He grew up listening to stories of Bilbo Baggins, told to him by his father before The Hobbit was even written.
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A last living memory of another era goes out. It terrifies me that I will live to the age when all of the sons of the WWI veterans are also dead, when that whole era passes from living memory. That I may be one of the last living children of a WWII veteran, in my own time. The War profoundly influenced Tolkien: He wanted to reinvigorate traditional English culture, he wanted to reinvigorate the world of colour, aesthetics, faith -- the world of a moral order which had WWI had driven a dagger into, and he watched happen.
May his work yet accomplish some measure of its objective.
May his work yet accomplish some measure of its objective.
I wonder how much of the writing in the newly published works is Christopher Tolkien's or others. It's obvious he was a skilled, educated and creative individual himself as a glance from anybody his biographies can be readily seen and unlike say with the Brian Herbert Dune novels the more recently released material seems largely embraced by the Tolkien fan base that read the materials. But Christopher himself didn't seem to pursue much of his own personal or original works, seemingly dedicating his creative writing efforts towards adding to his Fathers legacy (or the families perhaps).
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I don’t think Chris Tolkien was really interested in doing his own writings.
Mostly because that wasn’t his forte and also I imagine, out of devotion to his farther and his legacy. He published academic writings and so on in his capacity as a professor at Oxford.
But Brian Herbert esque stuff? No. He held his father’s writings too close to heart to do anything like that.
Mostly because that wasn’t his forte and also I imagine, out of devotion to his farther and his legacy. He published academic writings and so on in his capacity as a professor at Oxford.
But Brian Herbert esque stuff? No. He held his father’s writings too close to heart to do anything like that.
CarlManvers2019
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It’s admittedly kinda sad not to do your own works
Sorta like living in the shadow of someone else
Even if one can make many essays and analysis of Robert E Howard’s Swords & Sorcery stories and can critique guys using public domain....if they never actually write something themselves, even a fanfic kr a story set in the universe....there’s a sort of empty lot where there may actually be lots of resources and tools and know-how nearby to make something but it’s just not done
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It’s important to remember how devoted he was to his father’s legacy.
He kept a stool his father read his stories to him too, at age 95 when he was only five himself.
Seems like the kind of question that would be addressed in the foreword or afterword of those books. A quick wander through Google indicates that Chrisopher Tolkein curated and edited those stories, but they were originally written by Chrisopher Tolkein when he was in the army.
Dammit, why did the room get so dusty all of a sudden?
Hopefully whoever the next custodian to it is doesnt sell to Disney. Here's to hoping.
I would figure Warner Bros has the better claim to the property anyhow.