SpaceChampion Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 https://www.tor.com/2020/01/16/christopher-tolkien-architect-of-j-r-r-tolkiens-middle-earth-obituary/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon Demands Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 ….I just got "The Fall of Gondolin" for Christmas.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstark Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 RIP I remember vividly the first time I read the Silmarillion, it was a truly memorable experience, thank you very much.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 A great scholar and a devoted son. Requiescat in pace, CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Rest in peace, Christopher! And thank you! I've read most, but not all, Middle-Earth-related things. Of what I have read, though it took a few times, The Silmarillion became my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 A great loss. I will forever be grateful for all of the work he has done with his father’s unpublished and unfinished work. His commentary was always fascinating to read. His loss will be keenly felt. May he go now to the fate/blessing that elves know not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 He had a good long life, full of achievements. But still very sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liffguard Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Very sad to hear. His work made the world a brighter place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 RIP to a good son and the most significant interpreter/scholar of his father's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Varys Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 That is sad. I've first read his Silmarillion (not his father's ;-)) at the age of 15 when I snuck the book out of the cabinet where my mother kept the birthday presents... It was a rather vivid experience to read it in secret. I remember starting with the stuff about the Third Age and, having had a German edition of LotR lacking most of the appendices, I literally had no clue about the FA back then. But he lived a very long life and seemed to have had a lucid mind until the very end. And I sure as hell hope for he has made sure that they cannot make any Silmarillion adaptations in my lifetime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Not his fathers? Dude has been dead a day and we're getting snide already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Darth Richard II said: Not his fathers? Dude has been dead a day and we're getting snide already? Eh? Wha? Responses seem to be civil, from what I've seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Maybe I’m touchy today but he seemed to be implying Tolkien SR didn’t write The Silmarillion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Varys Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, Darth Richard II said: Maybe I’m touchy today but he seemed to be implying Tolkien SR didn’t write The Silmarillion I meant that Christopher's version is, by default, not his father's since his father didn't complete it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, Lord Varys said: I meant that Christopher's version is, by default, not his father's since his father didn't complete it. He didn't himself write anything, and all the material is what his father wrote. But then it's a compilation of narratives, which is buest-guesswork. Thus why he has the Editor title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Varys Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Some material was not written by JRRT. But that's really not the place to discuss this. If you have to know, I dislike the fact that we got this Silmarillion thing before Christopher edited the History of Middle-earth (or rather - that he didn't change problematic issues left in the Sil text after he realized they were problematic). But he most definitely did great work to keep his father's works in the public eye and ensure that it is not destroyed by some hacks wanting to adapt them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 *shrug* That's a whole 'nother layer of depth to Tolkien. I'm just happy we got what we got, as someone who adores The Silmarillion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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