[Artemis Webb]

I believe Christopher was responsible for drawing the famous map of Middle Earth.

[rightwingcrazy]

He did much to honor his father. RIP.

[KC_Lion]

The Road Goes Ever Onward.

RIP

[Borges]

He hated the Peter Jackson films.

[Bishop_Malachi]

Tolkien was the first novelist of any kind that I read. I’ll never forget reading the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit as a senior in high school. From there, I completely devoured any info I could get on the Tolkien fantasy world. RIP.

[Mrs. Don-o]

So smaller-screen folks can view this fascinating map.

[vladimir998]

It is amazing to me that he was able to achieve so much in terms of editing and publishing his father’s works in the last 40 years.

If anyone here is a Tolkien fan and wants to learn about the development of the trilogy while getting to read long passages from the early (and previously unpublished versions of the story) do yourself a favor and start buying these:

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earth

The 6th - 9th volumes are the ones that cover The Lord of the Rings and they are fascinating. Strider was originally going to be a Hobbit. Who knew?

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Paal Gulli]

IIRC, Christopher “compiled” The Silmarillion from bits the and bots that J.R.R. had left behind jotted down on everything from napkins to toilet paper.