Update.
New Tolkien book to be published next month: report [Sunday 25-March-07] 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070325/ennew_afp/entertainmentbritain
LONDON (AFP) - An unfinished book by "Lord of the Rings" author
J.R.R. Tolkien, which was completed by his son, will go on sale on
next month, a newspaper said.
"The Children of Hurin", which Tolkien began in 1918, will be in
bookshops on April 17, the Independent on Sunday added. The author's
son, Christopher, spent 30 years completing the story from the many
drafts produced by his father.
Publisher HarperCollins is keeping exact details of the story under
close wraps but its description as "an epic story of adventure,
tragedy, fellowship and heroism" will be familiar to the legions of
Tolkien fans.
Artist Alan Lee has provided 25 pencil sketches and eight paintings
for the book.
Lee won an Oscar for art direction on Peter Jackson's "The Return of
the King", the third blockbuster film based on the "Lord of Rings"
trilogy that brought the stories to a worldwide audience.
"The Children of Hurin" is the first "new" Tolkien book since a
collection of his works -- "The Silmarillion" -- was published
posthumously in 1977, four years after the writer's death. It was
also edited by Christopher Tolkien.
The chairman of the Tolkien Society, Chris Crawshaw, was quoted by
the Independent on Sunday as saying: "It ('The Children of Hurin')
would probably make a very good movie, if anyone can secure the film
rights."
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