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#1 Sat, Apr21 2018 7:13pm
- ddaines
- Skilled Artisan
- Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
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The Fall of Gondolin
May be of interest to those who like reading further. Can't wait myself 
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2018/04 … announced/
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#2 Sun, Apr22 2018 7:22am
Re: The Fall of Gondolin
Hm...great... but I'm not sure if we'll have croatian translation... we also do not have yet translation of book "BEREN AND LUTHIEN" which one went on market almost 2 years 
In final I wlll buy both books in english ....
.... Farewell to Middle-earth at last. I see the Star above my mast!
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#3 Sun, Apr22 2018 8:19am
- Gildor Inglorion
- Wandering Elf
- From: Montpellier, France
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Re: The Fall of Gondolin
damn, this tale was believed to be a really "lost" tale, as everybody thought it was too "incomplete" and too heavily guarded to ever see the light of day !
this comes as a great surprise and may happen to reveal many things we have never seen before in the Silm or UT concerning this part of the story.
"Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill." (Gildor Inglorion, LOTR1)
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#4 Sun, Apr22 2018 9:58am
- Barliman
- The famous Innkeeper
- From: Bree
- Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
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Re: The Fall of Gondolin
At the very least it will make the Tolkiens several million more pounds, though I suspect that, like the Silmarillion, I won't find it especially readable; but we shall see. Unlike his dad's work, I fundamentally find Christopher's writing style rather heavy-going.
"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."
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#5 Sun, Apr22 2018 10:00am
- Gildor Inglorion
- Wandering Elf
- From: Montpellier, France
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Re: The Fall of Gondolin
I rather suspect that those books release will allow for a more solid and substancial scenario for the forthcoming Amazon pre-Lotr TV series, considering the Tolkien Estates are parterns and that Christopher Tolkien, well, did not have his say in it... I suspect he would at least prefer the prequels are based on solid litterature (silm and UT not being very "solid") than complete non canon fiction.
"Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill." (Gildor Inglorion, LOTR1)
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