Posted: March 03, 1999 at 19:07:25: by RSS
Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle Earth is sort of a "making of". It recounts the evolution of his father's writing, and lays down previously unpublished manuscripts with some background information. Personally, even though I adore Tolkien, I've found his son's series difficult to delve into, which is probably a mistake. It is slow reading, but probably invaluable and exceeding interesting. I might be teaching a continuing studies class at a university in Houston this fall, and I feel that I should read the series beforehand, as I imagine it provides more insight, if not actual information, into Tolkien's mind.
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