Christopher Tolkien - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Maverick · 06-04-2004, 09:06 PM

Is Christopher Tolkien still alive, and i so, will there be any more books?

Lachwen · 06-04-2004, 09:40 PM

I believe he is still alive, yes. As for any more books...well, we'd have to ask him.

By the way, did you know that Tolkien's house at Oxford is for sale?

Joy · 06-04-2004, 09:56 PM

He is still alive. I do believe that he is working on HoME 13 (though it is just an index of all the other volumes.)

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-04-2004, 11:55 PM

The HoME index (volume 13 of the series) is already published; I bought my Harper-Collins paperback of it two years ago.

Joy · 06-04-2004, 11:58 PM

Whoa - I am a bit behind times

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-15-2004, 02:55 AM

To the best of my knowledge, Christopher Tolkien has retired from the family business. New material is published occasionally, but in periodicals. Tolkien's translation of Beowulf is being edited by Professor Michael Drout, who has already published the notes for 'Beowulf' - The Monsters and the Critics, and are due out over the next two years.

06-04-2004, 09:06 PM	#1
Maverick Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 19	Christopher Tolkien Is Christopher Tolkien still alive, and i so, will there be any more books?

06-04-2004, 09:40 PM	#2
Lachwen Wight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Greenwood the Great. Posts: 115	I believe he is still alive, yes. As for any more books...well, we'd have to ask him. By the way, did you know that Tolkien's house at Oxford is for sale? __________________ "'...Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.'"

06-04-2004, 09:56 PM	#3
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	He is still alive. I do believe that he is working on HoME 13 (though it is just an index of all the other volumes.) __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

06-04-2004, 11:55 PM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	The HoME index (volume 13 of the series) is already published; I bought my Harper-Collins paperback of it two years ago. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-04-2004, 11:58 PM	#5
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Whoa - I am a bit behind times __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

06-15-2004, 02:55 AM	#6
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	More books? To the best of my knowledge, Christopher Tolkien has retired from the family business. New material is published occasionally, but in periodicals. Tolkien's translation of Beowulf is being edited by Professor Michael Drout, who has already published the notes for 'Beowulf' - The Monsters and the Critics, and are due out over the next two years. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?