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Christopher Tolkien

Born

in Leeds, West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

November 21, 1924

Died

January 16, 2020

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction

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Christopher Reuel Tolkien was the youngest son of the author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), and is best known as the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. He drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings, which he signed C. J. R. T. The J. stands for John, a baptismal name that he didn't ordinarily use.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a great deal of material connected to the Middle-earth mythos that was not published in his lifetime. Although he had originally intended to publish The Silmarillion along with The Lord of the Rings, and parts of it were in a finished state, he died in 1973 with the project unfinished.

After his father's death, Christopher Tolkien embarked on organizing the masses of his father's notes, s ...more

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	The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,410,703 ratings — published 1937 — 1457 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (Illustrator), Stephen Raw (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 3,108,681 ratings — published 1954 — 1056 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien 4.50 avg rating — 1,108,743 ratings — published 1954 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien 4.58 avg rating — 1,026,273 ratings — published 1955 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien 4.54 avg rating — 725,196 ratings — published 1954 — 921 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (Editor), Ted Nasmith (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 331,403 ratings — published 1977 — 648 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beowulf by Unknown, J.R.R. Tolkien (Editor), Christopher Tolkien (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 343,394 ratings — published 1000 — 1784 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of Húrin 4.06 avg rating — 92,396 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise 4.26 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1960 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle of the Goths and Huns 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1955	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar”
― Christopher Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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“Wild rode the wind though the West country.
Banners were blowing, black was the raven
they bore as blazon. Blaring of trumpets,
neighing of horses, gnashing of armour,
in the hoar hollows of the hills echoed .
Mordred was marching; messengers speeding
northward and eastward the news bearing
through the land of Logres. Lords and chieftains
to his side he summoned swift to hasten
their tryst keeping, true to Mordred,
faithful in falsehood, foes of Arthur,
lovers of treason and freebooters
of Erin and Alban, and East-Sassoin,
of Almain and Angel and the isles of mist.”
― Christopher Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur

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“The Silmarils are Eorclanstánas (also treated as an Old English noun with plural Silmarillas). There are several different forms of this Old English word: eorclan-, eorcnan-, and eorcan- from which is derived the 'Arkenstone' of the Lonely Mountain. The first element may be related to Gothic airkns, 'holy'. With middangeard line 37 cf. my father's note in Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, in A Tolkien Compass, p. 189: 'The sense is ''the inhabited lands of (Elves and) Men'', envisaged as lying between the Western Sea and that of the Far East (only known in the West by rumour). Middle-Earth is a modern alteration of medieval middel-erde from Old English middan-geard'.”
― Christopher Tolkien, The Shaping of Middle-Earth

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March-April Groupread Topic Poll: top two topics get a 2-month focus . Thanks to Richard, Joseph, Bill and Stan for ideas.

Twilight of the Gods (Grimnir #2) by Scott Oden

Scott Oden's Grimnir returns this Feb!
A Gathering of Ravens or Twilight of the Gods

10 votes, 40.0%

Christopher Tolkien memorial read The Children of Húrin or Beren and Lúthien

6 votes, 24.0%

Heroes of Atlantis & Lemuria by Manly Wade Wellman

Follow Master Ultan (moderator) on an expedition to a lost continent, like The Magic of Atlantis or Heroes of Atlantis & Lemuria

5 votes, 20.0%

Vintage S&S by E.C. Tubb like The Sleeping City or Death God's Doom

2 votes, 8.0%

Duar the Accursed and other Fantasies by Clifford Ball

The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories by Clifford Ball

Vintage S&S by Clifford Ball like Duar the Accursed and other Fantasies or The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories

1 vote, 4.0%

tolkien (write-in)

1 vote, 4.0%

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