“When the shops opened in London yesterday, Marcus Harrison and Richard Hayward achieved something special in the annals of fandom.” [More]
Month: April 2007
CNN.com gives The Children of Hurin a glowing reviewing saying it is a “worthy part of Middle-earth mythology.” Read the full review through the following link. [Read More]
Take a few minutes out of your day to read an extended review of The Children of Hurin from Andrew O’Hehir of Salon.com. “J.R.R. Tolkien’s son Christopher spent more than 30 years piecing together fragments his father left behind. Now readers can learn what happened 6,000 years before Bilbo Baggins found the One Ring.” [Read Full Review]
Today is Sean Bean’s Birthday! Sean was born on April 17th, 1959 in Sheffield, England. That makes him 48 years old today! Happy Birthday Sean!
Iain writes: Last night on BBC2 Newsnight programme (weekly news and arts programme on BBC’s 2nd terrestrial channel) there was a 6 minute piece on Tolkien’s The Children of Hurin. Newsnight is only 50 minutes in length, so this was a significant percentage of the entire programme. There were interviews with Adam Tolkien (assistant editor on the book), Alan Lee plus a previously unbroadcasted interview with JRRT himself from 1968. [More]
While we celebrate the release of The Children of Hurin in stores today, take a moment to read Michael Rogers glowing review of the first Tolkien novel to be released in years! [More]