Alan_Lee_-_Túrin_Turambar I’ve been re-reading The Children of Húrin lately in preparation for TORn’s chapter-by-chapter discussion in our chatroom. (We’re starting our discussion later today in The Hall of Fire. Feel free to join us at 6pm ET as we dive into Chapter 1.)

It’s been some years since I’ve read The Children of Húrin in full; I probably haven’t completed a cover-to-cover reading since the novel was first published in 2006. But it’s always interesting how revisiting a novel after a long period sometimes gives you a totally different perspective on the action.

So as I’m reading along, I’m going to try and briefly write about one new thing that strikes me each chapter.

Túrin and Sador; Turin and Brandir: a study in contrasts?

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