Saturday, April 14, 2018

The Fall of Gondolin

From the BBC:
JRR Tolkien's The Fall of Gondolin, which the author described as "the first real story" set in Middle-earth, is to be published as a stand-alone book for the first time. The book charts the story of an elven city sacked by the Dark Lord, Morgoth. The author started writing it in 1917, before returning to Middle-earth for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien Society chair Shaun Gunner said many fans regarded The Fall of Gondolin as "the Holy Grail of Tolkien texts". The Fall of Gondolin is the second "new" work to be edited and released by Tolkien's son Christopher Tolkien in two years. (Read more.)
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