[teuf]

with silmarillion, we know his son can't edit so save his life- so how do you guys think this book will fare? and wtf is a 'hurin'?

shoki, i demand answers.

New Tolkien book to be published next month

LONDON (AFP) - An unfinished book by "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien, which was completed by his son, will go on sale on next month, a newspaper said.

"The Children of Hurin", which Tolkien began in 1918, will be in bookshops on April 17, the Independent on Sunday added. The author's son, Christopher, spent 30 years completing the story from the many drafts produced by his father.

Publisher HarperCollins is keeping exact details of the story under close wraps but its description as "an epic story of adventure, tragedy, fellowship and heroism" will be familiar to the legions of Tolkien fans.

Artist Alan Lee has provided 25 pencil sketches and eight paintings for the book.

Lee won an Oscar for art direction on Peter Jackson's "The Return of the King", the third blockbuster film based on the "Lord of Rings" trilogy that brought the stories to a worldwide audience.

"The Children of Hurin" is the first "new" Tolkien book since a collection of his works -- "The Silmarillion" -- was published posthumously in 1977, four years after the writer's death. It was also edited by Christopher Tolkien.

The chairman of the Tolkien Society, Chris Crawshaw, was quoted by the Independent on Sunday as saying: "It ('The Children of Hurin') would probably make a very good movie, if anyone can secure the film rights."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070325...ainmentbritain

no shit. all of tolkiens books would make good movies now that the Ring trilogy has made a mountain of cash. with enough money to do the special effects, anything can make money.

[Bender]

I'd rather see the Wheel of Time or Sword of Truth series get made into movies than any more of the Tolkein stuff.

LotR bored me to tears most of the time. I barely remember the movies and have no desire to see them again...hell, I don't even care about the characters.

[teuf]

WoT is 12 books long right now... no way it'd get made unless they cut A LOT out of it.

haven't read SoT series, so i can't add much input there.

[Bender]

Originally Posted by Teuf

WoT is 12 books long right now... no way it'd get made unless they cut A LOT out of it.

haven't read SoT series, so i can't add much input there.

SoT is around 8 books right now...but it lends itself easily to a movie setup since each book is pretty much a story all its own with very few loose ends...

[teuf]

Originally Posted by Bender

SoT is around 8 books right now...but it lends itself easily to a movie setup since each book is pretty much a story all its own with very few loose ends...

that's not bad then. but still- eight books. too much for a franchise, imo.

[dnallivah]

WoT will eventually be a made for tv movie mini series.

Well as long as Jordan doesn't die and finishes it, but I'm sure they'd still make it a series if he did..someone would 'finish' it based on his notes as well.

I've never read the other series.

[Bender]

Originally Posted by dnallivah

WoT will eventually be a made for tv movie mini series.

Well as long as Jordan doesn't die and finishes it, but I'm sure they'd still make it a series if he did..someone would 'finish' it based on his notes as well.

I've never read the other series.

It's by Terry Goodkind

The first book is Wizard's First Rule..

The writing and dialogue sound kinda amateurish and childish at times...and he has this bizarre fascination with sexual torment, tho he generally only alludes to it and never gets too detailed.

But it's still a pretty good series...while the story and speech feels kinda childish, the message and philosophy is definitely not...it's mostly common sense, but it's nice to see someone point all these things out..

The Wizard's Rules are definitely good points...I.e:

Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid. And because people are stupid, given proper motivation they will believe any lie either because they want it to be true or because they're afraid it might be true.

I mean, that's mostly common sense, right? Yet everyone you know has been guilty of that...YOU have been guilty of it.

Kinda makes you think...