New Tolkien Book to Rival ‘The Hobbit’ – Cinematical:
Posted Apr 17th 2007 12:01PM by Erik Davis
It’s been thirty years since author J.R.R. Tolkien passed away, but that hasn’t stopped a brand new book from hitting shelves with his name on the cover. The Children of Hurin (which hits bookstores today) was pieced together by Tolkien’s son Christopher from his father’s old manuscripts, and already folks are talking big-screen adaptation. Essentially much darker than The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Hurin was told in fragmentary form in The Silmarillion (originally published in 1977) and its story takes place long before Frodo’s famous journey.
Wow. I have to stop off at the bookstore on the way home.