tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post6745571656858440385..comments2024-03-29T08:26:06.759+00:00Comments on The Notion Club Papers - an Inklings blog: How Tolkien could/ should have published The SilmarillionBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-59674569882185454892011-06-12T16:29:08.681+01:002011-06-12T16:29:08.681+01:00Well, I couldn't do the job - indeed I don'...Well, I couldn't do the job - indeed I don't know the material well enough. <br /><br />But there are several ways it could be tackled. Your idea is chronologically - but another could be by provenance: Elvish legends, Numenorean, later Gondorian, Hobbit sources, Dwarves etc.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-39661808679880041292011-06-11T15:39:26.235+01:002011-06-11T15:39:26.235+01:00Would it be worthwhile to discuss which of JRRT...Would it be worthwhile to discuss which of JRRT's writings might serve as the best versions of various stories or parts of stories? Do you want to "open nominations"?<br /><br />For example, where would we find the most artistic version of the Beren and Luthien story? Or would it be the case that, for X episode from that story, the version on pages xxx of History of Middle-earth Vol. [] is the best, while for Y episode the best version is on pages yyy of HoME Vol. []?<br /><br />We would be looking, I take it, for a compilation of the best available versions of the following material:<br /><br />The creation, the Two Trees, Feanor, the Silmarils, Earendil<br /><br />The wars of the Elves <br /><br />Beren and Luthien<br /><br />Hurin and Turin (do we now have this, in the 2007 Children of Hurin volume?)<br /><br />Akallabeth -- the story of Numenor, its rise, its seduction by Sauron, the drowning of Numenor<br /><br /><br />I'm jotting this down without checking my books.Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.com