Exciting Tolkien news

[cairistiona]

Have you seen this?

Treasure trove' of unseen J.R.R. Tolkien essays on Middle-earth coming summer 2021

So exciting!

Comments

[mikononyte.livejournal.com]

YES!
The Tolkien Society on Facebook talked about it yesterday and a half dozen Tolkien fan groups have jumped on the bandwaggon.
Sadly nothing on Amazon yet; however there is a holder, no photo, price at $30 (bullpip!) and no order date/delivery date. I am waiting as, after all, June is 7 months away!
But, obviously I am excited. I know the folks putting out the book and respect them dearly! And the bait, the ab-so-lute BAIT of unseen unpublished items from Tolkien!
Of course, one could say, as some have, that this is a ploy to keep Tolkien under copyright, but SO WHAT?!?!? it protects his legacy from the scammers out there!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I went ahead and pre-ordered... $30 is somewhat standard for a hardback book and I didn't have a problem with that price, and if it goes up, I'm locked in at no more than $30 (and if it goes down, my pre-pay price will go down with it). I've pre-ordered several different books over the years despite no cover info posted yet. I'm more than happy to pay full price to support truly good works, which I do believe this will be. :)