@allendupras Some of the stories, yes. He read them the Hobbit as he was writing it, but I don't believe he originally wrote it for them. Tolkien one day came up with the line "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." and then tried to discover what kind of creatures Hobbits were. Christopher began to correct his father's work when he was very young.
@allendupras [Second part of my answer] For instance on one occasion Tolkien was reading them a part of the Hobbit, and Chris interupted him: "Last time, you said Bilbo's front door was blue, and you said Thorin had a golden tassel on this hood, but you've just said that Bilbo's front door was green, and the tassel on Thorin's hood was silver" at which point Professor Tolkien exclaimed "Damn the boy!".
@allendupras [Last part of my answer] The Lord of the Rings was written because Sir Stanley Unwin wanted a sequel, The Letters of Father Christmas were all writen for his kids, Roverandom was writen for Michael... etc.
Christopher seems so intersted in his fathers books. Using his life to complete the his fathers life..... Thats amazing....... Thank you so much Christopher, for writing the rest of your fathers books. Thank you!
@KlausDigestive Definitely. I wish Christopher would write more middle earth stuff, even if unofficial, or at least something. He had such an integral part in the whole process of JRR's work that it wouldn't be too far from JRR himself.
@Halopedian - intresting idea! but I don't think Christopher would like to compete with his own father, and it would be impossible to figure out what exactly he should be writing? More stories from Middle-Earth, 1:st, 2:nd, or 3:rd Age? More from Numenor? Or Valinor? That would been cool indeed, but since Valinor is the Tolkien metaphor for Heaven, you wouldn't wanna know too much about that kingdom, the land to which Frodo eventually travels.. his last journey
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1st post, Wahoo! I find anything about Tolkien fascinating, but his son is BORING! Your talking about some of the greatest literiture ever written. Sho some excitement.
JRR Tolkien wrote these story's originally for his kids.... right??
allendupras 1 year ago
@allendupras Some of the stories, yes. He read them the Hobbit as he was writing it, but I don't believe he originally wrote it for them. Tolkien one day came up with the line "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." and then tried to discover what kind of creatures Hobbits were. Christopher began to correct his father's work when he was very young.
Higgins380 1 year ago
@allendupras [Second part of my answer] For instance on one occasion Tolkien was reading them a part of the Hobbit, and Chris interupted him: "Last time, you said Bilbo's front door was blue, and you said Thorin had a golden tassel on this hood, but you've just said that Bilbo's front door was green, and the tassel on Thorin's hood was silver" at which point Professor Tolkien exclaimed "Damn the boy!".
Higgins380 1 year ago
@allendupras [Last part of my answer] The Lord of the Rings was written because Sir Stanley Unwin wanted a sequel, The Letters of Father Christmas were all writen for his kids, Roverandom was writen for Michael... etc.
Higgins380 1 year ago
Christopher seems so intersted in his fathers books. Using his life to complete the his fathers life..... Thats amazing....... Thank you so much Christopher, for writing the rest of your fathers books. Thank you!
KlausDigestive 1 year ago 8
@KlausDigestive Definitely. I wish Christopher would write more middle earth stuff, even if unofficial, or at least something. He had such an integral part in the whole process of JRR's work that it wouldn't be too far from JRR himself.
Halopedian 1 month ago
@Halopedian - intresting idea! but I don't think Christopher would like to compete with his own father, and it would be impossible to figure out what exactly he should be writing? More stories from Middle-Earth, 1:st, 2:nd, or 3:rd Age? More from Numenor? Or Valinor? That would been cool indeed, but since Valinor is the Tolkien metaphor for Heaven, you wouldn't wanna know too much about that kingdom, the land to which Frodo eventually travels.. his last journey
DemiathDoomhammer 1 month ago
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1st post, Wahoo! I find anything about Tolkien fascinating, but his son is BORING! Your talking about some of the greatest literiture ever written. Sho some excitement.
rushringsfanatic 2 years ago