That is great, thank you for checking that.

It is now listed on Amazon.de but no price yet and as I am an expat in Germany I will no doubt order it from them.

I'm surprised there is enough interest in this for a Deluxe Edition. I'm somewhat of the opinion that it should probably have remained in Tolkien Studies.

Hi Stu

Not to sound confrontational as I am new but I don't understand why it remaining in Tolkien Studies alone enables many more readers to enjoy it?

We are lucky enough to read it but most people I know can not justify the expense or do not have access to the Studies in any form to have read anything in it. I like the hardcover release very much of Kullervo, I do get the opinion that a deluxe release is a bit much but a standard release surely only helps people access more of the works.

onthetrail wrote:
Hi Stu

Not to sound confrontational as I am new but I don't understand why it remaining in Tolkien Studies alone enables many more readers to enjoy it?

We are lucky enough to read it but most people I know can not justify the expense or do not have access to the Studies in any form to have read anything in it. I like the hardcover release very much of Kullervo, I do get the opinion that a deluxe release is a bit much but a standard release surely only helps people access more of the works.

Because the publisher doesn't make it clear that is of limited interest to the typical Tolkien "fan", but markets it as if it is. I guarantee you that most people who purchase the book (or have it purchased for them) will not get a great deal of value from it.

IMHO, not everything is worthy of publishing in a separate volume, and stuff like this would be better in a volume of collected works (with less padding). That makes less money, though.

A Deluxe edition is just ridiculous.

I see your point, there is much padding to this so I can most certainly agree about a "collected" sort of release. When I saw this was being released I did think it would have been great to see it filled out with unreleased poems and maybe some unreleased letters from that period rather than so much in the way of notes and so on.

It could have been part of a collection like the "perilous realm" assortment. But in any case, I'm glad we're getting these stories at all. If i wasn't for this separate release, I probably would not have known about it or read it.

Does anyone have new information about the deluxe release of the Tale of Kullervo? It's supposed to be released later this year (October).

Earl wrote:
Does anyone have new information about the deluxe release of the Tale of Kullervo? It's supposed to be released later this year (October).

Slated for 20th October at the moment. ISBN: 978-0-00-816672-4. Shows up on Tolkien.co.uk if you do a search, athough there isn't any new info on it. I wouldn't necessarily expect to see any additional information at this stage, as the release date is still fairly distant.

Thanks for the information, Stu.

I'm curious to know what motif they will use for the frontispiece. And also, what colour the book will be. Perhaps they will use a shade of red/orange? The speculation is fun.

Also, I wonder if they will include any additional material, like drawings or illustrations to "fill out" the book? As I understand, the book itself is rather slim.

I have been told that HarperCollins will probably do a deluxe edition in 2017 of "A Secret Vice" and this edition would include colour plates that are not in the trade edition.

Not sure on additional material for the deluxe "Tale of Kullervo", but expect it to be similar.