Mr. Underhill wrote:

What about scrumptious instead of sumptuous? Similar sounding...anyone want to pitch that to HarperCollins?

“Scrumptious” would be Gollum’s description 😂🤣

Berelach wrote:

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Trotter wrote:

They have already used my suggestion.

Awesome Trotter! You should now suggest that they pay you.

I'd say Trotter deserves at least a quid for that resplendent suggestion.

I agree. Trotter's choice was quite simply refulgent.

Cromulent, even.

Forthcoming (USA)

Tales from the Perilous Realm
Publisher : Mariner Books (June 1, 2021)
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 0358652960
ISBN-13 : 978-0358652960

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Tales from the Perilous Realm

Tolkien, J.R.R.

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Forthcoming (USA)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
Publisher : Mariner Books (July 27, 2021)
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0358652979
ISBN-13 : 978-0358652977

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Forthcoming (UK)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: with Pearl and Sir Orfeo
Publisher : HarperCollins (29 April 2021)
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008433933
ISBN-13 : 978-0008433932

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

J. R. R. Tolkien (translator), Christopher Tolkien (editor)

9780008433932

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Earlier than the just mentioned US edition, with a slightly different title.

An update on The Science of Middle-earth

Olwe, you will be pleased to note that there is officially a hyphen in the title now.

Also, the book appears to be available and shipping now from Amazon US, but the UK sites are showing it still as a pre-order with a release date of May 13.

Publisher : Pegasus Books (13 May 2021 in UK)
Hardcover : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 164313616X
ISBN-13 : 978-1643136165

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The Science of Middle-Earth

Rafaelian (illustrator), Lehoucq (editor), Mangin (editor), Steyer (editor), Tina Kover (translator)

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The Science of Middle-earth: A New Understanding of Tolkien and His World

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The Science of Middle-earth: A New Understanding of Tolkien and His World

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£19.99

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