Trotter wrote:

I have had some info on the cover

The cover will be revealed in the next few days, I think. It’s designed by Emily Langford^{https://www.instagram.com/emdoesbooks/[1]} based on a picture by Tolkien – it’s quite unlike any other cover we’ve done, although we have been at pains to ensure that the spines will match!

This is wonderful news!

Found an interesting mention of this story on John Rateliff's Blog from 2010.

Much more obscure is THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS, a short tale partly in English and partly in Latin. Here we have Clyde Kilby to blame, at least in part, for the tale's not being better known, in that when Tolkien was thinking against publishing it circa 1966 Kilby advised against it -- a pity, since an anti-car environmental message from Tolkien published in the mid-sixties might have done some good.

https://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2010/09/tolkien-on-cars.html

Trotter wrote:

Found an interesting mention of this story on John Rateliff's Blog from 2010.

Much more obscure is THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS, a short tale partly in English and partly in Latin. Here we have Clyde Kilby to blame, at least in part, for the tale's not being better known, in that when Tolkien was thinking against publishing it circa 1966 Kilby advised against it -- a pity, since an anti-car environmental message from Tolkien published in the mid-sixties might have done some good.

https://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2010/09/tolkien-on-cars.html

Though Cowley as an automotive production facility has provided a lot of jobs to people who needed them. I think Tolkien (essentially) being of a privileged class perhaps didn't always see the benefits of industrialisation to the working class.

Cover art when?

Very nice digging Trotter. I doubt such a message would have had any impact though. Our species seem intent on opening every pandoras box we are able to open, and then only later do what might pass for reflection: building our society around the car, splitting the atom, AI.... when have we ever told ourself 'let's take a moment to really think about this'. Never...Saruman lives.

Noticed this cover on my Amazon U.S. orders page (just a small thumbnail, not on the product page yet, but assume it will be shortly):

Treegarth wrote:

Noticed this cover on my Amazon U.S. orders page (just a small thumbnail, not on the product page yet, but assume it will be shortly):

It has now updated to the item page. I like it, a lot. A very clever cover I think.

Thanks for finding the cover image.

Have added it to the main post.

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=62047#forumpost62047

Very nice cover, I like it :)

Clever and refreshing!