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12 Oct, 2021
2021/10/12 21:17:04 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Amazon UK has listed the book for £33 pre-ordered.

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Great Tales Never End, The: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien
9781851245659
(Hardcover)
£29.84
Availability: Now
12 Mar, 2022
2022/3/12 16:54:59 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Table of contents
CONTENTS
  • Catherine McIlwaine
  • Introduction
  • Timeline
  • Maxime H. Pascal
  • Eulogy delivered at Christopher Tolkien's funeral
  • Priscilla Tolkien
  • A Personal Memory
  • Vincent Ferre
  • The Son Behind the Father: Christopher Tolkien as a Writer
  • Verlyn Flieger
  • Listening to the Music
  • John Garth
  • The Chronology of Creation: How J.R.R. Tolkien Misremembered the Beginnings of his Mythology
  • Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
  • 'I Wisely Started with a Map': J.R.R. Tolkien as Cartographer
  • Carl F. Hostetter
  • Editing the Tolkienian Manuscript
  • Stuart D. Lee
  • A Milestone in BBC History? The 1955-56 Radio Dramatization of The Lord of the Rings
  • Tom Shippey
  • King Sheave and The Lost Road
  • Brian Sibley
  • Down from the door where it began... Portal images in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

  • Bibliography for Christopher Tolkien
  • Notes
  • About the Contributors
  • Further Reading
  • Picture Credits
  • Index


Additionally the book is featured in Bodleian Library Publishing Catalogue Spring 2022

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12 Mar, 2022
2022/3/12 19:34:18 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I've read the book in proof. This is an important book that no student of Tolkien or of his family will want to miss.
12 Mar, 2022
2022/3/12 19:58:46 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I think 9. and 11. are worth it alone for me. Looks like a very worthwhile book from the ToC.
12 Mar, 2022
2022/3/12 21:40:39 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia

Stu wrote:

I think 9. and 11. are worth it alone for me. Looks like a very worthwhile book from the ToC.

It really does look like it will be a fantastic volume. Very excited to receive this book.
13 Mar, 2022
2022/3/13 8:21:58 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Looking forward to it 🙂
13 Mar, 2022
2022/3/13 10:02:59 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I've just pre-ordered mine at the Blackwell's. Didn't take a lot of convincing after your comments on the contents 41€ with delivery, it's the cheapest I found.
10 May, 2022
2022/5/10 9:59:54 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Richard Ovenden from the Bodleian has posted a picture of the book.

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10 May, 2022
2022/5/10 10:12:53 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Thanks Trotter. I am so terribly excited for this publication.
10 May, 2022
2022/5/10 17:04:59 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
An A-list of scholars. This book looks very promising!
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