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6 Feb, 2007
2007-2-6 10:19:01 AM UTC
thats a pity about no illustrated version of Unfinished Tales mentioned in the David Brawn interview.,
maybe you could suggest to him an un-illustrated Deluxe version of Unfinished Tales, similar to the black Deluxe Silmarillion, HoME and LotR series.
also it would be interesting to know if they will ever publish Tolkien's translation of Beowulf.
and can we expect any other previously unpublished Tolkien works in the near future?
6 Feb, 2007
2007-2-6 12:49:09 PM UTC
I saw the new paintings from Ted Nasmith and loved them... all new ones were from UT and so I thought he was preparing an illustrated edition. It seems Brawn did not plan such an edition. Very sad, because I know Ted would love to see such edition realized.
6 Feb, 2007
2007-2-6 10:04:54 PM UTC
Here are a few questions from me:

Are there any plans for a collection of Ted Nasmith art, similar to those of John Howe and Alan Lee?

I noticed a large type edition of The Children of Hurin on Amazon. Will this be in the same style as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings from 2002-2003? Any chance of a large type Silmarillion?

This is an old chestnut, and might be from before David Brawn's time at HarperCollins, but were any copies of the hardback edition of The Peoples of Middle-earth pulped?

Over the years there have been various reports about Christopher working on a collection of the Professor's poetry. Does David know any more?
6 Feb, 2007
2007-2-6 10:17:51 PM UTC
How many copies of the various versions of COH are going to be published in the first printing?

I'll repeat vidugavi's question as an important one (if and when a signed edition ever comes out): "where and how would one purchase one?"

Any news on a movie for COH? (HarperCollins is probably not part of those negotiations if they are even taking place, but might as well ask. )
6 Feb, 2007
2007-2-6 11:01:27 PM UTC
With regards to where the Signed Edition will be available for purchase: Here is a reply I received a couple of weeks ago from someone in Harpercollins.

"This £250 limited edition, if it happens, will be available exclusively via HarperCollins.co.uk and not available anywhere else. It's still speculative, so does not have a pub date assigned to it yet. It will probably come in the autumn, certainly not in April 2007."

Interestingly, the reply stated (though I did not ask) that it would be priced at £250. Though I imagine that the price could change (if indeed this edition ever makes it to print), but it looks that they are aiming to price it at £250.
7 Feb, 2007
2007-2-7 12:42:54 AM UTC
That is about what i found out before I was told it would not appear... If it happens it will be published it must be ordered through tolkien.co.uk
This site will be much better then the old one, is aimed to be a news source and much more up to date. It will also be used to sell special editions... i hope also lots of contests and giveaways!

Any more questions?
5 Mar, 2007
2007-3-5 6:54:24 PM UTC
There is a photo up on Amazon.com (U.S.A.) of the deluxe edition Children of Hurin.

https://www.amazon.com/Children-Hurin- ... collsguid-20&linkCode=osi

I thought it was a bit curious that the Houghton Mifflin version looks a lot like the Harper Collins version. This was not the case with 50th Ann. Lord of the Rings. I wonder what the differences are. For one thing, the price is a lot less. Amazon lists the Houghton version at $47.25 USD, while the Harper Collins UK version is listed currently at £42.00 GBP (or about $80.70 USD).
5 Mar, 2007
2007-3-5 6:59:37 PM UTC
Regarding my last post.... I am not sure that it belongs under this topic, as it has nothing to do with a signed edition. Without starting a new thread, I thought this was the best place for it. Maybe with the release of the new book coming up soon, it is time to start a dedicated thread to the Children of Hurin. It is not often that a new Tolkien book of this magnitude is released!
4 Apr, 2007
2007-4-4 12:49:08 AM UTC
This might not be the right topic for this, but I was wondering if The Children of Húrin was going to be published in the "Black Edition," which looks like this.
All my Tolkien books (The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) are in this edition and I'd like to keep it that way if possible. No one will probably know this but I thought I'd ask anyway ^^
4 Apr, 2007
2007-4-4 7:00:55 AM UTC
As far as I know this will NOT happen... the large type edition will normally have black or grey covers, but this is to match the other large type editions... but fo now no black paperback edition has been announced.
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