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Tolkien Tale To Tantalise Teens

Lost JRR Tolkien novel The Children of Hurin has been completed by his son and should be out around Easter. "It has seemed to me for a long time that there was a good case for presenting my father's long version of the legend of The Children of Hurin as an independent work, between its own covers," Christopher Tolkien said. We believe the novel will involve the Children wandering around Middle Earth for a thousand pages while poorly crafted religious iconography and stilted metaphors are unleashed on the reader. Peter Jackson has already announced his desire to direct the film version of the sure-to-be-a-classic book. "I haven't had any ideas since Bad Taste," Jackson told News In Briefs. "This Tolkien stuff is good for the bank and the awards case."

posted by Steve @ Tuesday, September 19, 2006