Reported in the local newspaper of where he was living in France.
Be at peace Christopher. Your father's works benefited from two lifetimes of studious work and passion.
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Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R Tolkien has died aged 95
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Reported in the local newspaper of where he was living in France.
Be at peace Christopher. Your father's works benefited from two lifetimes of studious work and passion.
RIP, I know a lot of people thought he was "uptight" for being so protective of his father's work but he put a lot of work in maintaining its integrity and his own research that is part of the greater work, he could've sold out the estate for a fuck ton of money if he wanted.
This is a big loss for Tolkien's work (both of them). He did an amazing job carrying the torch and not just living off of his inheritance.
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I'm very happy that he was able to see this come to fruition before he died. He seemed full of joy at seeing the tapestries.
RIP. Will always appreciate how seriously he took being the custodian of his fathers work. Pretty much everything he did helped to enhance it.
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He stepped down as director of the Estate a while ago now. His sister, wife, Simon Tolkien and Adam Tolkien are the ones who will carry the Estate forward.
There will be no further works released I presume. The Fall of Gondolin will be last posthumously published work by J.R.R Tolkien.
He set the standard on how to curate and maintain an author's legacy.
Many would have inherited what he did and run it all into the ground for a payday, Hobbit Movie Trilogy-style.
Many would have inherited what he did and run it all into the ground for a payday, Hobbit Movie Trilogy-style.
Damn. And so the relationship between father and son that created The Hobbit ends at last.
RIP, Christopher. You did good.
RIP, Christopher. You did good.
RIP
He did great work for the Middle-Earth universe. I've only read the LOTR trilogy and the Hobbit, but I'll definitely get around to reading Christopher's contributions one day.
He did great work for the Middle-Earth universe. I've only read the LOTR trilogy and the Hobbit, but I'll definitely get around to reading Christopher's contributions one day.
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The importance of this man to what we know as the Tolkien Legendariun cannot be understated. That we even got a published Silmarillion out of myriad of unfinished (and sometimes contradictory) writings speaks to the quality of the work he did in taking care of his father's legacy. He set the standard.
RIP, Christopher. Mine was a brighter life by having known your father's work through you. NamƔriƫ.
"...the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise."
RIP, Christopher. Mine was a brighter life by having known your father's work through you. NamƔriƫ.
"...the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise."
RIP. He may have been a little too protective of his father's work at times, but no one can deny the passion and love he had for it. He truly cared about the world of Middle Earth. It was only through him that we got a much deeper dive into the lore of the world, and that was no easy feat. I hope he is remembered for years to come as the gold standard on how to handle a legendary author's estate.
He approached J.R.R. Tolkien's unpublished work with an academic and philological seriousness that rival his father's own studies into ancient languages and manuscripts, and because of that we know more about the mythopoetic and philological development of Middle-earth than we ever would otherwise.
As a Tolkien fan it's hard to imagine a world without The Silmarillion, but without Christopher it doesn't exist.
RIP.
As a Tolkien fan it's hard to imagine a world without The Silmarillion, but without Christopher it doesn't exist.
RIP.
*adjusts glasses pretentiously*
As literary children go, I prefer Dmitri Nabokov. Race car driver, opera singer, author, translator. Sorry, one-trick Christopher ā you can't compete with the Meat!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Nabokov
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One of my fondest moments in recent years was going to the forest in the summer with a copy of Morgoth's Ring and just marvelling at Christopher's analysis of his father's work. That was a lovely summer's day...
Thoughts go out to his family friends.
He did a fantastic job maintaining the legacy of his father. I've been meaning to read the Silmarillion again for a number of years. I think I'll make that my next read.
He did a fantastic job maintaining the legacy of his father. I've been meaning to read the Silmarillion again for a number of years. I think I'll make that my next read.
