Wednesday, November 22, 2006

The Children of Hurin

JRR Tolkien's great trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, had a significant value in me. Both in films, and literacy. I was stunned when i saw the first instalment of the Lord the Rings, and immediately went to a book store to bought the book. The love went on until now. In addition to the original trilogy, i also bought The Hobbit and my favourite, The Silmarillion. The Silmarillion held a significant value since it's probably the book that i've read many times over and over again. If you think you love The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the book, not the films, i suggest you to stop doing anything and read the Silmarillion instead.

Furthermore, i also went on and bought all twelve volume of The History of Middle-Earth which compiled by Christopher Tolkien from unfinished materials that has been written in notes and annotations by his father (JRR Tolkien) during the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Of those twelve volumes, i just read three of them. Since you know, it was a significantly harder reading materials than the other works, and many of the stories written in the History of Middle-Earth were an early conceptions of the mythology found in the Silmarillion and the Lord of the Rings. Thus, i had to read the Silmarillion over and over again.

Now, when i was browsing some random facts at Wikipedia, i stumbled upon the news, that on Spring 2007, Christopher Tolkien was about to publish a new book based on his father's note, entitled 'Children of Hurin'. You can read more about who is this Hurin on ever trusted Wikipedia. I had to read The Silmarillion again. And oh, i'm definitely going to buy Children of Hurin should the book available in the store. It would also serve well if you'd like to... ah, you know, bought the book as a present for me.. :D.

Well, like i said, i'm going to read The Silmarillion again.

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