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So Tolkien came out with a new book posthumously thanks to Christopher Tolkien. "The Legend of Siguard & Gudrun" is out yet i didn't get it yesterday (which was opening day) which is kinda surprising since i usually get Tolkien related things opening day. ;)
Here are some reviews:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6655942.html
and Christopher Tolkien answers q's here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/05/jrr-tokien-sigurd-gudrun-poem
and from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/04/AR2009050403462.html
(haven't read that one yet but intend to)
Some bits of the review from "The Guardian" here:
Telling in verse the story of Sigurd the Völsung and the fall of the Niflungs – also adapted by Wagner into the Ring cycle – The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún sees the hero Sigurd kill the dragon Fafnir (a slaying which may have influenced Tolkien's writing of Bilbo's encounter with Smaug in The Hobbit), take his gold and rescue the Valkyrie Brynhild from her imprisonment on a rock surrounded by fire. Love, magic, jealousy, and, eventually, tragedy in the murder of Sigurd and the suicide of Brynhild ensue.
It seems very unlike anything from Middle-earth so i'm not sure if i'm going to get it asap since i have more studying to do till i break for a vacation last week of May. Might coerce MM to get it for me if i do get it. ;)
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And! the official site for the Radio City Music Hall Fellowship of the Ring concert is up!
http://www.theradiocitylotrconcert.com/
Its' been up for a while and i keep good updates on it via Facebook. :P
Planning to go with 3 ppl already..but which LJers are in??? =) It'll be so cool to have you come for that!
I'm going to get tix soon. :)
It's exciting, mellon nin! :D
Here are some reviews:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6655942.html
and Christopher Tolkien answers q's here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/05/jrr-tokien-sigurd-gudrun-poem
and from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/04/AR2009050403462.html
(haven't read that one yet but intend to)
Some bits of the review from "The Guardian" here:
Telling in verse the story of Sigurd the Völsung and the fall of the Niflungs – also adapted by Wagner into the Ring cycle – The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún sees the hero Sigurd kill the dragon Fafnir (a slaying which may have influenced Tolkien's writing of Bilbo's encounter with Smaug in The Hobbit), take his gold and rescue the Valkyrie Brynhild from her imprisonment on a rock surrounded by fire. Love, magic, jealousy, and, eventually, tragedy in the murder of Sigurd and the suicide of Brynhild ensue.
It seems very unlike anything from Middle-earth so i'm not sure if i'm going to get it asap since i have more studying to do till i break for a vacation last week of May. Might coerce MM to get it for me if i do get it. ;)
...
And! the official site for the Radio City Music Hall Fellowship of the Ring concert is up!
http://www.theradiocitylotrconcert.com/
Its' been up for a while and i keep good updates on it via Facebook. :P
Planning to go with 3 ppl already..but which LJers are in??? =) It'll be so cool to have you come for that!
I'm going to get tix soon. :)
It's exciting, mellon nin! :D
