New Tolkien book to be published next month

[Dave Monroe]

LONDON (AFP) - An unfinished book by "Lord of the
Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien, which was completed by
his son, will go on sale on next month, a newspaper
said. 

"The Children of Hurin", which Tolkien began in 1918,
will be in bookshops on April 17, the Independent on
Sunday added. The author's son, Christopher, spent 30
years completing the story from the many drafts
produced by his father.

Publisher HarperCollins is keeping exact details of
the story under close wraps but its description as "an
epic story of adventure, tragedy, fellowship and
heroism" will be familiar to the legions of Tolkien
fans.

Artist Alan Lee has provided 25 pencil sketches and
eight paintings for the book.

Lee won an Oscar for art direction on        Peter
Jackson's "The Return of the King", the third
blockbuster film based on the "Lord of Rings" trilogy
that brought the stories to a worldwide audience.

"The Children of Hurin" is the first "new" Tolkien
book since a collection of his works -- "The
Silmarillion" -- was published posthumously in 1977,
four years after the writer's death. It was also
edited by Christopher Tolkien.

The chairman of the Tolkien Society, Chris Crawshaw,
was quoted by the Independent on Sunday as saying: "It
('The Children of Hurin') would probably make a very
good movie, if anyone can secure the film rights."

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