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Is the latest Tolkien book worth your time and money? In this episode, I take a close look at The Fall of Númenor and tell you what I think!
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
from Lord of the Rings:
“Of Númenor [Elrond] spoke, its glory and its fall, and the return of the Kings of Men to Middle-earth out of the deeps of the Sea, borne upon the wings of storm.”
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This is the second episode in my series exploring The Fall of Númenor, the recently published collection of Second Age writings, edited by Brian Sibley.Sibley’s introduction is titled “The Saga of a Dark Age”. Tolkien himself termed the Second Age a “Dark Age” in an important letter. Why did he do so? Watch and learn!
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This is the second episode in my series exploring The Fall of Númenor, the recently published collection of Second Age writings, edited by Brian Sibley.Sibley’s introduction is titled “The Saga of a Dark Age”. Tolkien himself termed the Second Age a “Dark Age” in an important letter. Why did he do so? Watch and learn!
2 Responses
Thanks for a very full, balanced and appreciative review which has understood my motivation and approach to the material. If I may, on behalf of my colleague Alan Lee, I would add that, in addition to his eleven new colour paintings included in the book, there are over 60 pencil sketches as head or tail pieces to the various entries from ‘The Tale of Years’ (LotR, Appendix B) that provides the chronology for this edition. These embellishments by Alan include characters and incidents from the Second Age as well as atmospheric glimpses of the landscapes of Númenor and Middle-earth.
YES – those pencil sketches are indeed a highlight, and I should have mentioned them! Thank you for pointing those out, Brian.