Questions tagged [christopher-tolkien]
Christopher Tolkien, born in 1924, is the youngest son of J. R. R. Tolkien. He is the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. If the question concerns the Middle-Earth universe in which Lord of the Rings is set, use the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag as well.
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Why did Christopher Tolkien remove all references to England and Ælfwine from the published Silmarillion?
Reading through the History of Middle-Earth series, it's quite clear the Tolkien had England and Eriol/Ælfwine of England in his mind though most of the history of developing the legendarium. The idea ...
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Has Tolkien's estate ever sold the rights to adaptations of any Tolkien works?
Inspired by the comments on this question.
J.R.R. Tolkien sold the rights to film adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to United Artists in 1968 or 1969. Although he retained enough ...
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How many Stars of Elendil were there, and what happened to each of them?
In The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn wears a jewel called the Elendilmir, or Star of Elendil, upon his brow. This stone, which was also known as the Star of the Dúnedain and the Star of the North, was ...
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Has the Tolkien Estate considered allowing other authors to write additional stories in Middle Earth?
Aside from Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle Earth, the Silmarillion and the Children of Hurin, which were all primarily Tolkien's work, has his estate ever considered allowing other authors to ...
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What did Christopher Tolkien mean by "Tolkien's fifteenth invented language"?
I know this question would usually raise other questions as to what is considered a separate language (e.g. Qenya/Quenya, Gnomish/Sindarin, etc.).
The thing is that somewhere there is an official list....
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