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C3PX
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The Children of Hurin
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Date created
1-Mar-2007, 9:36 AM
Since this whole Children of Hurin thing I have had renewed interest in Tolkien. I stumbled across this site: http://www.simontolkien.com/jrrtolkien.html

It is the personal website of Simon Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien's grandchild, Christopher Tolkien's eldest son. Simon is a lawyer and as of 2003 a published writer. The particular page I have given a link to is an article he wrote about his relationship with his grandfather. It is a very interesting article and an enjoyable read. There is one sort of off handed comment that he kind of just throws in there, saying that when his father choose new board members for the Tolkien Estate he was not among them. I don't know, the way it was written it seems like he saw this as a bit of a put down. He is from Christopher's first marriage, which ended badly, I get the impression he doesn't have much of a relationship with his father. He is the only of Christopher's children to have known Tolkien, and from the article it seems he and J.R.R. had a pretty strong relationship. I don't know the guy or anything about him other than the brief bits posted, but I feel sorry he is not one of the board members of the estate. From what I have read about Tolkien I am not sure he would like things the way they are now. Of course all I can do is speculate, which is quite meaningless.

You know, I bet having a last name like "Tolkien" is no small advantage in the publishing world. Being a true descendant of J.R.R., I bet all he had to do was mail in a few manuscript and wait for the phone calls and find out what publisher was willing to pay the most. Not much a fan of court room/crime novels, but I may have to keep my eyes open for this one, perhaps only for a curiosity piece.