| Re: Have you read other Tolkien books....
Can you quote any references to support this sweeping statement?
For a start, if you belive this, you shouldn't have read the Silmarillion, because that was put into shape, edited, and published by Christopher Tolkien, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay, after his father's death - and it was his express wish that this should be done, as JRRT had always wanted it to be published.
Secondly, what "secret works"?
Most of the notes and drafts of Tolkiens work were sold, not donated, to Marquette University by JRRT himself, for their use. They are freely available for study on application to the University, and are accessible to their students.
Thirdly, the History of Middle Earth series, published by CJRT is not a story as such - it is an account of the writing of the story of the LotR.
May I respectfully suggest that you read the Letters of JRRT, and some of the biographies - Carpenter's is a good one to start with. |