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Every fantasy reader probably knows by now that Christopher Tolkien was responsible for the posthumous completion of The Silmarillion, but how many did know that in the past 30 years, he has also been working on an edited version of The Children of Hurin, an unfinished tale abandoned by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1918? Extracts from the original tale have already been published, and here it comes fully, now–an account of the story of the family of Hurin, the man who dared defy Melkor in the First Age. This may be matter to controversy, but regardless, it will contribute to revealing some more narrative links on the complex, intricately woven world of Tolkien.
(Source: The Guardian.)