I am glad you have found it useful. I didn't know a new book was coming out and thought that was going to be some sort of joke/RP thread, treating the fall as a news event. Welcome to r/tolkienfans! March 2021. The overall narrative is very similar to the final version, the locations are all basically identical and the geography changes very little. The Fall of Gondolin is the third chapter of The Book of Lost Tales Part Two.It is the earliest tale from the legendarium written by J.R.R. How many narwhal/sealions did it take to pull Ulmo's car? I guess the final thing is just to note some interesting things throughout. This subreddit is a space for the Tolkien nerds of reddit to debate and discuss the whole Tolkien mythos. Completing the ‘trilogy’ of Middle-earth tales – begun with The Children of Húrin in 2007 and Beren and Lúthien following in 2017 – this new volume will include drawings and colour plates by Alan Lee. They fled northward at first, through the tunnel that Idril had commissioned, before crossing a bit of open land and then reaching the mountains and then climbing to the Cirith Thoronath where they were ambushed, and Glorfindel and a Balrog slew each other. Reading silmarillion and unfinished tales and looking up and learning about the first age. In the words of J.R.R. Just a few opening impressions for this book. “The Fall of Gondolin” will be available in hardback, deluxe hardback, large print and e-book worldwide as well as a companion Tolkien Calendar. The Fall of Gondolin tells of the founding of the city; of the arrival there of Tuor, a prince of Men; of the betrayal of the city to Morgoth by the king's nephew, Maeglin; and of its subsequent catastrophic destruction by Morgoth's armies. Under this divine guidance, Turgon travelled from his kingdom in Nevrast and found the vale in FA 53. This book is definitely like Beren & Luthien in that it is there to look into Tolkien's method behind his works, as well as to find extra details about the Fall of Gondolin and the characters surrounding it. I had not found any US links previously and now is the same. There's a whole bunch of versions of that in HoME. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. Welcome to r/tolkienfans! Hello. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's daughter, and their son is Eärendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo. Tolkien, it was ‘the first real story of this imaginary world’ and, together with Beren and Lúthien and The Children of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days. The earliest saved manuscript was written in an exercise book (that was subsequently clean-copied by his wife Edith) and was one of the stories of the Lost Tales; this manuscript was the last time Tolkien wrote the complete tale of Tuor with a detailed description of t… Rather than adding this only to the previous thread where many might miss it I add it here also. I'll believe he's decided to stop writing when he's dead. Gondolin was a secret city of Elves in the First Age of Middle-earth. Further details as well as reaction can also be found at The Tolkien Society. In the words of J.R.R. The following passage provoked a 20 minute discussion with her: Behold now Ulmo leapt upon his car before the doorway of his palace below the still waters of the Outer Sea; and his car was drawn by narwhal and sealion and was in fashion like a whale; and amidst the sounding of great conches he sped from Ulmonan; Did Ulmo sit inside the "whale" car or straddle it instead? The Gardian - The Fall of Gondolin, 'new' JRR Tolkien book, to be published in 2018 The Tolkien Society - The Fall of Gondolin to be published TOR.com - When Tuor Met Ulmo, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let Gondolin Fall by Jeff LaSala ————————————————— In post is part of the Thursday Quotables meme. I'm so glad he was able to finish on his own terms. The Fall of Gondolin - Kindle edition by Tolkien, J.R.R., Lee, Alan, Tolkien, Christopher. These are all in traditional novel form, so no Lay like in Beren & Luthien, and no long-form poetry. Discussion regarding The Fall of Gondolin. Tolkien’s latest posthumous book may actually be the last. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Second, as for the content. Who’s cursed by a demon, forever, to watch his own realm rise and fall" Inspired by the song The Realm of The Fallen King by BrunuhVille. It seems like a lot of Tolkien's revisions focused less on major aspects of the story, and more on the names of characters and the actual pacing of the tale. Just went to the store to pick it up along with a couple other publications. Hi, I would like to ask someone who has already read FoG, if lay of the fall of gondolin is present. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Still, the book itself is gorgeous, and I'll probably sink hours into it. The novel begins with an introduction from Christopher talking about his father, J.R.R. The seeds of Gondolin's fall were set some decades after Nírnaeth Arnoediad, the fifth battle of the War of the Jewels. Was it down the paths of firelight dreams. It feels nice to hold, the front cover is fantastic and Alan Lee's illustrations throughout never disappoint, they've made me see this story in a whole new light. 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