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Originally Posted by Sardy
(Forgive me if the has been discussed before, but I looked and could find nothing...)
This is a thread for discussion of sequel(s) to The Lord of the Rings. What epic history do you think Tolkien might've envisioned for the Fourth (and Fifth, etc.) Age(s)? What writer might be capable of carrying on Tolkien's tradition and adding to Middle-earth? (Tolkien himself has stated that he always envisioned Middle-earth as an organic writing that could and should be added to...).
And also, what plans (had he lived long and not abandondoned it) might Tolkien have had for The New Shadow, his unfinished (barely started) sequel? True, he had his doubts about the project from the outset (but what writer doesn't?). Surely, the genius imagination that could grow The Lord of the Rings from the humble tale of The Hobbit, given time, would have made a remarkable piece from The New Shadow...!
You can read the beginnings of Tolkien's lost sequel here: http://www.btinternet.com/~fountain/tolkien/index.html |
I think the sequel would be how the Reunited Kingdom began to blossom, the cleansing and capitulation of Rhun and the Easterlings by Aragorn and Eomer. What ewent on with the remaining elves and the Shire. Basically everything that's mentioned in the Appendices, I suppose only in greater detail. We'd get to know the King's sons and learn about some of those lands on the edge of the map.
Another good story line would be about those lands on the edges of the maps that are we don't know much about (like the far far east).