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TheLostPilgrim · 11-11-2012, 02:56 PM

Is there any indication that Tolkien would've, if he had had the time or longevity, brought some of the other stories and legends in The Silmarilion to a more complete state? I mean the way he worked on The Children of Hurin until that work was complete and in a novel format? More a finished story rather than a summary or brief history of one?

Also, are there any tales which are almost close to completion or are in a state complete enough to publish as full stories (like CoH), but have not been edited/released due to CRRT's old age and the amount of time such a project would need?

If the entire saga of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings makes up but a few pages in The Silmarillion. being written in much the same "history" sort of style as that work is, I imagine you could fill an entire library with books if Tolkien had had the time to bring all of the legends and tales in The Silmarillion to a full length, fully fleshed out state.

11-11-2012, 02:56 PM	#1
TheLostPilgrim Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 72	Full length stories Is there any indication that Tolkien would've, if he had had the time or longevity, brought some of the other stories and legends in The Silmarilion to a more complete state? I mean the way he worked on The Children of Hurin until that work was complete and in a novel format? More a finished story rather than a summary or brief history of one? Also, are there any tales which are almost close to completion or are in a state complete enough to publish as full stories (like CoH), but have not been edited/released due to CRRT's old age and the amount of time such a project would need? If the entire saga of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings makes up but a few pages in The Silmarillion. being written in much the same "history" sort of style as that work is, I imagine you could fill an entire library with books if Tolkien had had the time to bring all of the legends and tales in The Silmarillion to a full length, fully fleshed out state.