LOTR Or The Hobbit II? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 11-18-2012, 10:06 AM

I don't know - Tolkien himself was certainly concerned about initial sales of the TH http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19965058

My suspicion is that Tolkien couldn't have written a sequel in the same style - TH itself is 'growing up' by the end & being absorbed into the Legendarium, so it really depends what you consider the 'style' of TH to be. The early drafts of the sequel in HoM-e actually take a backward step & attempt to recreate the early parts of TH rather than the later parts & for that reason don't really fit with the overall mood of the earlier work. LotR starts off very much in tone & mood as TH ended.

My feeling is that if JRRT had produced another book in the style of TH then both books would quite possibly have been long forgotten - yes, the Narnia Chronicles are still around, but many, many childrens' books from that period are not.

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davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	I don't know - Tolkien himself was certainly concerned about initial sales of the TH http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19965058 My suspicion is that Tolkien couldn't have written a sequel in the same style - TH itself is 'growing up' by the end & being absorbed into the Legendarium, so it really depends what you consider the 'style' of TH to be. The early drafts of the sequel in HoM-e actually take a backward step & attempt to recreate the early parts of TH rather than the later parts & for that reason don't really fit with the overall mood of the earlier work. LotR starts off very much in tone & mood as TH ended. My feeling is that if JRRT had produced another book in the style of TH then both books would quite possibly have been long forgotten - yes, the Narnia Chronicles are still around, but many, many childrens' books from that period are not. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."