Man behind the Mythology

[Olorin_TLA]

Collins, because Allen & Unwin couldn't publish the Silmarillion and LotR in one; Collins said they were interested in doing so, but it never happened, and so A&U published in the end.

[The Saucepan Man]

Yes, Allen & Unwin were reluctant to publish the Silm as well as LotR and Collins expressed an interest in publishing both. Then they had cold feet and Tolkien lost patience with them, returning to Allen & Unwin to have LotR published on the basis that one was better than none.

So, the thread is your Olorin_TLA.

[Olorin_TLA]

Kind of tragic one...

When CS Lewis passed away, how did Tolkien descibe it, compared to other misfortunes in his life?

[Child of the 7th Age]

Olorin_TLA,

Do you mean this quote from his letter to his daughter Priscilla concerning th death of Lewis?

"So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man of my age---like an old tree that is losingall its leaves one by one; this feels like an axe-blow near the roots."

~Child

[Estelyn Telcontar]

He wrote to his daughter Priscilla after Lewis' death:

So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man of my age - like an old tree that is losing all its leaves one by one: this feels like an axe-blow near the roots.

That's a very touching picture that shows that the friendship still meant much to him.

edit: Darn, Sharon - you beat me to it by one minute!

[Olorin_TLA]

Ah, sorry Estelyn, but Child (long time no see) has it!

Yeah, that's always been a touching comment to me, especially considering how they'd drifted apart over the years.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Like other Hobbits, my specialty is 'slinking in' the back way!

Now, on to business....

Who said this?

I think that Tom Bombadil would make quite a good story, but as The Hobbit has already been very successful I think the story of Old Took's great grand-uncle, Bullroarer, who rode a horse and charged the goblins of Mount Gram in the battle of the Green Fields and knocked King Golfimbil's (sic) head off with a wooden club would be even better. The story could be a continuation of The Hobbit , for Bilbo could tell it to Gandlf and Balin in his hobbit hole when they visited him.

[Olorin_TLA]

Tolkien's aunt?