Relative Powers

[davem]

Originally Posted by Narfforc

Was this Tolkiens final word on the matter, ie: was it published whilst alive.

Of course, as we see with both TH & LotR Tolkien wasn't averse to altering even his published works for subsequent editions. Plus if we take into account the changes made to the published works since his death (between 300 - 400 changes to the text in the recent 50th anniversary edition of LotR) we seem to be on very shaky ground even with the works published during his lifetime.