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[Aiwendil]

My first choice would be a full Lay of Earendil. Of all the 'great tales', this is the only one that never received any sort of a 'full' treatment. For 'Beren and Luthien' we have the Lay of Leithien; for Turin we have the Narn; for 'Tuor' we have the late 'Fall of Gondolin' fragment and the old Lost Tale; even for the Ruin of Doriath, we have 'Wanderings' and the old 'Tale of the Nauglafring'. For 'Earendil' we have only the terse report of the 'Quenta' and annalistic traditions and the tantalizing Lost Tales outlines.

A close second choice would be a continuation of 'The Wanderings of Hurin' to form a complete tale 'Of the Ruin of Doriath'.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

My first choice would be a full Lay of Earendil. Of all the 'great tales', this is the only one that never received any sort of a 'full' treatment. For 'Beren and Luthien' we have the Lay of Leithien; for Turin we have the Narn; for 'Tuor' we have the late 'Fall of Gondolin' fragment and the old Lost Tale; even for the Ruin of Doriath, we have 'Wanderings' and the old 'Tale of the Nauglafring'. For 'Earendil' we have only the terse report of the 'Quenta' and annalistic traditions and the tantalizing Lost Tales outlines.

I agree with Aiwendil - it would definitely be great to see a full Lay of Eärendil. He's not only an intriguing character, but I've always been interested in his journeys. It feels there could be so much more to them, but they aren't really written about. Such a pity.

My other option would be the Fall of Gondolin. It has always been my favourite out of the Great Tales, and also the one with the least material. Lay of Leithian is best read in verse - I don't think it would make a very good novel; and we already have the Tale of the Children of Húrin. I would be interested both in the wanderings of Tuor and the story of Maeglin in a fuller extent - and the Fall of Gondolin could also continue nicely to the story of Eärendil.

Or then something about dwarves. A story which is located in Nogrod or Belegost, or Khazad-dûm. A story that gives more insight into normal dwarvish life, into dwarves themselves - not just how they are portrayed by other peoples. Wow.

A novel-size version of the Akallabêth would be lovely, too.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Or then something about dwarves. A story which is located in Nogrod or Belegost, or Khazad-dûm. A story that gives more insight into normal dwarvish life, into dwarves themselves - not just how they are portrayed by other peoples. Wow.

So what about the story of Balin in Moria? Something like a full-length copy of the Book of Mazarbul (or more, actually). I would have liked that. Or then, the horror novel "We dug too deep" concerning the first emergence of Durin's Bane and Durin's death. These are stories I would definitely have liked to see.

And, from others, also, as it has been mentioned, Aragorn's journeys, and also Gandalf's journeys. I would have liked to see, for one, what did he do in, let's say, Nurn. Because from all that's been said it looks like he was there at least once.

And then, I would like to read the battle of Dol Guldur. Maybe the most of all these things, and also more from the White Councils, which could surround the story. But this is also the right place to mention that I would have liked to read that from Tolkien, and I would certainly NOT wish *eyes color red* to see that, ever, in some braque movie. Who readest, understand...

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

So what about the story of Balin in Moria? Something like a full-length copy of the Book of Mazarbul (or more, actually). I would have liked that. Or then, the horror novel "We dug too deep" concerning the first emergence of Durin's Bane and Durin's death. These are stories I would definitely have liked to see.

Oooh, yes. I was mainly thinking about the First Age when typing my post so I, err, forgot about those later things.
Or the story of Durin and the founding of Khazad-dûm. Now that would be a treat.