The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún: Pre- and Reviews - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hookbill the Goomba · 01-06-2009, 09:45 AM

Given some of the similarities in the stories, it doesn't surprise me that this is coming out now, with Children of Hurin still fresh in our minds. Wasn't this one of Tolkien's favourite stories as a child? I seem to recall reading that, but it's been a while since I read a proper biography...

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-06-2009, 11:01 AM

But - but it's not even close to April 1st yet!

davem · 01-06-2009, 11:04 AM

Don't know if anyone recalls William Cloud Hicklin mentioning on another thread that CT was working on a volume of his father's verse - looks like this is it. I've been wanting to read Tolkien's 'New Volsungasaga' since it was mentioned in Carpenter's biography.

davem · 01-06-2009, 01:00 PM

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/...urd_Gudrun.php

Quote:

David Brawn, the publishing director of HarperCollins UK, said: "It is an entirely unpublished work, dates from around the early 1930s, and will be published - all being well - in May this year. Otherwise the clue as to what the book will contain is in the title - THE LEGEND OF SIGURD AND GUDRUN. You will surmise from this that it is not a Middle-earth book, but we are confident that Tolkien fans will be fascinated by it."

Bêthberry · 01-06-2009, 02:10 PM

This won't be a translation, will it? A Tolkien retelling in his own narrative style?

Rumil · 01-06-2009, 02:17 PM

Cheers for the heads-up davem!

Looking forward to this one, especially as I've been remiss in reading any Norse legends!

davem · 01-06-2009, 02:17 PM

Found this, which speculates on the new book http://lingwe.blogspot.com/2009/01/n...is-summer.html

Quote:

I suspect this work must be the “long unpublished poem entitled ‘Volsungakviða En Nyja’, probably written in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Tolkien described it, in a letter to [W.H.] Auden dated 29 January 1968, as ‘written in fornyrðislag 8-line stanzas in English: an attempt to organize the Edda material dealing with Sigurd and Gunnar’”

Maybe we can look forward to 'The Fall of Arthur' next?

The Might · 01-06-2009, 02:23 PM

Wait... so even more quotes to search for in "Minor Works"?

I don't know if I'll read it only because it is by Tolkien... I'll look up the reviews first and read other opinions and then decide if it's worth buying.

01-06-2009, 09:45 AM	#1
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Given some of the similarities in the stories, it doesn't surprise me that this is coming out now, with Children of Hurin still fresh in our minds. Wasn't this one of Tolkien's favourite stories as a child? I seem to recall reading that, but it's been a while since I read a proper biography... __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

01-06-2009, 11:01 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	But - but it's not even close to April 1st yet! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-06-2009, 11:04 AM	#3
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	Don't know if anyone recalls William Cloud Hicklin mentioning on another thread that CT was working on a volume of his father's verse - looks like this is it. I've been wanting to read Tolkien's 'New Volsungasaga' since it was mentioned in Carpenter's biography. __________________ “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."

01-06-2009, 02:10 PM	#5
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	This won't be a translation, will it? A Tolkien retelling in his own narrative style? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

01-06-2009, 02:17 PM	#6
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	More! Cheers for the heads-up davem! Looking forward to this one, especially as I've been remiss in reading any Norse legends! __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion Last edited by Rumil; 01-06-2009 at 02:17 PM. Reason: tryping

01-06-2009, 02:23 PM	#8
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Wait... so even more quotes to search for in "Minor Works"? I don't know if I'll read it only because it is by Tolkien... I'll look up the reviews first and read other opinions and then decide if it's worth buying. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown