Really?? I didn't know anything about this. I must start reading some more about Tolkien, in stead of reading so much by Tolkien. I guess...

Hmmm...regarding The Historys of Middle Earth: The Peoples of Middle Earth. Are those books good. I have been told by several friends that they are "boring"...I have flipped through them and they seem interesting...I mean I have thought of getting them..any recomendations? Or is there any thread in which anybody talks about this?

I didn`t know anything about the book!
Was it finished?
Was it published?
If it is published I`d like to read it sometime after I`ve read LOTR collection!

No, I think it's good he didn't finished it. Just think about it, how many sequals are good? NONE! They are all the same, remember? Boring, predictable etc etc. And come on now, why do we need a sequel? Don't know about the rest of you but I can just read LotR over and over and over and..

Amarie is right, Tolkien wrote LotR because of pressure to produce a sequel to The Hobbit. However, it's easy to overlook this fact as the styles are so different they almost seem to be written by two different people.

But I have to say Aire has a point. While writing a sequel to The Hobbit was one thing, recapturing the grandeur of LotR a second time around may well have been impossible, even for Tolkien. This is probably why he scrapped the idea so quickly.

Source: lotrrevisited.orc

War of the Crown

* Prologue *

Three thousand nine hundred fifty-seven years after Sauron's fall at the end if the Third Age of Middle-earth, there was no law in the of the land and the people once more did wrong in the eyes of Eru and he delivered them into the hands of the Cruel Haradrim for seven years times seven years.

At that time a new Dark Lord condensed from the vapors of the Second Nazg’l, he whose name was Ers’tz. He had disappeared upon his master Sauron's final fall. Ers’tz, in his quest for power, usurped the governorship of the State of New Mordor, and from this base he planned the domination of Middle-earth and eventually all of Arda beyond.

To ensure this victory, all Ers’tz needed was the Witch King of Angmar's Iron Crown. The original wearer of which, was better known as the Lord of the Nazg’l, he who had been dispatched by a woman, as has been previously been told in that portion of The Red Book of Westmark titled: 'The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King.'

This then, is the story of a small band who secretly cherished The Light, and of their endeavor to keep the Forces of Darkness from gaining that ultimate power.

Click Here to continue reading the 1397 pages of the saga.

War of the Crown ’ Grondmaster 2003

[Edited on 29/1/2003 by Grondmaster]

That`s a good point Ross.
Grondy that`s a good start but have you seen how thick Tolkien`s books are and all stories have to have a beginning, middle and an end!
(Only joking.)

[Edited on 28/1/2003 by Sheryl]

What, didn't either of my links work, Sheryl? Couldn't you find the other 1397 pages of my saga. (Also only joking as they are still blank.)

Allyssa: I probably spent close to three hours writing that prologue, at that rate it would take me ages to fill in the remaining 1397 pages, and then there is the index and appendicies, not to mention all the maps. I'm just too lazy to try and add on to the Master's story, were I anywhere near creative enough or filled with such chutzpa to try. Besides I don't have any idea how the story continues.

I think you should be MADE to carry on Grondy.

Go Grondy Go Grondy!
Let`s just hope you can fill those blank pages.

I know how you feel, i've just finished eighteen tax returns for the clients I deal with, Smegin' inland revenue!

Ah but just wait until your sixteen, you have to pay taxes but you still can't do anything, well not legally anyway! (Cough fake I.D.)

Now I know, you know how I feel on getting wed!

No I'm prime Batchelor material, I like most men don't belive in marriage but know that most likely I will be collered into it one day!

Shirley Temples at this point only Sheryl!

Tolkien wrote no stories set after LOTR, he even abandoned 'The New Shadow', set in Gondor in the Fourth Age, because all Elves had left ME by that time, and there was no remaining element of High Fantasy without them. The Wall Street idea looks promising though...

*ahem* Pushing the politics thing a bit aren't we Grond?

Probably yeah Grond.... though not terribly subtle or hypothetical