https://oloriel.dreamwidth.org/ The lyf so short - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:04:45 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios oloriel personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/12780967/2686093 https://oloriel.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://oloriel.dreamwidth.org/569069.html Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:04:45 GMT https://oloriel.dreamwidth.org/569069.html <a href="http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2017/11/15/104426-in-historic-move-christopher-tolkien-resigns-as-director-of-tolkien-estate/">CJRT has resigned as director of the Tolkien Estate.</a> (As early as August actually. Multiple sources confirm so I guess this is not just a hoax?) It shouldn't be <i>that</i> surprising - he's 93 and hinted as early as April that <i>Beren and Lúthien</i> would probably be the last of his father's works that he'd edit and published - and yet... it is.<br /><br />Well, this is certainly a gamechanger, isn't it, and opens up a whole new range of possibilities for the TV rights Amazon has bought. O.ó<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=oloriel&ditemid=569069" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://oloriel.dreamwidth.org/569069.html fandom = srs bizns in the news and on the web tolkien *wibble* thoughtful public 9