# New Tolkien Book: The Fall of Gondolin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-the-fall-of-gondolin/812538>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-the-fall-of-gondolin/812538 "2018-04-16T22:06:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-the-fall-of-gondolin/812538/1 "2018-04-16T22:06:49Z")

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I couldn’t find a thread on the upcoming new Tolkien release, _The Fall of Gondolin_. I’m surprised I had to learn of this on the street, rather then from keen-eyed Straight Dopers. Here’s the scoop:

[https://nerdist.com/j-r-r-tolkien-book-fall-of-gondolin-new/](https://nerdist.com/j-r-r-tolkien-book-fall-of-gondolin-new/)

Anyone else excited? Anyone pre-ordering? I can’t wait to get a first edition to go next to my first editions of _The Silmarillion_ and _The Children of Hurin_. And of course a paperback to actually read.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-the-fall-of-gondolin/812538/2 "2018-04-17T00:21:26Z")

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I’m guessing that, like last year’s _Beren and Luthien_, it’s going to be mostly a repackaging of material that has already been published in _The History of Middle Earth_.