# "New" Tolkien book to be released next year

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-to-be-released-next-year/373298>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 19, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-to-be-released-next-year/373298 "2006-09-19T18:04:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-to-be-released-next-year/373298/1 "2006-09-19T18:04:09Z")

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[http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/09/18/books.newtolkien.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/09/18/books.newtolkien.ap/index.html)

I dunno. Haven’t JRRT’s notes been pretty well pillaged, er, I mean, utilized by now? How long before his family is publishing his laundry and shopping lists? I’ll certainly take a look at this, when it’s published, but I hope the publisher will show what’s original to the Professor and what’s been filled in by Christopher Tolkien (something that should have been done with _The Silmarillion_, IMHO).

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tolkien-book-to-be-released-next-year/373298/2 "2006-09-19T18:39:46Z")

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As we already have a thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388829) with replies, I’m closing this one.