Books Underground: The Children of Húrin?
In these days my love for the books is coming out again, and I would spend the entire day reading. I have planned to read in english some books I have already read in italian, and I would like to read some others I never read.
In the category “already read” I have set The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy, some books by Tom Clancy (I love his writing style) while in the “never read” I have listed some books, but I’m not sure of their quality. Apart from some Science Fiction books (like the one I’m reading now, Keeping it Real, from Justina Robson) I am quite curious about “The Children of Húrin” by JRR Tolkien. I’ve always loved his story, but I’ve always been skeptical on the volumes edited by his son, Christopher. Did anyone of you read it?
I have been most impressed by The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion (edited by Christopher Tolkien), but Unfinished Tales, also not completed by Tolkien itself, was not a great book. Now, from a certain perspective I’m quite interested by this latest book, from another I’m scared that this could be just another way to make the “monetary empire” live a little longer.
I think I will try to find a cheap edition on ebay, even if the leatherbound version is impressive and quite interesting… maybe I will find a cheap version of that one…
