'New' Tolkien novel, 34 years after death


	'New' Tolkien novel, 34 years after death

wiccantexan

4-16-2007 7:18 PM

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tolkien, novel, fantasy, fiction

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4-17-2007 12:43 AM

Deepti

I heard about this sometime back....I hope it comes out well.....

4-17-2007 12:45 AM

skwirlinator

1/2 a million copies and a possible movie

4-17-2007 9:50 AM

wiccantexan

It's gotten a good review here:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/04/17/review.tolkien.ap/index.html

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