My favorite fictional tale, aside from 1984, is the entire serious of books about the fantasy world J.R.R. Tolkien created including the Lord of the Rings. I also really enjoy The Silmarillion and all of the many writings about the first age. My favorite story from The Silmarillion (it is a narrative of an age, including many individual stories) is the story of Turin Turambar. So when it came out that Tolkien’s son was putting together a full book with a constant and complete narrative like a regular book (and unlike some of the other books he’s put together), I was ecstatic. The book, entitled The Children of Húrin, is set to come out next month. This is the cover page:
Also, for amusements sake, a funny You Tube video about the Lord of the Rings:
Of course this isn’t exactly plausible as the eagles were not meant to take a direct roll, but were observers for Manwe, the ruling god on earth.
I’m part way through writing a very long post about Iraq, and hopefully will finish it within the next week.
Posted by Timothy 
