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Originally Posted by pwalker8
.... I think the fascination of Tolkien's universe is that it does seem so much like a real mythos and there are so many brief mentions where I think, wow that would make a great book or movie.
..... there are a few stories in Tolkien's universe that I would love to read if done right.
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I can but agree.
Dennis McKiernan clearly thought the mines of Moria held an unfinished tale, hence his sequel, that eventually became something else, so it could be published.
Many of us of course would like to read his original version.
I am not sure on what the rules are governing derivative works, especially unpublished ones, when a book goes into Public Domain. I suspect you cannot earn profit, but you may be allowed to publish as free?
So some of us might live long enough to see the estate of Dennis McKiernan release his original work.
And he is not alone. I know of at least two others that have written unauthorized stories set in Middle Earth.
Both of those are non English authors .... Russian
or Polish etc ... I forget.
One of those wrote a single story (
The Last Ringbearer), which has had an English translation, and is a different take on The Lord Of The Rings, written from the perspective of the Orcs and Goblins etc. It is somewhat sympathetic I believe, even going as far as to portray the Tolkien story as some kind of propaganda ... so a bit like a conspiracy theory.
The other author,
Nick Perumov, has written a trilogy of sequels to The Lord Of The Rings, but as far as I know, they have never been translated into English. He is quite the popular author in the Eastern Bloc I believe ... Europe actually.
EDIT - You can I believe, read some elements in English, via
The Wayback Machine ... just one later chapter and a few beginning summaries. The author now seemingly lives in the U.S.A ... and no mental slouch going by his job of microbiologist ... writing is apparently a hobby only.
Those stories too, might become widely available one day.
I think I have copies of all those, especially the alternate perspective ... which I haven't read yet ... and naturally I cannot read the others, but grabbed them while I could (I think).