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A review by fizzbitch
Sauron Defeated: The End of the Third Age, Volume 9: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four by J.R.R. Tolkien
5.0
A very enjoyable part that finishes off the History of the LoTR.
Although that part makes up only 1/3rd of the entire book. The next two parts might be even more intriguing then Tolkien's usual stuff. The Notion Club Papers is a story unlike any other I've read. It's part autobiography about Tolkiens time in the Inklins, part surreal scifi dream spacetravel, part philological language creation course and part mystery discovery of an ancient mythical land.
Oh yeah, it's one awesome mess.
The last 1/3rd of this book is basically the telling of the legend of the Drowning of Numenor, but written or remembered as by Humans many years later, and it's quite interesting with the conceptions in that regard.
All in all, an amazing book.
Although that part makes up only 1/3rd of the entire book. The next two parts might be even more intriguing then Tolkien's usual stuff. The Notion Club Papers is a story unlike any other I've read. It's part autobiography about Tolkiens time in the Inklins, part surreal scifi dream spacetravel, part philological language creation course and part mystery discovery of an ancient mythical land.
Oh yeah, it's one awesome mess.
The last 1/3rd of this book is basically the telling of the legend of the Drowning of Numenor, but written or remembered as by Humans many years later, and it's quite interesting with the conceptions in that regard.
All in all, an amazing book.