Saxo Runesinger
Member
I know that the weekly discussions of the text often refers to how things were handled in the earlier drafts of the story in the History of Middle Earth or in the Peter Jackson films as a reference or 'counterpoint' examples of how Tolkien might have otherwise told his story.
I was wondering if any of you are familiar with the controversial novel "The Last Ringbearer", by Kirill Yeskov.
Have you read it? Do you regard it as a credible conversational counterweight to Tolkien's real story, or as 'fake' literature that doesn't deserve any serious time or discussion (e.g. in a Mythgard forum)?
I haven't read all of it, but from what I've read, it's clear that Yeskov's narrative does not follow the same path as tLotR, so it might not be as easy to match up the story lines (much of the narrative of TLR takes place in the aftermath of the events of tLotR) and compare them but I'm interested in the opinions of this group on this apocryphal version of events.
I do note that there may be concerns for the copyright issues/potential for the objections of the Tolkien estate put it out of scope? To counter this, the author has published free version in English. I was able to find a downloadable version online. It's fairly easy to find in pdf format for those who are interested.
I was wondering if any of you are familiar with the controversial novel "The Last Ringbearer", by Kirill Yeskov.
Have you read it? Do you regard it as a credible conversational counterweight to Tolkien's real story, or as 'fake' literature that doesn't deserve any serious time or discussion (e.g. in a Mythgard forum)?
I haven't read all of it, but from what I've read, it's clear that Yeskov's narrative does not follow the same path as tLotR, so it might not be as easy to match up the story lines (much of the narrative of TLR takes place in the aftermath of the events of tLotR) and compare them but I'm interested in the opinions of this group on this apocryphal version of events.
I do note that there may be concerns for the copyright issues/potential for the objections of the Tolkien estate put it out of scope? To counter this, the author has published free version in English. I was able to find a downloadable version online. It's fairly easy to find in pdf format for those who are interested.