A new JRR Tolkien book is coming from Harper-Collins to the UK (William Morrow in the US) in time for Christmas '25. And it features a fantasy storyline from the '50s about an automobile (or is it the whole factory?) that explodes. JRRT was a realist.

https://bsky.app/profile/trotter.tolkienguide.com/post/3lobrtozduc2j

Quote from the website:

The Bovadium Fragments: Together with ‘The Origin of Bovadium’ by Richard Ovenden O.B.E. Hardcover – 9 Oct. 2025
by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor)

World first publication of a previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, and accompanied by illustrations from the author together with an essay, The Origin of Bovadium, by Richard Ovenden OBE.

#Tolkien #ChristopherTolkien #TolkienCollector

Aujourd'hui est réédité en édition brochée aux éditions #ChristianBourgois, le volume 3 de #LHistoireDeLaTerreDuMilieu : Les Lais du #Beleriand de J.R.R. #Tolkien édité par #ChristopherTolkien.
https://www.tolkiendil.com/tolkien/biblio/home3

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Q: Why Didn’t Amazon Get Rights To Use Silmarillion Material?

ANSWER: A reader submitted this question in April 2024:

Apparently Amazon is in direct contact with Simon Tolkien and the Estate – why then didn’t the Estate grant Amazon rights to include content from the Silmarillion and other JRR’s writings to produce more faithful adaptation?

Is it because of the money (let’s say the Estate […]

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/why-didnt-amazon-get-rights-to-use-silmarillion-material/