FirstFishA 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.