The Burr in the Burbs

Christopher Tolkien, the son of the famous father, has edited and released a “new” volume of the lore of Middle Earth. The Children of Hurin is based on a story the master first wrote in 1919. Tolkien fans know that he constantly revised and re-wrote his tales all his life long. What Christopher appears to have done is compiled the stories of this cycle and edited and conflated them into this new volume, never previously published.

The reviews are quite intriguing. See here. And here.