The New Shadow: Tolkien's Abandoned Sequel to The Lord of the Rings
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Publicado 2021-12-04
This New Shadow - a Dark Tree - is led by a mysterious figure known as Herumor. Combined with the disappearance of a Gondorian ship, the mystery of this new secret group, and Tolkien's brief writing, are brought to a close with a chilling end.
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Aragorn - David Nash
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Tree - Mahreen Fatima
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Would you have preferred Tolkien written a full LOTR sequel? Or are you glad he decided against it?
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In my opinion, the greatest aspect to Tolkien is that he writes and speaks of Middle Earth like a historian, not a novelist. He presents FACTS about the world he created, not just ideas and narratives. It adds a whole other dimension to the experience of those who choose to read and learn.
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I guess this unwritten sequel would show that evil is not something to defeat, it is something to resist and battle against whenever it springs forth.
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"Tolkien knew when to practice restraint" if only Hollywood writers could figure out this rare skill 😂
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Mom read me Lord of the Rings nightly...back in the 1970's when I was a very young boy... I would give anything I have to hear her again............
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This reminds me of a great quote from Neil Gaiman's Sandman. For those who haven't read it, Bette is a minor character who likes to create stories about the people she knows: "All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realized the real problem with stories—if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.”
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Not only was Tolkien a mythologist, but he deeply understood human nature. We can see much of his concerns manifesting on the world stage today. Man becomes bored in his safety, and creates strife with others to validate his need for excitement and importance. Tolkien knew it will never end, this hunger for wickedness. And he was right to leave his brilliance with the trilogy.
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I cannot fully describe how gut-wrenching it was to find out in Star Wars that this "First Order" had risen and taken control of the galaxy in one go. It completely destroyed the great victory over the empire in ROTJ, when even for Star Wars there were so many significant threads that were left undone that could have been explored. LOTR seems to have shored up a vast majority of their loose ends, so doing a sequel seemed kinda pointless.
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"...not worth doing" Tolkien was a scholar of myths. He was a myth-writer. A mere "thriller" set in the LotR universe would have been a disservice to the "high fantasy" which had gone before. He was a wise steward of the world he had created. It would have been easy to do otherwise.
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This would have made an amazing short film It's mood and theme are creepy and mysterious But I agree with Tolkien; end the story we know on a high note Our reality is a burden enough
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It would have been fascinating to have a sequel, but in many ways I'm glad it didn't. LotR can be considered perfect as a story, and a sequel would have probably been overshadowed (pun intended) by the original story
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I think it would've definitely been a story worth writing, because it doesn't take anything from the great victory over Sauron, but it does remind us that eternal vigilance is the price of virtue and freedom, and that people, put in a situation of plenty and wealth, will often become complacent and bored, leading to stagnation, weakness and sometimes outright evil.
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Tolkien was a wise man, he didn't continue the sequel to gave us a space to dream up. I am glad he did so.
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I always did wonder if Tolkin had written the sequel if he would have linked it to the fate of the two Blue Wizards. He dithered on their fate but them falling to evil and starting magical cults could have been used for the New Shadow.
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Tolkien had a lot of weight on his shoulders after the war and I think he removed a lot of it with the Lord of the Rings. He found peace and was content with that. In that light it makes sense as to why he never made a sequel. Why trudge up old wounds for similar outcomes.
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Unlike most storytellers today, Tolkien truly believed what he preached--that food, cheer and song are more valuable than hoarded gold, and a good story cannot be measured in monetary value. Today, most authors and writers are more concerned with making bank and catering to whatever the current fad is, than even telling a good story. Marvel, Disney, Paramount, Amazon, all busy corrupting priceless literary gems like Ungoliant and Melkor destroying the Trees of Valinor.
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The only full follow up I would have ever wanted to read would be about the end of time on middle earth. We know that Tolkien had created a rough outline for it. Melkor gets free and there is a final battle that results in the destruction of all evil forever and Eru Illuvatar creates everything new. That's what I would have enjoyed. The ending of the old world and the creation of the promised paradise.
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This was like the unknown tale that all tolkien fans thought would never come
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I find it interesting that Tolkien embarked on this kind of sequel at all, since, as he seemed to recognize, it would be exclusively human-centric, when the whole rest of the Legendarium is about the tendency of the Elves to weariness and how they interact with Men. Eliminating the Elves entirely creates a story very disconnected from the rest. Nevertheless, I do want to see how this might have turned out.
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Shrek in the 4th age: can there not be a rising evil FOR FIVE MINUTES!?
