That time I wasted my life editing together a ‘new’ J.R.R. Tolkien book, then lost it
The recent announcement of a 'new' book by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin, which will compile previously published material about one of the great tragic epics of Middle Earth's early days, brought to mind a few weeks of wasted life circa 2002 or so. It's a waste that still frustrates me to this day. Years ago, I got this idiotic idea in my head to edit together a load of Tolkien stuff into a standalone book. There was a wealth of material about a character called Turin, a cursed man who goes through some truly awful stuff, up to…