Tag Archives: Michael Moorcock

Bookshelf: The Children of Húrin

I’ve just read Tolkien’s recently-published story The Children of Húrin. I don’t have a lot to say about it: in tone and voice, it’s somewhere between The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, so if you liked The Silmarillion you … Continue reading

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The Hobbit

I just finished (re-)reading The Hobbit, out loud to my kids (this is their second reading of it, and they know the Rankin/Bass film well).  We’ve been reading out of the big hardback illustrated by Alan Lee, which is just … Continue reading

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