Index talk:Writings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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To-do

  • Eventually, I think we should remove the punctuation in the chronology. I've kept it for the moment, as many items still not have a page of their own (and then, as a suggestion, the info on which manuscripts by JRRT that are included should perhaps be in brackets). --Morgan 17:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • One more thing: I believe it would be useful to also have a page for a chronological list (although many are hard to date) of all manuscripts by JRRT relating to his legendarium. --Morgan 17:33, 25 May 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I've been differentiating between periodicals and books by having the former without cursive. However, I'm starting to believe that it's better using cursive for both types, following the standard on TG. (People wanting to know if it's a periodical or book will just have to take a look at the specific article). --Morgan 20:22, 29 June 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

1973, posthumous or not

I think one cannot lump all publications for 1973 together, as is possible (and done) for any other year. This is because Tolkien died 2 September, so some of the publications for that year will be posthumous, some will not be. It won’t do to lump them all under posthumous, as was formerly done on this page, if only because a few signed copies of the 1974 Calendar are known (with provable authenticity). It is also not possible to lump them all under Lifetime, as the articles in the Sunday Telegraph and The Tablet (which I’ve added from tolkienbooks.net) are clearly obituaries or memorial pieces. So I’ve seen no other way than to split them up.

  • Amon Dîn 2 #4 is from January (according to tolkienbooks.net);
  • The 1974 Calendar is known to have been signed by Tolkien in August;
  • Sotheby’s Auction was in July (according to tolkienbooks.net), so the catalogue predates that;

so these are all lifetime.

  • The Sunday Telegraph and Tablet articles are dated after Tolkien’s death, so they are posthumous.
  • Mythprint 8 #3 is only dated ‘September’, so in all likelihood it is also posthumous.

The only work for which I can’t find any indication when in 1973 it was published is An Atlas of Fantasy, so, on greater probability I’ve put it under lifetime. — Mithrennaith 00:40, 8 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]