Happy Birthday Professor!

**Zimmy** · January 03, 2013, 10:18 PM

Today Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He died 2 September 1973.

Maybe this doesn't warrant a thread of its own and could go into Tolkien General Discussion.

Rest in peace, Professor!

Say a happy birthday to the late author and raise a glass in his honor.

**Pyres Δt Varanasi** · January 03, 2013, 10:43 PM

Well Said Sir

Happy Birthday Prof!

**Cresilia** · January 04, 2013, 12:51 AM

Happy Birthday indeed!

**Mikail Mengsk** · January 04, 2013, 02:17 AM

Happy birthday

**Beregond** · January 04, 2013, 09:53 AM

Happy Birthday, Prof!

**Alkarin** · January 04, 2013, 05:31 PM

Oddly enough that was the same day as my Roommates Birthday, I had no idea! Well Prof. Tolkien I got plenty drunk for you on your birthday don't worry about that.

**Gondolin** · January 04, 2013, 09:47 PM

Just saw a post on 9GAG about it and then I see this one.
If only he could live and tell us more about his world and what he think about the book released after his death (Silmarrillion for instance) and Peter Jackson work haha.
Many of us are wondering what will happen in middle earth in the 4th Age, this is what I find.

There is a sequel, its nameThe New Shadow, exists as about ten pages of manuscript (published in Peoples of Middle-Earth). It is the beginning fragment of a story set in Gondor about 100 years after the beginning of the Fouth Age. A notable plot point in it is 'orc-cults' among adolescents. In this future Gondor, once orcs have vanished enough to be piece of folklore or a by-word, there comes to be a rebellious appeal to their acts of empty, wastful evil, and some defiant youngsters take up playing at doing "orc-work". This is a shadow of a wider evil plot, and a sign of renewed potential for corruption amongst morals.

Readers will never know the full details of what this orc-work foreshadowed. Tolkien attempted to work on the story several times, up to fifteen months before his death. However, he did not finish the stoy, saying that its concept proved "both sinister and depressing...not worth doing"

**giliakareo** · January 05, 2013, 01:21 AM

Tolkien I got plenty drunk for you on your birthday don't worry about that.

**Alkarin** · January 05, 2013, 04:30 PM

Isn't that what the Rome Total War Fourth Age Mod was about? I kinda agree on the Not worth doing part. Its hard to come up with significant and meaningful plots and stories after The War of the Ring, when all final evil has actually gone. Morgoth and Sauron are now totally slain with no chance of revival unless you pulled a marvel comic on it which would do no justice. And there was no other evils that were not slain...excepy maybe Ungoliant?