[Quiet Man Cometh]

Did get that myself but then I have only read comments of his in Children of Hurin. Apparently he was appointed J.R.R's literary executor by J himself so his dad had some degree of faith in them. I didn't mind the writing in C.o.H at all and I would call it a good book as far as that goes compared to much of the other general fantasy books out there. It just so happens that I'm not all that fond of the character Turin, which puts a bit of a damper on things.

As for the books and the movies, I generaly see them as seperate entities rather than trying to compare the two since almost everythign changes from book to film: appearances, mood, tone, lines may be changed, lines may be moved to other characters, etc. Lord of the Rings trilogy is among my favourite movies though, and I watch it more often than I plan to read the books (those took me a while).

It might help to know, Nanka, that the "trilogy" thing is largely arbitrary, since back in the world wars paper was too expensive to publish a book that large all at once, so it was broken down into three. The story is in 6 parts and one can buy a box set which divides LOTR into the 6, smaller parts instead of the standard three or all in one.