The Fireside

With The Fall of Numenor  revitalizing the Special Edition format in November, it would be interesting to see what other Tolkien titles could make it to that format.  One of the ones I could see appearing, would be Letters From Father Christmas .  I'll go into speculating and imagining.  The 'basis' for how it could look would be the 2004/2005 editions, published by both Houghton Mifflin (at the time: now William Morrow) and HarperCollins. At least, for the dustjacket. I can see it being red, with the image of Father Christmas above being used. These Special Editions feature the image in a circle, so it could look like that rather than a square. Tolkien's name would of course be in 'signature form.'  The foil used for the font could be in silver rather than gold, an homage to HarperCollins' deluxe edition. The contents of the interior of the book itself would be what was present in the 2020 Centenary Edition, and the current hardbacks. The ribbon marker coul...

I know with this post, I am getting really ahead of myself - but an author can dream eh? It is not my intent to 'step on any toes' here, but for me to merely express some of the big names in publishing whom I would love to work with and print Kalvel. And you know what, in the end all that really matters is if eventually I do get published...

With renewed interest in Tolkien due to the Hobbit films, here is a gift option for shoppers come Thanksgiving / Christmas [I will do a Christmas idea post in November or December sometime. This ideas are not for myself.]