I was thinking recently that there have been a small number of books written by Tolkien’s friends that were dedicated to him and published in his lifetime.
Not a whole book, but on p.34 of James Magner's 1965 collection "Toiler of the Sea" there is a poem "Elegy For the Valiant Dead" which is dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien.
Also not a book: the Victorian Naturalist (July 1970) has an obituary of Konstantin Cyril Halafoff, which mentions (p.207) that among his musical compositions was 'a suite dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien, based on the latter's trilogy "the Lord of the Rings."'
Hardly relevant, but when I was in my mid-teens I wrote a few "paperback novels." I typed the pages on small sheets of paper or regular-sized typing paper folded in half. One of these, as I recall, was a fantasy called Masters of Darkness. The bad guys were savage "Morrgs," and I named one of them Makhluur. (One of my PE teachers was Mr. McClure.) Anyway this thing was dedicated to Tolkien, who was still alive at the time.
Yes; I wrote this "novel" in about 1970. Long ago and far away -- but I think it was mostly influenced by Marvel comics. Masters of Darkness was a home-made comic book first. But the example of Ted White's Bantam novel of Captain America stimulated my creativity to attempt a home-made "paperback." Of course I made it up as I went along.
Not a whole book, but on p.34 of James Magner's 1965 collection "Toiler of the Sea" there is a poem "Elegy For the Valiant Dead" which is dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien.
Also not a book: the Victorian Naturalist (July 1970) has an obituary of Konstantin Cyril Halafoff, which mentions (p.207) that among his musical compositions was 'a suite dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien, based on the latter's trilogy "the Lord of the Rings."'
Both discovered on Archive.org
A bit outside my purview but still interesting. Thanks.
I believe one of Rick Riordan’s books has a dedication to the great professor. From his Magnus Chase series!
Hardly relevant, but when I was in my mid-teens I wrote a few "paperback novels." I typed the pages on small sheets of paper or regular-sized typing paper folded in half. One of these, as I recall, was a fantasy called Masters of Darkness. The bad guys were savage "Morrgs," and I named one of them Makhluur. (One of my PE teachers was Mr. McClure.) Anyway this thing was dedicated to Tolkien, who was still alive at the time.
Hah! Your title and characters sound like they are from D&D, but your work must have preceded D&D!
Yes; I wrote this "novel" in about 1970. Long ago and far away -- but I think it was mostly influenced by Marvel comics. Masters of Darkness was a home-made comic book first. But the example of Ted White's Bantam novel of Captain America stimulated my creativity to attempt a home-made "paperback." Of course I made it up as I went along.