Letter 289b

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 289b
Recipient	Clyde S. Kilby
Date	11 October 1966
Subject(s)	The Lord of the Rings

Letter 289b is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition.

Excerpts from this letter had first been published in SEVEN, Volume 27 (p. 49). Another part of the letter was published in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology (p. 676; the letter is also referred to on p. 675, entry for 6 October 1966).

Summary

Tolkien describes some of his recent writing experiences and describes his Mediterranean cruise.