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08-23-2022, 07:56 PM | #1 |
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Visiting an Old Friend
Some weeks ago - I picked up The Hobbit and started to read it again. It's been years. I'm taking my time. And enjoying it. I went a few weeks without reading it - then picked it back up. Most of my reading is over my lunch - just a half-hour, which I usually eat at my desk (frozen dinners - *sigh* - at least I warm them up first).
After today's reading I have about two pages left in Chapter 8 - "Flies and Spiders". It's fun to me how we're introduced to just one new character or type of people in each chapter - for most of the early chapters. Something like: 1. Bilbo (Hobbits) / Gandalf (Wizards) / Dwarves (well - you can't do only one of those and have a chapter) 2. Trolls 3. Elves and Elrond 4. Goblins 5. Gollum 6. Wargs / Great Eagles 7. Beorn 8. Spiders of Mirkwood Anyway - as I've said, I'm having fun. I'm sure that almost all of us BEGAN our Tolkien adventures with The Hobbit. Well, for those of us who read the books first.
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08-23-2022, 08:02 PM | #2 |
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I actually thought about starting in on The Silmarillion again at first - in advance of the new "Rings of Power" show. But decided on The Hobbit.
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My recommendation would be to read Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, Aldarion and Erendis, and the Appendices in Return of the King. Read through Quenta Silmarillion of you have time, but the series starts in a week.
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Yes - I should maybe re-read all those things you suggest. I'm almost afraid to. But - yeah, I guess I'll want to have it fresh in mind, for comparison's sake. So I'll get on those, but not until after I finish The Hobbit.
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