06-06-2003, 10:24 AM | #1 |
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Which one first?
I was just posting to ask u all...
Did u read the Silmarillion BEFORE LOTR or after.....? And which one would u read first now if u wanted to read them both again? Just a question of interest thats all because i havent yet read the S - and was wondering would the trilogy have been better if i had read it before hand? |
06-06-2003, 10:32 AM | #2 |
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Re: Which one first?
I read the Sil after I read Lotr and the Hobbit....the Sil is my favorite book but I think I liked reading Lotr first b/c there's alot of mystery there still regarding the elves' history and such
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06-06-2003, 10:34 AM | #3 |
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Thats what i was thinking.......because i definately want to read more about the elves....i'm in love with that race lol
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06-06-2003, 10:47 AM | #5 |
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I read LotR first. The Silmarillion is my favorite though. The Silmarillion really enhanced my love for LotR.
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06-06-2003, 11:01 AM | #6 |
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I think reading LotR first is the best choice. Then the Silmarillion and then the Unfinished Tales. I prefer the UT to the Silmarillion. If you have read these three books you could start with the HoME series.
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06-06-2003, 01:42 PM | #7 |
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yeah...i've flicked through the Silmarillion and there seems to be a HUGE amount of info with names and p[laces etc..... It seems quite daunting but.....hey....i think i'll give it ago seeing allt he praise thta it has got
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06-06-2003, 04:26 PM | #8 |
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I read Lord of the Rings then The Silmarillion. When I read The Silmarillion, I then read Lord of the Rings again and it was a richer story.
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06-06-2003, 04:35 PM | #9 |
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Same here, first LoTR, then TS. In fact, first The Hobbit. I think I would recommend that as the order to read the books, but with a warning to any adults reading Tolkien for the first time that TH is a fairy story for children, but well worth the read, whereas LoTR is definitely for children and adults.
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06-06-2003, 11:21 PM | #10 |
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When I was little my dad read me the Hobbit. As I got older I read LotR by myself a few times before my dad got me the Silmarillion for my birthday or something. I then read that once, then LotR, then Sil, then LotR, and so on,...recently I have been reading UT and BoLT.
WHen I got my friends into reading Tolkien I told them to start with the Silmarillion. The movies had already come out and I didn't want to wait a long time for them to finish LotR and constantly talk about book vs. movie related stuff, so I just explained the story to them as they read the Silmarillion. I figure tackling the Sil first would prove to me their devotion to the actual world of Tolkien istead of them just going "mainstream" and picking up LotR and forgetting about it. Now that they have read both Sil and LotR they are glad that I made them read Sil first.
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06-07-2003, 08:04 AM | #11 |
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I read LotR before the Silm. And I like that I read it that way- not entirely sure why. Sometimes it's more interesting to read things out of chronological order, IMO anyway. The 'Rings of Power...' chapter was very enjoyable for me, simply because it related to the events of the WotR. It just made things clearer- and if I could go back in time, and read the Silm first, I wouldn't.
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06-07-2003, 08:16 AM | #12 |
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it seems i'm the one that read first the Silm. A friend made me a briefing of its story and i decided i had to read that book.
when i finished, i read TH and then LOTR. and then Sil. again... you know...
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06-07-2003, 08:32 AM | #13 |
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If you read the Sil first it gives away LotR's ending.
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06-07-2003, 09:28 AM | #14 |
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i read LotR first, then the Sil. next time, i will read the Sil first
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06-07-2003, 01:09 PM | #16 |
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It doesn't really matter anymore with the movies coming out now. Besides when my friends read the Sil first they felt great that they weren't just part of the movie fanclub that flocked to LotR books right away. They had a bit more knowledge to wave over everybody else's heads.
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06-08-2003, 08:03 PM | #17 |
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I read the Hobbit, then Two Towers, then Silmarillion, then Return of the King, then Fellowship. But I wasn't confused about what happened because I listened to the Fellowship on tape before I read TTT.
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This is sort of why I would recommend LotR before the Silm. The Silm provided a lot more background info for me, which made LotR clearer. Who knows what would have happened if I read the Silm first, but? I would have been too confused and disinterested, maybe. |
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Actually, I read The Hobbit first, it was required reading at my school. Then LotR: FotR, TTT, RotK. Then The Sil. Then BoLT1. Then BoLT2. Then UT. Then Morgot's Ring. Then WotJ. Then PoME. I'm currently working on picking up other books as well.
Pre-Hobbit and LotR stories are still my favorite stories. I'm also interested in the poetry Tolkien wrote. Quote:
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06-09-2003, 03:27 PM | #20 |
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First TH, then LoTR, then TS
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