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Tolkien books.
I'm thinking about buying another Tolkien book. I would like to know if anyone can recommend one. Here is the list of books I already own:
The Hobbit The Sil UT LotR: FotR LotR: TTT LotR: RotK HoME: Vol X: MR HoME: Vol XI: WotJ HoME: Vol XII: PoME |
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Hmm...I have three recommendations:
1. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien No explanation needed. The book rocks. ![]() 2. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: Tolkien's World from A to Z A fascinating work. If I am correct, the most reliable "encyclopedia" on Tolkien's works available. 3. Tolkien: Man and Myth A fascinating biography of a fascinating man.
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Oh, come on. You KNOW you love it!
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(hee hee!!)
C'mon, Ru, admit you just love the Christians here to death, esp. Gwai and me!! (grammatical note - notice the correct usage of "me", because it's a direct object)
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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*checks her stash*
OK, I highly recommend HoME 3, The Lays of Beleriand. The only poetry I've ever really liked is Tolkien's, and this is awesome!! I've quoted from it before, do you remember? (and did you like it, if you remember?) I have HoME 2 (BoLT 2), which I'm not wild about. Too many different names and too many cats. I also have HoME 7, The Treason of Isengard, also not wild about it (because I'm more of a First-Ager, like you are). Letters is fabulous. Also I like Bilbo's Last Song, a teensy little book but nice. And for some really cool non-ME reading, get Leaf by Niggle, which is sometimes under the title Tree and Leaf. Also Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. Bored of the Rings is an often hilarious but often overdone parody of LoTR.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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*rechecks Ru's list*
I don't have WoTJ, should that be next on my list?
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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I'm actually saving up to buy all the HoMe books at once. Along with the complete Chronicles of Narnia, Dracula, and I believe the Hobbit and the Sil (Sil being an overseas copy; I doubt my first-printing one would make it).
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Ruinel, Since you've already read BoLT, I'll recommend HoME 3 The Lays of Beleriand. Those poems are great.
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Isn´t there a book named´The people of Middle-earth' and if so would you recomend it?
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Hi Thorunn, nice to see a person from Iceland!
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I would go for The Book of Lost Tales part 1 & 2 next.
Here is a good book list http://onering.virbius.com/booklist.php This is a must have for any Tolkien fan: The Annotated Hobbit http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books
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Wow! Great suggestions.
Rian: yes.. of course I like you and Gwai, despite the fact that you are christians (just kidding). ![]() ![]() WotJ is pretty good. If I didn't already have it, I'd get it. ![]() Thorunn: PoME is People of Middle Earth. It's good. Not as good as Morgoth's Ring (HoME Vol X: MR). If you have to get them one at a time, I'd get Morgoth's Ring. I liked that one a lot. ![]() ACK! ![]() ![]() |
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![]() 2) How do you know that you'd get it? How would you know it was good? ![]() Tolkien: Man and Myth is really a great biography. I even wrote a critical book review on it for English. ![]()
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*smacks Gwaimir for being a twat*
![]() I recommend Letters. It's good because it's directly from the Man himself, as opposed to channeled through Chris, or Random Biographer #302. |
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Yeah. Raw, unbridled Tolkien!
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![]() Thanks Gwai and BoP. I was torn between Letters and HoME3:LoB. Leaning more towards Letters now. ![]() |
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Yeah, I think I'd plump for Letters over LoB - Letters is a different genre with a different view of JRRT, as opposed to more of his writings.
But LoB is really great, too - keep your eyes peeled for those sales!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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Thanks I'll start with Morgoth's ring
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