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Lalwendë · 03-19-2006, 12:17 PM

I still think everyone should just throw themselves into HoME at whatever part looks most interesting to be honest. Of course there are benefits to reading them in order, but the really interesting and exciting stuff does not occur in the first couple of volumes. And these can also be very complex which may put some readers off.

I remember the volumes first coming out and used to take them out of the library as they appeared - it used to take me a long time to get through one as I would have school work to do as well. If people also have a lot of other work to do and not much time to spare a good place to begin is with the volumes relating to LotR - Vols VI to IX. My favourite though, has got to be X - Morgoth's Ring. If you want to know more about the Elves' daily lives, how marriage worked etc, then this is a great place to start!

Nilpaurion - have you tried ebay or Amazon? You can get volumes of HoME in paperback quite cheaply! Or do you have import taxes and that kind of thing to get round?

03-19-2006, 12:17 PM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I still think everyone should just throw themselves into HoME at whatever part looks most interesting to be honest. Of course there are benefits to reading them in order, but the really interesting and exciting stuff does not occur in the first couple of volumes. And these can also be very complex which may put some readers off. I remember the volumes first coming out and used to take them out of the library as they appeared - it used to take me a long time to get through one as I would have school work to do as well. If people also have a lot of other work to do and not much time to spare a good place to begin is with the volumes relating to LotR - Vols VI to IX. My favourite though, has got to be X - Morgoth's Ring. If you want to know more about the Elves' daily lives, how marriage worked etc, then this is a great place to start! Nilpaurion - have you tried ebay or Amazon? You can get volumes of HoME in paperback quite cheaply! Or do you have import taxes and that kind of thing to get round? __________________ Gordon's alive!