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piosenniel · 08-12-2002, 10:41 AM

Silver Shod Muse & any others interested:

Readings by both J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien can be found on:

'The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection' put out by Caedmon recordings. It is a division of Harper-Collins Publishers, and can be ordered through any large bookseller, I would imagine. I found mine at Barnes and Noble.

There are readings by J.R.R. from 'The Hobbit' and the LOTR, and also from 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'.

Christopher Tolkien does readings from the 'Silmarillion', which is how I discovered how much more accessible those stories were to me when listened to, rather than just read. It becomes like the oft repeated histories a bard might impart during a performance, and the images and continuity of the stories were eadier for me to grasp and remember.

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08-12-2002, 10:41 AM	#17
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Silver Shod Muse & any others interested: Readings by both J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien can be found on: 'The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection' put out by Caedmon recordings. It is a division of Harper-Collins Publishers, and can be ordered through any large bookseller, I would imagine. I found mine at Barnes and Noble. There are readings by J.R.R. from 'The Hobbit' and the LOTR, and also from 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'. Christopher Tolkien does readings from the 'Silmarillion', which is how I discovered how much more accessible those stories were to me when listened to, rather than just read. It becomes like the oft repeated histories a bard might impart during a performance, and the images and continuity of the stories were eadier for me to grasp and remember. [ August 12, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ] __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.