HoME sweet HoMe?

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Sounds interesting... Actually very interesting. That might be the next thing I will buy from a bookstore (after English version of LotR ). Just curious, but why is it called "Morgoth's Ring"?

'tis based on one of the essays therein, in which Tolkien puts forward the theory that just as Sauron put much of himself into the Ring, and so weakened the part of himself seperate from the Ring, Morgoth put much of himself into the physical matter of Arda- all of Arda is Morgoth's Ring- and thus we are given a bit of an explanation for Morgoth's apparently weaker form at the end of the First Age than at any time previous.

It's a bit more complicated than that, but that's the gist of it.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

'tis based on one of the essays therein, in which Tolkien puts forward the theory that just as Sauron put much of himself into the Ring, and so weakened the part of himself seperate from the Ring, Morgoth put much of himself into the physical matter of Arda- all of Arda is Morgoth's Ring- and thus we are given a bit of an explanation for Morgoth's apparently weaker form at the end of the First Age than at any time previous.

That's really interesting. I'm even more convinced I should read that book.

By the way, what is your favourite HoME, Form?

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

That's really interesting. I'm even more convinced I should read that book.

By the way, what is your favourite HoME, Form?

Well...

It's difficult to say. I think I can safely eliminate the four volumes dealing with The Lord of the Rings- excellent as they are, I prefer the Silm stuff.

I think my favourite is probably either XII: The Peoples of Middle-Earth or else II: The Book of Lost Tales, Part 2. On the balance, let's just make it II: Book of Lost Tales, Part 2. It's a fascinating glimpse into a Silmarillion that could have been.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

I think my favourite is probably either XII: The Peoples of Middle-Earth

i have that book - what chapters do you recommend besides the Noldor issue I've already cleared?

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

i have that book - what chapters do you recommend besides the Noldor issue I've already cleared?

The "Shibboleth of Fëanor" is probably my favourite part of the book, but "Dwarves and Men" is a very interesting essay as well- perhaps the only real look into the Wilderland's non-Dúnedainic history.

The two stories, "The New Shadow" and "Tal-Elmar" are both tantalizing glimpses into what could have been epics. Of the two, I lean towards Tal-Elmar's tale for preference, but either is delicious- as far as they went.

The history of the Appendices, by and large, is the more boring part of the book, but there's interesting information in there, and the first read through, at least, had some interesting insights.