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Old 09-19-2003, 08:54 PM   #1
Light of Eärendil
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I first read The Lord of The Rings two years ago when the movies came out. I had never known of a story so great and awe inspiring as this one. I'm reading it for the fourth time now and still enjoyng it.
In my excitement for knowing more about Middle Earth and all the grandious world Tolkien created I decided to read The Silmarillion and The Hobbit and I was much more captivated.

I'm wondering about the other books like the series of History of Middle Earth. Are those more stories like the ones from The Silmarillion? or are they more like The Lord Of The Rings?

I live in México and the only ones available here are The Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. So I've decided to read those other books in english. Are they good? do they provide you with more knowledge about Tolkien's world?

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Old 09-20-2003, 02:53 AM   #2
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Look at this site for everything about The History of Middle Earth series:

http://forodrim.letsrock.nu/daeron/md_hm.html

I would recommend reading Unfinished Tales before you start reading The History of Middle Earth [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

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Old 09-20-2003, 03:46 AM   #3
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Hey,
Wow, your story about discovering Tolkien is EXACTLY the same as mine!
I saw the movie, then read the books 3 times before the TT release, and now I'm up to The Pyre of Denethor (that title may not be accurate, my books not on me) for the fourth time!
Oh, and as for books I can suggest Unfinished Tales, which is taking some of the Silmarillion tales into more detail: a very good book! And for other Non-lotr Tolkien works, Tales of The Perilouse Realm, which is Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf By Niggle, the Smith of Wooton Major and...another I think...all in one book! It's really good!
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Old 09-20-2003, 05:45 AM   #4
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Ah, what would we do with out Tolkien’s great works? I would probably recommend all of them to you… I loved them all! Ok I listed some you have already read for others to see.

The primary works by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Silmarillion

The secoundary works by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Tom Bombadill
A Middle English Vocabulary
The Annotated Hobbit
Bilbo's Last Song
Mr. Bliss
Old English Exodus
Oliphaunt
Poems and Stories
Sir Gawan and the Green Knight
Smith of Wootton Major
Farmer Gilles of Ham
The Tolkien Reader
Tree and Leaf
Unfinished Tales
Leaf by Niggle
Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
On Fairy Stories
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's son

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Old 09-23-2003, 12:36 PM   #5
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I'd reccomend that you check out Unfinished Tales first. I think it's a great book and parts are very interesting.
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