I don't feel the great need to spend money on higher-priced books if the text is the same inside.
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Which books have you read?
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, Oct 06 2003 06:43 PM
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Posted 22 January 2004 - 01:08 AM
All my books are also in paperback I don't feel the great need to spend money on higher-priced books if the text is the same inside.
I don't feel the great need to spend money on higher-priced books if the text is the same inside.
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Posted 22 January 2004 - 01:41 PM
The Lord of the Rings (including Appendixes) x3 or 4 times
The Hobbit x2 or 3
The Silmarillion x3
The Book Of Lost Tales 1 & 2
Lays of Beleriand
The Lost Road (in English) gotta love the Etymologies
The Drowning of Númenor
The Return of the Shadow
The Treason of Isengard
The War of the Ring
Unfinished Tales x2
The Road to Middle-earth (by H. Carpenter, I think)
Letters by JRR Tolkien x2
Logically I should get HoME 4 (The Shaping of Middle-earth), but I really, REALLY want to get Peoples of Middle-earth before. I think it will be more useful for me, too.
The Hobbit x2 or 3
The Silmarillion x3
The Book Of Lost Tales 1 & 2
Lays of Beleriand
The Lost Road (in English) gotta love the Etymologies
The Drowning of Númenor
The Return of the Shadow
The Treason of Isengard
The War of the Ring
Unfinished Tales x2
The Road to Middle-earth (by H. Carpenter, I think)
Letters by JRR Tolkien x2
Logically I should get HoME 4 (The Shaping of Middle-earth), but I really, REALLY want to get Peoples of Middle-earth before. I think it will be more useful for me, too.
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Posted 22 January 2004 - 10:42 PM
Yeah I have HoME IV, and of course I think it's interesting, but probably the most interesting part of the whole thing has to be the Annals of Valinor translated into Old English (or rather the original language of the Annals of Valinor? ) and the first Silmarillion map.
PoME is high on my priority list right now
) and the first Silmarillion map.PoME is high on my priority list right now
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Posted 22 January 2004 - 10:59 PM
If you want a nice easy and funny read you should definatley get Farmer Giles of Ham.
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Posted 24 January 2004 - 11:12 PM
Ph4ntom, on Jan 23 2004, 12:59 AM, said:
If you want a nice easy and funny read you should definatley get Farmer Giles of Ham.
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Posted 24 January 2004 - 11:25 PM
lol I hear you
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Posted 25 January 2004 - 05:36 AM
Maybe its just me then that likes an easy read every once and a while. But I guess once you have read it for the forst time, the second is easier and you pick up on more stuff. Or atleast i did.
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Posted 15 March 2004 - 10:44 PM
You name it, I've read it. I have read everything that is available. I read constantly, I like to imagine and consider all these amazing places, and Tolkien is perfect for that. I have even read that short piece about the Fourth Age after Elessar death, (God forgive me for not remembering the name of it) and everything else has been read at least 4 or 5 times.
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Posted 03 April 2004 - 03:51 AM
I have read everything on/about/by Tolkien that I can find although I have to say I am least well-versed on The Hobbit, which I only read once or twice.
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Posted 03 April 2004 - 04:54 AM
I recently finished the LOTR trilogy, and The Hobbit. Currently waiting for The Silmarillion at the library 
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Posted 13 April 2004 - 11:52 PM
I have actually read the trilogy through about 70 to 80 times. I have written plays, games and miniature rules for the books, so I have not included the numerous times I have reread certain chapters over and over again to get the right feel or to research number/timings. I have read the hobbit about 35 to 40 times.
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Posted 29 July 2004 - 09:53 AM
*blinks* Wooooo that's much!
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Posted 12 October 2004 - 07:11 AM
I have Read LOTR twice, The hobbit 3 times and am ordering the Silmarillion. I have also read a lot of unnofficial books
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Posted 12 October 2004 - 07:27 AM
well now - once you have the Silmarillion in your hands, prepare for ultimate expierence of the professor's creative genius ![=]](http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/black_teeth.gif)
and what other 'unofficial' books?
and what other 'unofficial' books?
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Posted 12 October 2004 - 08:15 AM
David Day-Tolkien's ring, It explains about the mythological sources of tolkien's works eg the Tutha De dunnan of Irish Legend were similar to the elves., Odin as a base for Gandalf etc
JEA Tyler-The Complete Tolkien Companion , A Detailed Encyclopedia of all tolkien's characters, places and concepts
and a few more booksthat come along those lines
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Posted 12 October 2004 - 09:57 AM
Ah, unofficial, in the sense of "not written by JRRT itself" then...
Yeah there are some quite good out there, but some are really easy-selling rubbish...
Yeah there are some quite good out there, but some are really easy-selling rubbish...
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Posted 06 March 2005 - 11:36 PM
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
That's it. I really want to read the various tomes of HoME, but it isn't stocked in my local bookshop and I'm too lazy to order it online.
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
That's it. I really want to read the various tomes of HoME, but it isn't stocked in my local bookshop and I'm too lazy to order it online.
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Posted 07 March 2005 - 01:26 AM
I would say that ordering them on-line is more easy than going to the bookshop?
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Posted 15 March 2005 - 01:19 AM
As for Tolkien's books, the one that is the least able to capture my interest is the Hobbit, and thus I have only read it once when I was in middle school and have only opened it since then for reference. As for the the Lord of the Rings, I've read it in its entirety maybe three times, but I've read Fellowship and Return of the King individually at least half a dozen times each.
I'm on my third readthrough of the Silmarillion, and I've only read Unfinished Tales once from start to finish. Note that I have read parts of both so many times that I've basically memorized them, but I just haven't had that much time to read the entire book from cover to cover.
In regards to History of Middle Earth, I've only ever read Lays of Beleriand, War of the Jewels, Morgoth's Ring, and Peoples of Middle Earth in their entirety; I have read bits of pieces of the Book of Lost Tales (both parts), the Etymologies in Lost Road, and bits of pieces of Shaping of Middle-earth. Again, I've read parts, such as Laws and Customs in Morgoth's Ring countless times, as I usually turn to the books as reference.
I started Letters, but haven't had a chance to get very far. I'll probably bring it along to read on the plane when I go to Japan for Spring Break.
I've started to get a second copy of key books so that I can use one set for display (generally first edition hardcovers, whenever I can find them at the local used book stores or through eBay) and the other (usually a paperback copy) for reference and notes. On my shelf, for example, I have a first edition Silmarillion in pristine condition sitting on my shelf, while on my desk I have a second-edition paperpack bristling with blue tape flags and filled with underlining and notes in the margins.
I'm on my third readthrough of the Silmarillion, and I've only read Unfinished Tales once from start to finish. Note that I have read parts of both so many times that I've basically memorized them, but I just haven't had that much time to read the entire book from cover to cover.
In regards to History of Middle Earth, I've only ever read Lays of Beleriand, War of the Jewels, Morgoth's Ring, and Peoples of Middle Earth in their entirety; I have read bits of pieces of the Book of Lost Tales (both parts), the Etymologies in Lost Road, and bits of pieces of Shaping of Middle-earth. Again, I've read parts, such as Laws and Customs in Morgoth's Ring countless times, as I usually turn to the books as reference.
I started Letters, but haven't had a chance to get very far. I'll probably bring it along to read on the plane when I go to Japan for Spring Break.
I've started to get a second copy of key books so that I can use one set for display (generally first edition hardcovers, whenever I can find them at the local used book stores or through eBay) and the other (usually a paperback copy) for reference and notes. On my shelf, for example, I have a first edition Silmarillion in pristine condition sitting on my shelf, while on my desk I have a second-edition paperpack bristling with blue tape flags and filled with underlining and notes in the margins.
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