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Hi,
I have to say:
I just started reading Tolkien 3 years ago (6+ if you count the
hobbit). I read the hobbit, and like a lot of people I know, hated it. After
that I decided not to read any more Tolkien. Then why passing through an
airport on a trip where I had forgotten my book I picked up a copy of the sim.
I loved it (read it in 3 days and couldn't put it down...). This puts me in
a small category of those who read Tolkien's work in the intended order. I think
LOTR was far better fot the context and made a lot more sence. If I were to
rank my top 10 books the Sim would be far out first and I am not sure if
LOTR would get second...
Anyway... Just some thoughts. Do NOT be put off by the hobbit. The rest
are night and day better.
God Bless,
Nathan
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> Maybe because the Silmarillion is so vast (and quite ancient in style), and
> sketches the creation/world/history background for LOTR - The whole Bilbo +
> LOTR story is told in 26 pages of S.
>
> I think the right approach is to read 'Bilbo' first, then LOTR, and if you
> get interested in the Tolkien world, make a stab at S. - but don't try to
> start with it!
>
> J.R.R Tolkien has said (written) that all but two things mentioned (as side
> remarks, names, etc.) in LOTR has a story/history of it's own, that can be
> found in S. or other (unpublished) manuscripts.
>
> That is: every language, every mountain name, every person, every historical
> battle mentioned...
>
> Those things that are just mentioned in a small song in LOTR, may be a long
> story in S.
>
> I re-read LOTR about once a year (don't skip the Appendices!), S. maybe once
> every fifth, and Unfinished Tales, The Book of Lost Tales, etc (those are
> collections of unfinished, older, manuscripts by Tolkien, heavily commented
> by his son Christopher, quite stiff (word?) reading, but interesting) in
> between.
>
> Oh, well, I guess I'm a Tolkien fan...
> --
> Anders Isaksson, Sweden
> BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
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