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Hey nerds: What's the best Tolkien book that isn't LOTR or The Hobbit?
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:06 pm
I just finished The Hobbit (for the first time) and Lord of the Rings (for the second time) and have The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin, but I'm not sure which one to read next.
What say you OT? Which of those two should I read next, or should I go get something else to read by Tolkien?
Thanks
What say you OT? Which of those two should I read next, or should I go get something else to read by Tolkien?
Thanks
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Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:10 pm to danman6336
Silmarillion
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:11 pm to danman6336
I didn't know he had produced any other works 
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:16 pm to danman6336
Good chance you won't like his other works which read like an encyclopedia.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:23 pm to TigerMyth36
quote:
Good chance you won't like his other works which read like an encyclopedia.
+1000000000000
i couldn't get past the first chapter of the Simarilion (or however the hell it's spelled)
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:24 pm to TigerMyth36
quote:
Good chance you won't like his other works which read like an encyclopedia.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:25 pm to danman6336
I can almost guarantee you it's not The Silmarillon
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:26 pm to TigerMyth36
quote:Yea I was kind of afraid of that...
Good chance you won't like his other works which read like an encyclopedia.
I'm still gonna give it a try
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:27 pm to DanTiger
quote:
I didn't know he had produced any other works
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:27 pm to danman6336
Silmarillion
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:28 pm to TigerMyth36
quote:
Good chance you won't like his other works which read like an encyclopedia.
Yeah, I got bored quickly on both of them.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:28 pm to danman6336
Read the Silmarillion and that's pretty much it.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:28 pm to danman6336
Considering that neither are actual novels written by Tolkien and instead written by his son and based off of his notes, yeah, they won't be like LOTR or The Hobbit. Still, The Silmarillion has a lot of interesting history. I would think most would say that's where you should go next if you are wanting more.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:29 pm to danman6336
Tough to get through that Salmonellarun
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:30 pm to vl100butch
Silmarilion is about as interesting to read from cover to cover as the bible.
It encompasses the entire history of middle earth going all the way back to the entity that created it. How elves, dwarves, and men came to be...etc etc.
Every page brings a laundry list of new names of either people or places, or both. By the time you make it to the second page, you've already forgotten who the guy mentioned on the previous page is/was.
Sorry, my nerd is showing.
It encompasses the entire history of middle earth going all the way back to the entity that created it. How elves, dwarves, and men came to be...etc etc.
Every page brings a laundry list of new names of either people or places, or both. By the time you make it to the second page, you've already forgotten who the guy mentioned on the previous page is/was.
Sorry, my nerd is showing.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:31 pm to LSUnation78
Tolkiens wild game cookbook got good reviews.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:32 pm to Will Munny
Yea, salmonella was a tough read.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:33 pm to danman6336
Just skip and start reading Robert Jordan's "Eye of the World" series. It is about 13 900 page books and will keep you busy a while.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:35 pm to LSUnation78
Man this thread is really deflating my enthusiasm for reading any of these books
I think I might just go back to reading old sci-fi books now
I think I might just go back to reading old sci-fi books now
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:36 pm to Dick Leverage
Oh yeah, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson might be up your alley as well.
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