i've read all of Tolkien's books, cept for the latest two of them, they're on my list to read, probly after i finish the Dresden files in a couple weeks
Have you read any of the Lord of the Rings books?
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Read all of LOTR(or tried to) when I was about 8. Got through it, but didn't really understand all of it, so i'm going through them all now, nearly a decade later. The Hobbit was a much easier read.
Also read Children of Hurin. Quite difficult, as it was only ever part finished, with the rest filled in by his son. The attention to detail on chracters and events varies greatly, and it makes it quite difficult to comprehend the chronology of what is going on sometimes.
Tolkien was brilliant, and we owe much to him for his contributions to grand fantasy.
Also read Children of Hurin. Quite difficult, as it was only ever part finished, with the rest filled in by his son. The attention to detail on chracters and events varies greatly, and it makes it quite difficult to comprehend the chronology of what is going on sometimes.
Tolkien was brilliant, and we owe much to him for his contributions to grand fantasy.
You're completely right. I just mean that he compiled many of these fantastic creatures and stuff, and put it all into one structured mythology, he really DEFINED certain aspects of these beings, and that's been more or less ripped on by literally every traditional fantasy writer since. To the point where you might as well say that traditional fantasy (at least in my view) is synonymous with 'tolkein-mythos fantasy'.shewolf51 said:
Yep read the Hobbit and the LotR books, they're good but the early part of the Frodo and Sam section of the Two Towers was boring in my opinion.
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I've read pretty much everything my local library has on Tolkien, which is LOTR, The Hobbit, the Silmarillion, and a load of shortstories (things like Farmer Giles of Ham). I enjoyed all of it, though the Silmarillion became somewhat boring when I was trying to read it a second time. That said though, the last time I read LOTR and The Hobbit is approximately 4 years ago and the time where I read the Silmarillion and the shortstories is probably around 8 years ago.
Yes. Read and finished them all. Applying a cheese grater to my eyes was more satisfying.
Maybe it's because he wasn't trying to do a certain thing which I would prefer, but his character development and real subtlety of plot were totally sacrificed to world-building and "epic"-ness, and even that in more of a scenery and geographical sense than in terms of a human's world. I don't know, I just don't find that sort of thing all that interesting. Impressive, in a technical sense, but not engaging.
Maybe it's because he wasn't trying to do a certain thing which I would prefer, but his character development and real subtlety of plot were totally sacrificed to world-building and "epic"-ness, and even that in more of a scenery and geographical sense than in terms of a human's world. I don't know, I just don't find that sort of thing all that interesting. Impressive, in a technical sense, but not engaging.
My dad read them (plus The Hobbit) to me as bedtime stories. Then I read them on my own a couple of times.
Then I tried several times to move on to the Silmarillion. And succeeded once, so far.
Then I tried several times to move on to the Silmarillion. And succeeded once, so far.
The Hobbit was the first book I read after having learned how. After that I've read through "The Lord of the Rings" several times, in addition to Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. I've also read the books posthumously released and edited by Christopher Tolkien, with the more elaborate stories about Middle Earth, and some short stories set in Middle Earth or another fantasy universe. In other words, yes, I've read all of the Lord of the Rings books (tecnhically one book with six parts, though), and I was a fanboy long before I knew the movies were being made. My favourite book is probably Silmarillion, but as many others have stated, it isn't suited for people who are new to Middle Earth.
Iv read all 3 LOTR the Hobbit and the Silmarillion which is the hardest to read as its long and is constantly referencing people places and events that happened way back in the book eg " An then there was this guy who was the son of X who was the daughter of Y who was married to Z in that other story whos father was Q and therefore this is very important because they are now at castle A where Q's wife gave here life and this is very important and i hoped you remembered it if not go back and read it again.
However its still a fantastic read.
However its still a fantastic read.
