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Where do I start with Tolkien? Hobbit, LoR or Silmarillion?

>> No.12875119
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Start with Silmarillion for maxium comfy lore background, then either go with The Hobbit or LOTR

Also frens check out my Tolkien soundtrack/ambient music project, mainly song themes from Silmarillion/Unfinished Tales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR4ac9syj1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CyLSa8-R7Q

>> No.12875128

Silmarillion is like his version of the bible for the world in LotR and Hobbit

>> No.12875322

I've started with LotR and I wouldn't recomend doing it. Start with The Hobbit, wich is the comfiest. Then Silmarillion and LotR.

>> No.12875348

>>12875119
based and frenpilled. great tracks.

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>>12874774
Start with the Hobbit and then stop.

It was intended to be a self contained story, but the Tolkien decided to do a Tolkien literary universe literally as a literal afterthought. He even rewrote the plot of a segment in the Hobbit to have it fit in. This is akin to Rowling biweekly tweeting about changes to characters a decade after the series was finished.

Proceed with silmarillion only if you are interested in stuff like star wars lore.

>> No.12875417

>>12875378
It's really not akin to that at all. He may have retconned the Hobbit a smidgeon, but LotR and Silmarillion seriously changed my concept of being and time.

Life in every breath.

>> No.12875418

>>12875378
Tolkien was a philologist who created languages and then he wrote this stuff to create a world for his languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_constructed_by_J._R._R._Tolkien

>> No.12875456

>>12874774
Start with LotR.
If you want the immediate prequel, read The Hobbit,
If you want the full lore to the setting of LotR, read The Silmarillion.

>> No.12875459

>>12875378
You've got it completely backwards anon.

>> No.12876183

>>12874774
Reminder that Tolkien is a cuck and his books are gay.

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>>12874774
I'd say
The Hobbit > LotR > LotR appendices > The Silmarillion
You get the stories, they feel epic, then you come to find out these were just small pieces of a huge world.

>>12875119
This is pretty good, thanks fren

>> No.12877791

>>12874774
Silmarillion
Hobbit
LOTR

>> No.12877841

>>12874774
You start with Farmer Giles of Ham.

Hobbit

Children of Hurin

Sil

Then the rest of it.

>> No.12877845

Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion, optional Hobbit re-read, mandatory LOTR re-read.
Then tackle the rest however you choose.

>> No.12878164

>>12874774
The Hobbit > LOTR > Silmarillion is the supposed order.

>>12875119
Don't listen to this guy.

>> No.12878254

>>12874774
Read a Song of Fire and Ice instead, he doesn't even go into detail about Gondorian/Rohan trade relations and tariffs.