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I what order should I read his stuff?

>> No.17383487

In order of expanding scope, which is roughly also order of publication. Hobbit, then LOTR, then Silmarillion and others. Don't make the dumb mistake of trying to read "downward" from Eru's eye view.

>> No.17384579

>>17383487
Basically this, trying any other way is just kind of weird. I will also add the Children of Hurin is pretty great.

>> No.17384604

>>17384579
Read LotR, then Silmarillion and the Hobbit. Children of Húrin and Unfinished Tales are wonderful additions to the Middle-Earth canon.

>> No.17384610

>>17383487
This.

>> No.17384658

>>17383487
fpbp. in this way you will have shared memories with the characters.

>> No.17384669
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>tfw no entwives

>> No.17384697

>>17384669
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFF

>> No.17384700
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17384700

wish i had a first edition silm ;,(

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>Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien.

>> No.17384716

>>17383467
make sure to copy his books by hand, bind them in leather, and treat them as factual history in front of your kids

>> No.17384731
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>>17384716
Tolkien goes next to the Bible on the shelf.

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>>17384731

>> No.17384751

I dont know but Roverandom is cosy kids book kino

>> No.17384816

should you even bother if you have past 25?

>> No.17384848

>>17383467
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and... read these books in this order:
1) The Silmarillion: from "Ainulindalë" to "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin".
2) Beren and Luthien (book).
3) The Silmarillion: "Of Beren and Lúthien" and "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
4) The Children of Hurin (book).
5) The Silmarillion: "Of Túrin Turambar" and
"Of the Ruin of Doriath".
6) The Fall of Gondolin (book).
7) The Silmarillion: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath" and "Akallabêth"
8) The Unfinished Tales: Part Two: The Second Age
9) The Silmarillion: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
10) the rest of The Unfinished Tales
11) Do you want more before reading History of Middle Earth? Read a biography, his letters, The Road to Middle Earth, The History of The Hobbit, Master of Middle Earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, etc.
12) History of Middle Earth.

>> No.17384926

>>17384731
beautiful

>> No.17385455

What's the best Tolkien quote and why is it
>A Turin Turambar, turun ambartanen?