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Post subject: The Book of Lost Tales  Posted: April 15th, 2006, 10:46 pm |
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I'm just curious as to how many have read the Book of Lost Tales, both or either? Or even heard of it? I have both books in my possesion, and finished the second in January. Both are excellent books, and in fact I may like them a tad more than the Silmarillion, they've just got more of an archaic, olden fairy tale like quality too them as opposed to the Silmarillion's 'high' Christianic flavour.
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Post subject: Posted: April 16th, 2006, 6:52 pm |
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I have the whole History Of Middle-Earth series and I have read all of them.
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Post subject: Posted: April 17th, 2006, 4:26 am |
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Do you like the books?? I haven't read them and I'm just wondering about whether to read them or not...
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Post subject: Posted: April 17th, 2006, 11:23 am |
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Well, if yo uread the Silmarillion, then the Book of Lost Tales (first two in the HoME series) would be the next step. I warn you, however, it is somewhat more difficult to read than the Sil, mostly because of the archaic grammar. Though once you get past that (and trust me, it's not too difficult) you'll no doubt thoroughly enjoy it.
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Post subject: Posted: April 17th, 2006, 1:05 pm |
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ok... I've read the Sil and I'm just reading the Unfinished Tales... I think I'll buy it soon... what about the other HoME books?? Are they also as worth reading as the Lost Tales
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ok... I've read the Sil and I'm just reading the Unfinished Tales... I think I'll buy it soon... what about the other HoME books?? Are they also as worth reading as the Lost Tales??
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ok... I've read the Sil and I'm just reading the Unfinished Tales... I think I'll buy it soon... what about the other HoME books?? Are they also as worth reading as the Lost Tales??
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Post subject: Posted: April 17th, 2006, 4:59 pm |
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Erm, I won't ask why there are 3 of a kind posts, but as for the other HoME books, I'd say their worth lies in the further knowledge gained from Tolkien's world. The Book of Lost Tales was a more or less abondoned version of the Sil (though many things were transferred to the latter version/s). I've not read them yet, though.
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Post subject: Posted: April 18th, 2006, 2:34 am |
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omg... why are there 3 posts?? ******** *grrrrrr* idk why my ****** computer made three posts  
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Post subject: Posted: April 18th, 2006, 7:12 am |
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Fíriel_18190 wrote: Do you like the books?? I haven't read them and I'm just wondering about whether to read them or not...
Well I always like the books that give more and more information about Prof. Tolkien's works. These boks are very informative but as Erethror said they are much more difficult to read them because of the archaic word but they are really good. You can see in depth some stories. _________________ <center> </center>
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Post subject: Posted: April 19th, 2006, 3:27 am |
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ok thank you so much. I think I gotta buy them 
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Post subject: Posted: April 19th, 2006, 1:09 pm |
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Yeah it is good to have them.
I bought the first 5 from an offer in Amazon for I think 30$
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Post subject: Posted: April 19th, 2006, 2:48 pm |
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hey that's cool... I really gotta go to Amazon 
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Post subject: Posted: April 21st, 2006, 7:51 am |
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Post subject: Posted: April 29th, 2006, 1:58 am |
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I´ve read the second book during the Summer methinks... I loved the "Fall of Gondolin"
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