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Author:  Erethror [ 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.
Author:  Astaldo [ 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.
Author:  Fíriel_18190 [ 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...
Author:  Erethror [ 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.

Astaldo-I'm getting there!
Author:  Fíriel_18190 [ 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
Author:  Fíriel_18190 [ 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??
Author:  Fíriel_18190 [ April 17th, 2006, 1:06 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??
Author:  Erethror [ 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.
Author:  Fíriel_18190 [ April 18th, 2006, 2:34 am ]
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omg... why are there 3 posts?? ******** *grrrrrr* idk why my ****** computer made three posts :blush: :explode:
Author:  Astaldo [ 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.
Author:  Fíriel_18190 [ April 19th, 2006, 3:27 am ]
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ok thank you so much. I think I gotta buy them :yes:
Author:  Astaldo [ 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$
Author:  Fíriel_18190 [ April 19th, 2006, 2:48 pm ]
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hey that's cool... I really gotta go to Amazon :-D
Author:  Erethror [ April 20th, 2006, 3:22 pm ]
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I buy all my books traditionally :confused: I guess I'm just an old school kind of guy...
Author:  Astaldo [ April 21st, 2006, 7:51 am ]
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I buy them too traditionally but this was an offer I could not let it go.

Firiel look here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034546 ... oding=UTF8
Author:  Antigone [ 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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