Myth or fact?

Maedhros:

BOLT? Please forgive my ingnorance, but I am only familiar with Unfinished Tales, and History of Middle Earth.

Originally posted by Nenya Evenstar
Maedhros:

BOLT? Please forgive my ingnorance, but I am only familiar with Unfinished Tales, and History of Middle Earth.

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I will clarify for you Nenya. BOLT is the Book of Lost Tales Parts 1 and 2. They comprise the first and second volume of the HoMe (History of Middle-earth) series.

And it's easier for me to direct you to a website that type out all of his works so here's a link.

http://www.luthien-tinuviel.net/books.htm

If you have any questions on any of the books, please ask here. I've read all but a few and I'm sure there are others here who have read all of them. BTW, one of my favorites was one no one has mentioned yet..... Farmer Giles of Ham. I would definately endorse it as it also has a Middle-earth mystique about it.

Good reading!

Originally posted by Nenya Evenstar
BTW, does anyone know where I can find a list of all Tolkiens works? And, if anyone wants to they can tell me which ones are worth my time, what order to read them in, etc.

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Those works of Tolkien which can be considered fantasy related should be rather complete at our TolkienWiki: TolkienBooks, clicking on the ISBN links will bring you directly to the books at amazon.com or Barnes&nobles (US) or Amazon.co.uk (UK). If you are interested in his works as a scholar there is a detailed list in the appendix of Carpenters Bio. If you don't have that and would like a list of those works just let me know...

Originally posted by Walter


Those works of Tolkien which can be considered fantasy related should be rather complete at our TolkienWiki: TolkienBooks, if you are interested in his works as a scholar there is a detailed list in the appendix of Carpenters Bio. If you don't have that and would like a list of those works just let me know...

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Actually you can view of all of Tolkien's known works on this website.

http://www.forodrim.org/arda/tbchron.html

Hope this helps guide your path Nenya.

Originally posted by Grond
Actually you can view of all of Tolkien's known works on this website.

http://www.forodrim.org/arda/tbchron.html

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Yes indeed, that list is almost as complete as the one in the Appendix of Carpenters Bio.

Thanks guys! Looks like I've got my reading schedule planned out for the next year or so. But it's Tolkien, so it should be great!

...and it doesn't really matter where in the History of Middle-earth you start reading, I mean if some of the books aren't available to you right away. I didn't pay much attention to anything but The Hobbit, LotR and The Simarillion from the History until recently...in fact outside of The Guide to Middle Earth I hadn't really read a lot outside of his Fiction. But I started with "Sauron Defeated" and reading all the drafts of The Scouring of the Shire hooked me, that and I was devouring "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien" at a tremendous rate...Since then I've read nearly all of the books edited from his earlier writings..("nearly" because I just cannot get myself excited over "The Lays of Belariand"...sooooo many stanzas!)...and I never had to "make" myself read them or come up with a reason. (Truth to be told I didn't get my hands on "Sauron Defeated" and "The Letters" untill about a week before this forum went back up a little over a year ago, so I read many of these books concurrently)

Originally posted by ReadWryt
("nearly" because I just cannot get myself excited over "The Lays of Belariand"...sooooo many stanzas!)[/B]

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It would be a lot easier if you sing them - that way you get a better feeling for the rhymes and couples...

Hey, how did this thread get off-topic and back to TOLKIEN? Sorry Aragil, even further west than you, but "Beautiful State of Montana" just seems a little redundant, don't you think? Besides I think of the cautionary lyrics of "Last Resort" by The Eagles when advertising Montana:

They called it Paradise, I don't know why,
Call someplace Paradise - Kiss it goodbye

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Well, this is really off point Parrot but.... my state is commonly referred to as "The Sportsman's Paradise" (as a matter of fact, it is on my license plate). I guess we're screwed.

Sportsman’s Paradise? Yeah, that’s trouble alright. That would explain the exhausting schedule of golf and tennis though; state law or something?

Nenya, I had the same problem - what of Tolkien other works to start with reading... I at first felt(and still do!) so confused !
Here is what I did - I chose the story as told in the three main books as a base and the things or/and characters and/or events that interested me most, I looked for the relevant story in the other works. I did this with the Tale of Turin Turambar (as this is my favourite!) and I was greatly satisfied. Now I think I know every detail from this story, although I have found some differences...
Maybe this "strategy" will help you.
And - YES! - there is so MUCH left to be read!

Guys, you that have read every written work BY and ABOUT Tolkien, how long did it take you?
Sometimes I fear I'll need a whole life!

Thanks a bunch Lhunithiliel! I really like the sound of your strategy, and I am going to try it. I do feel overwhelmed, especially since I do not have access to very many of the books, and yet I want to read them all so badly because I feel like I'll miss something very important if I don't! And then I feel overwhelmed because I do have so many books to read and not enough time. Why does the rest of the world have to still turn when Tolkien is in the picture?