/arda/ - Tolkien's Legendarium

I was read the Hobbit in my native language when I was a kid, and I read Lord of the Rings in English when I was in middle school.

I read everything else after I was already in college.

Nothing of Tolkien's was required reading at my schools when I was growing up. I didn't discover him until I was almost an adult, and the first Peter Jackson movie came out (LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring).

I loved that movie so much I decided to read the source material. Found that I liked the books better than the movie and tried to read everything Tolkien ever wrote.

I do like The Hobbit (book) quite a bit, but not as much as the LOTR trilogy. Just start with whatever interests you most and go from there. If it's not The Hobbit, try the trilogy, or the Silmarillon, or the Book of Lost Tales. Something is bound to hook you and make you feel that investment that makes you want to learn more about Middle Earth's characters and stories.

I was looking for something to read when I was about 11 or so, and my father recommended The Hobbit and trilogy. He always referred to it as simply *the* trilogy. He had enjoyed them growing up, and passed that on to me. I devoured all four books and was obsessed.

Nearly 20 years ago now.

>>182

>Jackson

>faggot who took out Bombadil

I hate that bastard sometimes.

Saw the first two movies before reading the books sadly. Before Christmas break the school took everyone to see it so I had no choice. I then read the Trilogy in middle school before seeing the RotK movie. I'd say the Fellowship movie is OK not great. They really fail to capture the high heraldic tone of Tolkien. So much was left out and the wrong things stretched too long. This is a million times worse in the Hobbit movies. I read The Hobbit in MS and HS multiple times fantastic book.

I began with the movies for me, I loved them as a kid, they sparked my love for fantasy.

When i was 15 i read ROTK and loved it, wanted to read Fellowship and 2 Towers first but i only had copies in my native language, and i hate reading in it.

Afterwards I recall a time when our country would have daily blackouts and vidya was not an option, so i took to reading and remembered that my older brother had a copy of the Silmarillion that he never finished because it was "too dense".

The Silmarillion is now my favorite book and i have read the rest of LOTR and The Hobbit.

>>300

You'd never have been able to include Bombadil. Even Christopher Lee said as much in the Fellowship BTS.

I suggest everyone watch those by the way. They can be quite informative.

Saw Fellowship of the Ring and the first five minutes gave me a terrible hunger to learn more about Middle Earth. I got all the main books (hobbit, lotr, silmarillion) and read them twice over by the time Two Towers came out.

After the RotK movie, my interest drifted off a little, until I got Morgoth's Ring gifted and realized I had only scratched the surface.

>>304

I know it just irks me because they go was a wild card.

>>349

I've started Morgoth's Ring, and it's drearily boring.

>>349

>until I got Morgoth's Ring gifted and realized I had only scratched the surface

Shit man, I thought I knew the DEEPEST LORE after the Silmarillion.

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>>359

The History of Middle-Earth is pretty much the deepest you can go since it's stuff that wasn't in any of the actual "canon" books.

Although speaking of canon in a mythology is a bit silly.

>>360

I must admit. Morgoth's Ring comes in swings.