How many times have you read the Lord of the Rings

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or any other book written by Tolkien? actually drew2k1 asked that question in another thread but i though it would be better to ask that in a new topic.
i myself have read the LoTR 3 times in german two and a half times in english. i think that i read the hobbit 5 times and the silmarillion 2 times in german.
and you others?


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Re: How many times have you read the Lord of the Rings

I only really discovered Middle Earth two years ago. Since then I have read the LoTR four times, the Hobbit twice, and the Silmarillion twice. I'm currently working on the Unfinished Tales (Vol 1) for the first time.

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I too only started reading Tolkien almost 2 years ago. Since then I have read the Hobbit more times than I can remember (probably 6 or 7 times to take a guess) LoTR 3 times, and Im in the midst of the Silmarillion, and some HoME.

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Re: How many times have you read the Lord of the Rings

Urk. The long dreaded question is at last asked. I first read LoTR around 1972. I estimate that I have read it about 20-25 times (probably closer to 25). Silmarillion - 15-20 times. UT - 10 times. Etc.

And yes I still enjoy it and still come upon bits that I missed or have forgotten.

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I have been reading them for about 2 years too and am currently reading LotR for the sixth time, I have read the silm 4 times, the Hobbit 3 times, UT twice and have also read some of Home and Farmer Giles twice <img src=smile.gif ALT="">

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<img src=eek.gif ALT=":eek"> well...i have read the LOTR 7 times &amp; am reading it again for the 8th. actually on &quot;a knife in the dark&quot; <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> i have also read the SIL 4 times &amp; the Hobbit about 3 times.<img src=roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> UT 2 times LT &amp; the adventures of Tom Bombadil about 2 times.visit http://pub48.ezboard.com/bostinedhilOst~in~Edhil: The City Of The Elves</a>

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lets see. . .ive probebly read LotR about eight times and the Hobbit six times. Wow, thats a whole lot!!!! I havent got around to read the silmarillion yet, but i really really need to, cause then im sure that lots of my questions will be answered.

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1 and 2/3 times. I really liked it, but I don't own the books so...Hobbit once also, Silmarillion 6 or so times. I haven't really read UT all the way through, but I think I have read about everything at least once in it.

On to HoME, I haven't read as much as some of the people on here, but I have read most of Lost Tales I and II, a lot of The Lost Road, and a few pieces from HoME X, XI, and XII.
All in all I don't really remember what is really from what, or when or where I read it. A few days ago I kept confusing Mithadans fanfic for true Tolkien. Luckily I realized my mistake and didn't post what I was going to.

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Re: How many times have you read the Lord of the Rings

I think that I'm very, very flattered. <img src=wink.gif ALT="">

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were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

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You don't really think the hobbits died do you <img src=frown.gif ALT="">

I always hoped they were given the fate of the elves, now it seems unlikely *sniff*.

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Hmm... LoTR approx 7 times;Hobbit 4 or 5 times;Silm 4 times;
UT 3 times. Somewhere in these vicinities anyway.

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Wow! I feel like a novice where once I felt like a hard core fan. I've only read LOTR 3 times, and am working on a third reading of the Sil. This is over the course of the last 14 years. I've read parts of UT recently, but felt like a needed a refresher of the Sil before I could go on. And, I should be tarred &amp; feathered for this, but I don't know if I've ever read The Hobbit cover to cover. <img src=eek.gif ALT=":eek"> I've read the play adaptation, but it's been so long that I can't remember about the book.

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Galadrielle, when I first (and probably second and third) read LoTR, I believed that the Hobbits were allowed &quot;elvish&quot; lifespans in the West. The first intimation that this might not be true came in the discussion of the nature of the Undying Lands in Akallabeth (in Silm.). There, elves spoke to the Numenoreans and stated that the Undying Lands are as they are by virtue of the &quot;deathless&quot; who live there, rather than any virtue in the land itself. Thus men who lived there would not be deathless and might even die faster like a moth in a flame.

Later, I read Letters of J.R.R.Tolkien. There, JRRT discusses precisely this issue and relates that the Ringbearers went to the West for healing, etc. but would live out their lives and die. The Valar cannot take away the &quot;Gift of Iluvatar&quot;.

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I've lost track of the number of times I've read LOTR and the rest.

Started in 1976 or so, I've read it at least every two years and on occasion I've not skipped the year. Many times!

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Hey Gil, you started reading Tolkien before I was born! LOL. Darn us young liberals! <img src=wink.gif ALT="">

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Thx Ballin I'm new here and didn't want to start a new thread <img src=wink.gif ALT="">
I've read LoTRs twice, the hobbit twice, ut once and I'm 50 pages into silmarillion.

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I also saw your post, Drew, and started a new thread. I didn't think to look if anyone else had! <img src=nerd.gif ALT="8o">

Anyway, I've read LotR about 5 times, Sil 3 times, and the Hobbit between 3-6 times (I forget!).

I first read The Hobbit about 6-7 years ago. <img src=eek.gif ALT=":eek">

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I have only read the first two books of the lord of the rings but i am looking forward to the last one. They are very good and some times it is hard for me to put them down to do any thing else.

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In the last year and a half i have read LOTR 6 or 7 times. I just got the Silmarillian last june. I loved that book so much that i read it 3 times back to back, each time getting better. but since then i would say i have read the silmarillian 5 or 6 times. The hobbit 4, and UT once. I wish i wasn't a poor college student and could afford some other books right now. But that is what having a job over the summer means i guess.

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I'm currently half way through my 5th or 6th (can't remember) reading of the LotR. I've read the Hobbit about 3 times, and the Sil. twice. I feel like such a novice! Still, I am reading the LotR about once a year, so after 20-something years, I'll be at the same level as Gil is now... <img src=wink.gif ALT="">

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I first read it 7 - no, 6 - months ago. So I've read it right through twice, and the good bits heaps of times... <img src=wink.gif ALT="">
Hobbit twice, Silmarillion once, unfinished tales I read some of but then I lent it to Elenanna and she hasn't given it back yet *glares*

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I have read the LOTR trilogy 58 times, the hobbit 59, and The Silmarillion twice. I keep a record of this. (10 on the dork scale)

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Is that a new record???

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i doubt it, i read each book once a day. It is not really a record, i'm sure there is somebody who has read it much more than I, though i do not know who..

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What, Once a day? Or do you have the Cliff Notes version? Or the reader's Digest condensed version?

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Reader's Digest condensed version, lol. I wish I had that.

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Re: How many times have you read the Lord of the Rings

I find myself rereading LOTR every time I go through a crisis or a major change in my life (death of a loved one, loss of a job, whatever). Each time I find a new favorite chapter or favorite character whose predicament or story line reflects whatever I'm going through. I think I read the story the first time in 1973. I have read the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales but only once each; those stories are excellent but just don't seem as personal as Lord of the Rings.

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No, I read the full book everyday, each volume i mean. I am a fast reader, and i have no life &lt;_&gt;.

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[Calencoire]

I'm on my third time for LOTR; i've had them for only eight months. the first time I read them in a week. (That was during Winter Vacation) I'm on my second time for the Sil, and I'm working through UT.

[Catherine]

I have only read TLOTR set once *so far* I will read it again soon, but I have to do stinky summer reading for school first [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] !

[Mornie Alantie]

I started my Tolkien journey Dec. 2000. Since then I have read the LOTR 3 times the Sil 5 times the Hobbit around three times and unfinished tales twice.

[Nevfeniel]

I'm probably reading it for the third time.

[piosenniel]

Re: How many times have you read the Lord of the Rings?

I first read The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy during the summer of 1969. Since then, I've read them about 25 or so times, and found them just as exciting and refreshing as the first.

The Silmarillion I've read twice.

Am now in the process of reading various of his and CT's works.

[QuickSlash]

I've only read the series once, but it's not because I haven't had the opportunity. I just think that there are so many good books out there, and so many that we tell ourselves to read to just re-read something we already know.

Just my opinion.

[Melian]

Hi everyone!
I´ve read LOTR and the Sil twice. I loved them, that´s why I re-read them. I must confess I didn´t looooved the Hobbit, so I just read it one time.
I agree with QuickSlash about reading other books, that´s why I started with the Unfinished Tales. However I´m not reading as fast as I would like because I have a lot of work with my courses at university... You know how this is...

[*Varda*]

<font color=white> I've read the Hobbit several times, Lord of the Rings twice and reading it for a third, and i'm planning on reading the Sil. and Lost Tales 1 after that.

By the way is Unfinished Tales a separate book from all the others like Lost Tales?

[mystra]

i have read the hobbit 18 times- im a fast reader [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]- and lotr 6 times. i will NEVER EVER read the silmarillion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gollum*elf*pup]

mystra - why not? it's really good!

well, i've read the hobbit and lotr a few times and the sil and unfinished tales once, and now i'm starting to read H.o.M.E. in no order. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[mystra]

everyone keeps on telling me to read it....... so im not gonna! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[gollum*elf*pup]

ha ha ha, well, i wont tell you that you should read it, but you'd be missing out! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]