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**lindil** · 03-08-2001, 12:17 PM

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The History of Middle-earth series

1, 2 the Book of Lost Tales [ the earliest WWI versions of the Silmarillion]
3 - The Lays of Beleriand [ 20's and 50's versions of the songs of beren and Luthien, Turin and a few bits if Misc. also has commentary by CS Lewis.

4 - The Shaping of Middle-Earth - the Silm as it stood circa 'the Hobbit' era [ early 30's] also the last [ alas] complete Silmarillion

5 - The Lost Road - an abandoned time-travel story that was the seed of the numenorean legends. The Silmarillion as it stood when the LotR was begun in the late 30's. The elvish Etymologies [ a must have for linguists].

6-9 The history of the Lord of the Rings
[subseries] I ahve not looked into these much as my interest is focused on the Silmarillion so i will let others summarise these as they will. Suffice it to say very nearly 100% of JRRT's many changes were all for the better. The highlights are imo in the last volume 'Sauron Defeated [only available complete as a hard back] which has the original ending to LotR [ sam reading a letter from Aragorn to sam's little one's] and a major exposition on Aduniac.

10 - Morgoth's Ring - last major work on the post LotR Silm [ the events in Valinor] and Finrod's dialog w/ andreth, and Laws and customs among the Eldar. Also much speculation on Cosmology and origins of ORcs and such at the end.

11 - The War of the Jewels - last major work on the post LotR Silm [ the events in Beleriand ] plus the Wanderings of Hurin and Quendi and Eldar. Amajor historico-Linguistic work.

12 - Peoples of Middle-Earth - final writings, the history of the akallabeth and the appendices of the LotR [ often longer entries]. Shibboleth of Feanor [ mentioned below].Of Men and Dwarves [see below].

I am a big fan of these books [ most esp 10-12] so I thought I wouldopen a few of the windows into their wide world to those of us who have yet to wander therein.
W/ the publishing of the final Volumes of HoME the the first age is give as much detail as the Third and the motives and depth of plot are fully revealed . so despite the unending alternate versions, footnotes galore and a lesser quality of writing in the early volumes ...
here are 10 'reasons' {and I didn't even metion being able to work on a new silmarillion <img src=wink.gif ALT="

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11 - So you can follow the aragorn's anscestors thread!!!!<img src=smile.gif ALT="

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10 - The final word on Glorfindel [peoples of ME]

9 - The names and [some ] locations of the seven houses of the dwarves [peoples]

8 - A wealth of lore re: the noldorin princes inc. how feanor killed his youngest son w/ out remorse. [peoples]

7-Quendi and Eldar - an amazing foray into Elvish linguistics,their awakening and let's us in on the existence of the Osanwe-Kenta [War of the Jewels]

6- the Big story of Turin and Hurin [ his post -Angband wanderings] and the power of the curse of Morgoth
[UT and WotJ]

5-Laws and Customs among the Eldar - one of several excellent peices in [Morgoth's Ring]

4- Myth's Transformed despite having the nature of a cosmological Pandora's Box herein lies the origin of Orcs, a beautiful essay Aman,motives in the Silmarillion and details on the nature's,powers and limitations of Morgoth and his Fall.

3-Everything in Unfinished Tales ! some [much actually] of JRRT's most luminous and mature writing

2-The long [primitive ] version of the fall of Gondolin [Book of Lost Tales 2]

1- The dialouge of Finrod and Andreth - the deepest theologically and one of the most heartfelt of all of JRRT's writings. The depthof character of Finrod that was suspected from the Tale of Beren and Luthien and the finding of Men is fully revealed here.

Any others folks want to add ?

Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowowns<u> Silmarillion canon , theories and discussion Forum </u> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 3/23/01 3:37:13 am
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[ October 15, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]

03-08-2001, 12:17 PM	#1
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	28 or so reasons to read the HoME series {and UT} <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 448</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> The History of Middle-earth series 1, 2 the Book of Lost Tales [ the earliest WWI versions of the Silmarillion] 3 - The Lays of Beleriand [ 20's and 50's versions of the songs of beren and Luthien, Turin and a few bits if Misc. also has commentary by CS Lewis. 4 - The Shaping of Middle-Earth - the Silm as it stood circa 'the Hobbit' era [ early 30's] also the last [ alas] complete Silmarillion 5 - The Lost Road - an abandoned time-travel story that was the seed of the numenorean legends. The Silmarillion as it stood when the LotR was begun in the late 30's. The elvish Etymologies [ a must have for linguists]. 6-9 The history of the Lord of the Rings [subseries] I ahve not looked into these much as my interest is focused on the Silmarillion so i will let others summarise these as they will. Suffice it to say very nearly 100% of JRRT's many changes were all for the better. The highlights are imo in the last volume 'Sauron Defeated [only available complete as a hard back] which has the original ending to LotR [ sam reading a letter from Aragorn to sam's little one's] and a major exposition on Aduniac. 10 - Morgoth's Ring - last major work on the post LotR Silm [ the events in Valinor] and Finrod's dialog w/ andreth, and Laws and customs among the Eldar. Also much speculation on Cosmology and origins of ORcs and such at the end. 11 - The War of the Jewels - last major work on the post LotR Silm [ the events in Beleriand ] plus the Wanderings of Hurin and Quendi and Eldar. Amajor historico-Linguistic work. 12 - Peoples of Middle-Earth - final writings, the history of the akallabeth and the appendices of the LotR [ often longer entries]. Shibboleth of Feanor [ mentioned below].Of Men and Dwarves [see below]. I am a big fan of these books [ most esp 10-12] so I thought I wouldopen a few of the windows into their wide world to those of us who have yet to wander therein. W/ the publishing of the final Volumes of HoME the the first age is give as much detail as the Third and the motives and depth of plot are fully revealed . so despite the unending alternate versions, footnotes galore and a lesser quality of writing in the early volumes ... here are 10 'reasons' {and I didn't even metion being able to work on a new silmarillion <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> } 11 - So you can follow the aragorn's anscestors thread!!!!<img src=smile.gif ALT=""> <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> !!!! 10 - The final word on Glorfindel [peoples of ME] 9 - The names and [some ] locations of the seven houses of the dwarves [peoples] 8 - A wealth of lore re: the noldorin princes inc. how feanor killed his youngest son w/ out remorse. [peoples] 7-Quendi and Eldar - an amazing foray into Elvish linguistics,their awakening and let's us in on the existence of the Osanwe-Kenta [War of the Jewels] 6- the Big story of Turin and Hurin [ his post -Angband wanderings] and the power of the curse of Morgoth [UT and WotJ] 5-Laws and Customs among the Eldar - one of several excellent peices in [Morgoth's Ring] 4- Myth's Transformed despite having the nature of a cosmological Pandora's Box herein lies the origin of Orcs, a beautiful essay Aman,motives in the Silmarillion and details on the nature's,powers and limitations of Morgoth and his Fall. 3-Everything in Unfinished Tales ! some [much actually] of JRRT's most luminous and mature writing 2-The long [primitive ] version of the fall of Gondolin [Book of Lost Tales 2] 1- The dialouge of Finrod and Andreth - the deepest theologically and one of the most heartfelt of all of JRRT's writings. The depthof character of Finrod that was suspected from the Tale of Beren and Luthien and the finding of Men is fully revealed here. Any others folks want to add ? Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowowns<u> Silmarillion canon , theories and discussion Forum </u> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 3/23/01 3:37:13 am [LIST][LIST] [ October 15, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.