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04-04-2006, 07:46 PM

Hi guys,check it out,I've been reading about the RED BOOK OF WESTMARCH ......and here's the thing. Can you actually buy this book anywhere?......please reply to this noobie question.....I'd love to get hold of it but it doesn't seem possible .........I am sorry is this is an old subject but im goin crazy!!

Legolas · 04-04-2006, 08:49 PM

You can buy it as The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings!

Within the story, it's the source from which the present-day author draws the above works from.

The Red Book of Westmarch is the diary Bilbo kept...in it, he told of his adventure with the dwarves (The Hobbit), and about all the history/legends of old Middle-earth that he was told about during his time with the elves in Rivendell (The Silmarillion).

When Frodo returned from Mount Doom, Bilbo passed the Red Book onto him so that Frodo could fill in the rest of the story - his story (The Lord of the Rings). When Frodo left for Aman, he left the book with Sam to finish. Sam completed it, adding the end of the story (starting with Frodo's departure).

The Red Book is kept in the Shire and passed down through generations to our time, when it was used as the source for those three books.

deal_with_it · 04-05-2006, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirk

Hi guys,check it out,I've been reading about the RED BOOK OF WESTMARCH ......and here's the thing. Can you actually buy this book anywhere?......please reply to this noobie question.....I'd love to get hold of it but it doesn't seem possible .........I am sorry is this is an old subject but im goin crazy!!

Here ya go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_of_Westmarch

http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.asp

That explains all about it. Its not a real book, per se. The Hobbit and LOTR trilogy are supposedly the translated version of the Book of Westmarch for us to read in this day and age. Tolkien's trying to imply this Book was a record of these hobbit's adventures and it has been translated and put down into these books you are now reading.

04-05-2006, 03:22 PM

Thanks guys=).....I really appriciate it I was confused as to what it was because I was looking at a website that had movie prop re-makes so i was wondering if it was a published work....lol....but I guess not.....thanks again guys=)

04-04-2006, 07:46 PM	#1
Dirk Guest Posts: n/a	Noob question......please don't laugh Hi guys,check it out,I've been reading about the RED BOOK OF WESTMARCH ......and here's the thing. Can you actually buy this book anywhere?......please reply to this noobie question.....I'd love to get hold of it but it doesn't seem possible .........I am sorry is this is an old subject but im goin crazy!!

04-04-2006, 08:49 PM	#2
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	You can buy it as The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings! Within the story, it's the source from which the present-day author draws the above works from. The Red Book of Westmarch is the diary Bilbo kept...in it, he told of his adventure with the dwarves (The Hobbit), and about all the history/legends of old Middle-earth that he was told about during his time with the elves in Rivendell (The Silmarillion). When Frodo returned from Mount Doom, Bilbo passed the Red Book onto him so that Frodo could fill in the rest of the story - his story (The Lord of the Rings). When Frodo left for Aman, he left the book with Sam to finish. Sam completed it, adding the end of the story (starting with Frodo's departure). The Red Book is kept in the Shire and passed down through generations to our time, when it was used as the source for those three books. __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

04-05-2006, 03:22 PM	#4
Dirk Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks Thanks guys=).....I really appriciate it I was confused as to what it was because I was looking at a website that had movie prop re-makes so i was wondering if it was a published work....lol....but I guess not.....thanks again guys=)