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Haunting Spirit
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Australia
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I've read all the normal series, LOTR, The Hobbit, the Silmarillion. Just wondering, is there anymore worthwhile works of Tolkien related to Middle Earth?
Such as the Last Battle when Morgoth escapes from the void etc. Is it in the History of Middle Earth, and if so, what volume? Because I really wanna know... THanks |
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Jan 2002
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I've only read the first five books in the History of Middle Earth series, and if my memory serves me right, I don't think there was anything about the Last Battle in any of those. But regarding good Tolkien works in general if you haven't read Unfinished Tales, I would recommend it. I just finished reading it, and I thought it was very good. It had some interesting information about all of the Ages, as well as about the Istari and the Palantiri.
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Definetly Unfinished Tales, and there is a *very* short story about the Dagor Dagorath in HoMe IV, The Shaping of Middle-earth.
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As far as I know the only full(ish) account is in HoME II, but a lot of people don't like that as they don't feel it is 'cannon'. Read the histories. Go on. You know you want to. Oh yeah and UT (I always think of Unreal Tournament when I see that)
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Earthsea, or London
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Whilst not exactly sited in Middle Earth, I would VERY STRONGLY recommend reading Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham and Leaf By Niggle which are exceptional, charming and touching stories. I would place them alongside The Happy Prince and the other stories of Oscar Wilde as beautiful fairy tales with great pathos, and meaningful for all ages. Not only that, but they are finished, and as the author intended [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Get Tree and Leaf also. That gives you the excellent Leaf by Niggle, which is a lovely, if rather sad piece. But you get the infinitely wonderful essay Oh Fairy Stories, which is, as i said, infinitely wonderful (wonderful to no finite limit).
Plus in some additions you get the story The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, in which you get a glimpse of JRRT's love of the ancient texts.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Don't forget the wealth of info in the appendixes of RotK
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A Northern Soul
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Valinor
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Unfinished Tales definitely.
Of the volumes of The History of Middle-earth, the ones you'll (probably) most enjoy are 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10-12. 6-9 are boring and 3 is full of songs and such. [ December 10, 2002: Message edited by: Legalos ]
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