I FINALY FINNISHED!!!

Well done, my suggestion would be that if you have not read The Hobbit which is the prequill to LOTR you should go back and read that. However if you have read it try reading through LORT again to see what you missed the first time around.

"The road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began."

congrates! i also recomend that you read the hobbit if you already have not.




I have only read pieces of The Sillmarillian, more research than any thing else, but i'm in the middle of reading it again now. It was confusing for me the first time also, but if you keep reading it you'll find that it gets easier. :rollin:

I think I'll get Sil after Cloak of Deception...

bmilder, I'm shocked that's such a general opinion about the Silmarillion. I always thought it was very moving, esp. the earlier parts. I love the Ainulindale.

Shanamir, you can't very well read Unfinished Tales before The Silmarillion! It's kind of required for Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin and the Narn-I-Hin-Hurin, well, also for some stuff in other texts.

The order in which people usually get into Tolkien's Middle-earth is The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and the rest is very variable.

Strictly the prequel to the Lord of the Rings is actually The Silmarillion. Originally the Lord of the Rings was supposed to be the sequel to The Hobbit, but that's not how it turned out.

[edited: taking a hint from other threads, I checked the date. lady, you do realize when all this stuff took place, don't you?]