Visiting an Old Friend

[Valandil]

Originally Posted by Snowdog

I should read The Hobbit again considering it was the very first book of Tolkien's that I read in the summer of 1975. I haven't read it since.

My recommendation would be to read Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, Aldarion and Erendis, and the Appendices in Return of the King. Read through Quenta Silmarillion of you have time, but the series starts in a week.

Definitely worth a re-read - and you might really enjoy the simplicity (but quality) of it, after all those years having gone by. Close to 50! I might have read it right about that time, or a year later, not sure. If you re-read it too, check back in and let us know your thoughts.

Yes - I should maybe re-read all those things you suggest. I'm almost afraid to. But - yeah, I guess I'll want to have it fresh in mind, for comparison's sake. So I'll get on those, but not until after I finish The Hobbit.