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Topic: Book of Lost Tales

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Peoples of Beleriand - Rank 1
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Date: Apr 23, 2007
Book of Lost Tales

Despite owning copies of The Silmarillion, The book of lost tales (1 & 2), etc for over 10 years I found that I just wasn't able to 'get into them' or enjoy them. However, after finding this forum my interest has been aroused again leading me to start reading them. I just started reading The Book of Lost Tales 1. I'm finding it highly enjoyable with extermely beautiful passages that really move the heart (the parts actually written by J.R.R. Tolkien at least). I'm also finding the editorial sections interesting and illuminating. Has anybody else had a similar relationship with these 'difficult' books? Maybe I've mellowed and become more sentimental as I've aged!! smile

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Witchking of Angmar - Rank 10
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Personally I most enjoy HOME 12, but the others aren't bad either, even though I can't say I read all the parts of all the books
Indeed there is a lot of interesting information in them.

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Thorin Oakenshield - Rank 6
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I have only seen some sections of HOME. It seems very interesting as a reference for quotes but as actual books they might get boring.

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Tom Bombadil
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Date: Apr 24, 2007
I got the whole slew of the HoME on my PC as well as in Bookform. And I really should be reading them more. I enjoy the Kotirion poems in LT1

-- Edited by ArwenLegolas at 02:53, 2007-04-24

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Anarion, Son of Elendil - rank 8
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I like the part about the Dagor Dagorath which can be found mostly in 'The Shaping of Middle-earth' besides the few references found in other HOME books.

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