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And there was rejoicing in Kindleworld.

 

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My dad read The Hobbit to us when we were little... it was better than TV.

I never read the LotR books, but loved the movies. Along with the Wizard of Oz series, this seems like a staple to any well stocked Kindle shelf. And the price is right!

Can anyone tell me more about "Children of Hurin" though? I've not heard of this before.

I bought "Children of Hurin" in hardcover when it was released in 2007. It takes place many, many years before "The Hobbit" or LotR. It offers a detailed account of some of the mythology that is referred to in LotR. It was similar to "The Book(s) of Lost Tales" or "The Silmarillion", although I thought that it read a little more like a novel than those.

 

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Is it just me, or did anyone else really miss not having Tom Bombadil(sp?) in the movies? I mean, I knew the character wouldn't be in the movies because it was a bit of a tangent, but he's one of my favorite characters.

I liked Bombadil too.

 

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What bothered me more was the scrunching down of the entire Faramir/Eowyn relationship to one "look" at Aragorn's coronation. I think it would have been better to leave it out entirely.

I liked the Faramir/Eowyn story and was sad that it was left out. Come to think of it, I don't know that there were any parts of the story that I didn't like. I gues they couldn't put them all in the movie...

 

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I agree. I have started it for the second time (I gave up once), and I am enjoying it now that I stopped trying to think of it as a novel or story and more as a poetic and deep way of explaining the origins of Middle Earth and the people groups in it.

Indeed, Silmarillion is very beautiful in its crafted use of the English language, but it is not a light or quick read.

I have recently started really reading and studying both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I am currently reading small portions of the Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, and I find it fascinating to hear his thoughts on the process of writing LoTR, though my wife thinks I'm insane. LOL

I would love to be a Lewis and Tolkien scholar, even if it is only in my own mind. LOL

I, too, am a huge fan of Tolkien and Lewis. When I was in college, I actually got to meet someone who was a student of both men in England when he was younger.

 

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Now that would have been neat. I don't think I would have been able to stop asking that person questions about both men.

It was wonderful. He even worked with me when I was writing a paper about Lewis.