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drogo
Lorien
Mar 19 2007, 2:32am
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What is your favorite non-legendarium book by Tolkien?
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We've had many threads on Tolkien's "other" works, but I thought I'd create a thread to discuss our favorite book by Tolkien that is not set in the imaginary universe of Middle-earth, Beleriand, or, broadly, Arda in general.
For me, it's Farmer Giles because it has all the charm and somewhat lighthearted tone of The Hobbit. but is set in its own universe which is also familiar yet alien. I enjoy the characters and the mock-heroic trappings. As much as Smith encapsulates some of the themes of the lure of/dangers of Faerie and the more mythic elements of Tolkien's legendarium, Giles captures the more "hobbity" side of Tolkien's imagination and his ability to combine humor with legend. The Pauline Baynes illustrations also work so well with the text; I can't imagine the book without her pseudo-medieval images any more than I can imagine Lewis's Narnia without her visual stamp.
What's yours?
(Formerly drogo of the two names!)
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What is your favorite non-legendarium book by Tolkien?
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drogo
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Mar 19 2007, 2:32am
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On Fairy-Stories
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Luthien Rising
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Mar 19 2007, 3:38am
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Me, too.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Mar 19 2007, 4:09pm
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Leaf By Niggle
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Finding Frodo
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Mar 19 2007, 4:16am
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me, too
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a.s.
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Mar 19 2007, 10:56am
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Leaf by Niggle
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MsC
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Mar 20 2007, 2:00am
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giles
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_V_
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Mar 19 2007, 5:17am
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Smith of Wootton Major.
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 19 2007, 6:52am
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This is the one for me also. /nt
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NZ Strider
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Mar 19 2007, 6:18pm
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I have to go with Farmer Giles
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Morwen
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Mar 19 2007, 12:53pm
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Giles for me too.
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Moriel
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Mar 19 2007, 4:54pm
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Agree with that, but so hard to choose
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Penthe
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Mar 20 2007, 4:14am
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It is difficult!
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dernwyn
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Mar 21 2007, 1:16am
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Roverandom
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Sandicomm
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Mar 20 2007, 1:35am
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I honestly don't know, but
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Beren IV
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Mar 22 2007, 4:24am
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Would you count the Bombadil poems? ...
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Pallando
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Mar 23 2007, 11:03pm
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Poems or poem?
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 23 2007, 11:19pm
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Sounds like you're saying the plural...
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Pallando
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Mar 28 2007, 6:57am
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Leaf by Niggle!
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KmK
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Apr 16 2007, 5:53pm
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