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Nick Demus
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Jan 16, 10:18pm
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Reading the Silmarillion - including longer versions of stories
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Hi there,
I know this sounds hardly like a new question, but I haven´t found an answer to the exact kind of problem I have. I´m looking for some kind of guideline about which stories/parts of the Silmarillion have been expanded in other books.
My point is this: I´ve read both The Hobbit and LOTR a long time ago and wanted to read them again now, but as part of a much larger reading project: I want to read the whole history, basically, The Silmarillion, but since I´ve been able to remain unspoiled about next to everything that happens in the 1st and 2nd age I´m looking for a way to read it all chronologically with the best version of every story available. With "best" I mean "most exciting for first time readers".
For example, instead of reading the Silmarillion chapter about Hurin´s children, I guess it would be more exciting to read The Children of Hurin, as it is to read The Hobbit and LOTR first and then those short texts in The Silmarillion about the 3rd age´s end, isn´t it?
So what I´m looking for is a reading list, probably along the chapters of The Silmarillion, that tells me which chapters are enhanced by reading a certain bigger story or part of a story in another book. Basically, I would like to know which stories in the Unfinished Tales and the Lost Tales books are longer versions or just more interesting or exciting to read than their Silmarillion counterparts, for people who have no idea what´s happening in the world up to The Hobbit, OR shorter/unfinished stories and essays which make an interesting read AFTER any chapter in The Silmarillion because they give additional info that explains stuff but would have been uninteresting to read first.
Don´t get me wrong, I don´t want to skip the texts in The Silmarillion. I just want to read the "more exciting versions" first, then reread their counterparts in TS.
For any help you have my biggest thanks in advance.
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Reading the Silmarillion - including longer versions of stories
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Nick Demus
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Jan 16, 10:18pm
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The Children of Húrin
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Ardamírë
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Jan 16, 10:28pm
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Thanks
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Nick Demus
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Jan 16, 10:37pm
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You're welcome!
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Ardamírë
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Jan 16, 11:09pm
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I read the Silmarillion nearly 10 years ago
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FlyingSerkis
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Jan 16, 11:36pm
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Yup, that´s exactly what I was looking for...
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Nick Demus
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Jan 17, 8:24am
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This is what I did.
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Kassandros
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Jan 18, 9:55pm
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Another reason
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Gwenhwyfar
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Jan 16, 11:48pm
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I can live with some comments and annotations...
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Nick Demus
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Jan 17, 8:27am
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What I did
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Súlimë
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Jan 17, 4:07am
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I understand what you´re getting at
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Nick Demus
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Jan 17, 8:38am
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