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Archestratie
Lorien
Dec 5 2021, 5:23pm
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What to Read Prior to the TV Show
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If there's already a thread for this, I apologize for missing it. But I have just about every Tolkien book including the HoME. I was hoping folks here could tell me which ones to read or re-read before the Amazon show comes out.
Thanks!
-Arch
My Low-Magic Fantasy Novel on eBook/hardback: The Huntsman and the She-Wolf
The Huntsman and the She-Wolf on audio Book.
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InTheChair
Rohan
Dec 5 2021, 8:28pm
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Depends on what you want to achieve?
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By reading or re-reading?
Perhaps since we know the show will include Numenor sometime in the Second Age, rather than reading a book, read such chapters from different book that tell about that age.
Would include things like
The Downfall of Numenor (Silmarillion)
Description of Numenor (Unfinished Tales)
Aldarion and Erendis (Unfinished Tales)
A lot of the Galadriel stuff from Unfinished Tales (Unfinished Tales)
Tale of years (RotK)
History of Gondor and Arnor (Especially the early history) (Appendix A RotK)
Durins Folk (Appendix A RotK)
I'm sure there's more
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ElanorTX
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Dec 7 2021, 5:13am
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Thank you for compiling this list //
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"I shall not wholly fail if anything can still grow fair in days to come."
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Hamfast Gamgee
Grey Havens
Dec 7 2021, 6:41am
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If this series does Aldarion and Erendis
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And in any way faithfully I think I will eat my copy of Lotr!
Volume 1 that is.
And my old version,
With Ketchup,
But as they won't those last three lines won't apply!
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InTheChair
Rohan
Dec 7 2021, 9:25pm
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No I don't think the show will do Aldarion and Erendis
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But reading that story does provide a bit of an insight on the early culture of the Numenoreans, which should perhaps be part of the Faithful group, so to compare with what the show does.
But then I don't know what Archestratie wants to achieve. Certainly I don't think there will be any literary original to the story told by the Amazon show, unless it is in cliff notes and tale of years style key events.
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Archestratie
Lorien
Dec 8 2021, 2:22pm
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By reading or re-reading?
Perhaps since we know the show will include Numenor sometime in the Second Age, rather than reading a book, read such chapters from different book that tell about that age.
Would include things like
The Downfall of Numenor (Silmarillion)
Description of Numenor (Unfinished Tales)
Aldarion and Erendis (Unfinished Tales)
A lot of the Galadriel stuff from Unfinished Tales (Unfinished Tales)
Tale of years (RotK)
History of Gondor and Arnor (Especially the early history) (Appendix A RotK)
Durins Folk (Appendix A RotK)
I'm sure there's more
This is a great list. I appreciate you putting that together for me. There's no way to know for sure what the show will fully entail, but I wanted a place to start. This is fantastic. :)
My Low-Magic Fantasy Novel on eBook/hardback: The Huntsman and the She-Wolf
The Huntsman and the She-Wolf on audio Book.
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