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***Mithadan*** · 11-25-2000, 11:13 PM

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Re: How many people have read UT, or HoME?

He Lives! Hey Lindil. Long time. We've been arguing about the origin of orcs without you.

HoME 3 is both excellent and difficult. The poetry allowed JRRT to add a great deal of descriptive detail but a lot of dialogue is lost. You need to give yourself time to read it because it can be slow going.

What to read from HoME depends on what you want to get out of it. BoLT are tough but there's stuff in there that you don't see elsewhere (the Fall of Gondolin; a description of the inside of Angband, etc.). HoME 3 is Poetry, good content but slow reading. HoME 4 and 5 are basically rewrites of the same material with some maps added in in 4 and tthe Lost Road tale in 5. The published Sil. basically comes from 4 and 5. 10-12 are excellent especially if your into seeing where the Sil. may have gone if JRRT had ever sat down and written it. Most of the "canon" stuff comes from there.

OK, I have a spare copy of HoME 5, The Lost Road. I'm willing to donate it to the cause. Who wants it?

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

11-25-2000, 11:13 PM	#25
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,393	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 346</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: How many people have read UT, or HoME? He Lives! Hey Lindil. Long time. We've been arguing about the origin of orcs without you. HoME 3 is both excellent and difficult. The poetry allowed JRRT to add a great deal of descriptive detail but a lot of dialogue is lost. You need to give yourself time to read it because it can be slow going. What to read from HoME depends on what you want to get out of it. BoLT are tough but there's stuff in there that you don't see elsewhere (the Fall of Gondolin; a description of the inside of Angband, etc.). HoME 3 is Poetry, good content but slow reading. HoME 4 and 5 are basically rewrites of the same material with some maps added in in 4 and tthe Lost Road tale in 5. The published Sil. basically comes from 4 and 5. 10-12 are excellent especially if your into seeing where the Sil. may have gone if JRRT had ever sat down and written it. Most of the "canon" stuff comes from there. OK, I have a spare copy of HoME 5, The Lost Road. I'm willing to donate it to the cause. Who wants it? --Mithadan-- "The Silmarils with living light were kindled clear, and waxing bright shone like stars that in the North above the reek of earth leap forth." </p> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.