Which books are canon?

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bloody.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Which books are canon?

Yeah, that's true. I've considered Sil to be canon simply because it's published with Tolkien's name on it... I guess that's not a very good justification, is it? However, I never cite Sil when I talk about Middle Earth - probably because I've never been able to finish it!

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