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[Farael]

While I agree on principle, there is one issue.... LoTR, The Sil and perhaps to a lesser extent The Hobbit are the most "popular" Tolkien books. Of the minor works (if that's indeed what they are) I've read Roverandom and Tales from the Perilous Realm, but they lack the deep background that LoTR has, which also allows much of the discussion.

Of course, if you have any good topic ideas on any of the tales told on the aforementioned, I promise I'll read them throughly and post something if I have indeed something to add.

Now that I think about it, I think it only takes one or two good topics to get the ball rolling... When I first came to the 'downs there were several interesting discussions in the books section, so I'd check there regularly... now I tend to check Mirth first, then RPG, and THEN books.