|
Post by Fredeghar Wayfarer on May 14, 2021 14:28:10 GMT -6
I forgot to post that I finally finished the History of Middle-earth series! After the Notion Club Papers, Sauron Defeated became a bit of a slog because of how technical the section on Adunaic was. I assume these were Tolkien's personal notes about the grammar rules of the language. I can't imagine he wanted to publish this, as I doubt anyone but his fellow philologists would care about this level of detail. Still, he did frame it as Lowdham's essay about Adunaic so it had a fictional history. Makes me wonder what Tolkien's intentions were. In any case, since I read the books out of order and already finished the last three -- I've finished the series! Feeling a bit like Frodo now: The whole top shelf of my bookcase is all Tolkien books now and it feels good to have read them all. Now all I'm missing are some of his non-Middle-earth books (Sigrid and Gudrun, The Story of Kullervo, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, Mr. Bliss, etc.).
|
|
|
Post by fanuidhol on May 15, 2021 17:01:16 GMT -6
Congratulations Freddie! Quite a feat!
|
|
|
Post by Andorinha on May 17, 2021 9:42:22 GMT -6
Wow! That is an "epic," rite of passage. Congrats!
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on May 17, 2021 12:49:17 GMT -6
I'll say! I've never read any of the Home series through, just skimmed them in doing research. The one I have mostly read though is Unfinished Tales, it is easier to read and was more interesting (to me) content.
|
|