In what order should Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth be read?
2011年8月23日 · I believe publication order is the best way, you will experience the reading experience that helped to shape Middl-earth. Although Tolkien left many manuscripts that later became successful books, his central piece is The Lord of the Rings. The Hobbit is a preamble and everything that follows are great efforts to close the circle of his ...
tolkiens legendarium - What is the chronological reading order for …
2016年9月19日 · Tolkien then proceded to write an even more expanded and detailed version, but stopped half-way in order to write The Lord of the Rings. After LotR was finished, Tolkien returned to the Silmarillion, but instead of carrying on from where he left, he started again with the goal of revisioning and expanding the already written.
Reading order of Tolkien's middle-earth books [duplicate]
The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings; The Silmarillion; Chronologically, the events in The Silmarillion occur before The Lord of the Rings but the writing style will put you off Tolkien and it only touches on the events of The Lord of the Rings, focusing instead on the lore and history of Middle-earth.
How did J.R.R. Tolkien learn about the events of his books? (In ...
2017年3月11日 · Tolkien discovered a copy that had been made in Minas Tirith early in the Fourth Age (emphasis mine): This account of the end of the Third Age is drawn mainly from the Red Book of Westmarch . That most important source for the history of the War of the Ring was so called because it was long preserved at Undertowers, the home of the Fairbairns ...
Reading order after "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Children of …
2023年12月13日 · Beren and Luthien and The Fall of Gondolin are not books meant to be consumed simply as in-universe works, but are fully out-of-universe and showcase the external development that JRR Tolkien made to those tales over his life. They begin with the earliest version of each tale, and then show changes made until they reach the versions used in the ...
tolkiens legendarium - What to read in History of Middle-earth ...
2021年6月2日 · The History of Middle-earth is a twelve-volume collection of J.R.R Tolkien's unpublished manuscripts, edited and commented on by his son Christopher Tolkien. The main goal of the series is to showcase how Tolkien developed his legendarium, and so the twelve volumes more or less go in chronological order of Tolkien's life, showing texts in the ...
Is it important to read The History of Middle-earth in order?
2015年6月26日 · The books that follow the History of LotR see Tolkien return again to the matters of Elder Days aka the Silmarillion, with many editorial changes and ideas that were sadly never completed. So, after you're finished with the History of LotR, I'd suggest starting the HoME series from the beginning in order to get the full story of how the Middle ...
Has Tolkien's estate ever sold the rights to adaptations of any …
2016年5月26日 · And in Tolkien's will, he named his son Christopher as his "sole literary executor", with authority to revise, edit, and publish J.R.R.'s other works. He has done so, releasing several previously unpublished books written by his father - The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, to name a few.
Do you really need to read “The Silmarillion” before reading “The ...
2021年7月5日 · It should also be noted that of the three Great Tales books, only The Children of Húrin is even a proper narrative story. The other two books are out-of-universe studies about their stories' respective external histories, showcasing a few different versions of the text to see how it evolved over time (similar to The History of Middle-earth).
Can any new information be canon if J.R.R. Tolkien is dead?
2012年7月9日 · Christopher Tolkien actually published several books after J.R.R. Tolkien's death - The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, the History of Middle-Earth series, and The Children of Hurin. No one else has written an "official" book set in the Lord of the Rings universe, and presumably they would have to obtain permission from the Tolkien estate to do so.