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Daisey
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Post 1/2: When I read ”Of the Flight of the Noldor” now after reading the History of Middle-Earth (HoME), I always miss the actual inclusion of the oath of Fëanor and his sons. Reading the words feels so much more dramatic than only a narrative description. So, I‘m sharing two versions. This is the version from the tagged book.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #Silmarillion

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Daisey
Lays of Beleriand | J R R Tolkien
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Post 2/2: When I read ”Of the Flight of the Noldor” now after reading the History of Middle-Earth (HoME), I always miss the actual inclusion of the oath of Fëanor and his sons. Reading the words feels so much more dramatic than only a narrative description. So, I‘m sharing two versions. This is the earlier version in poem form from the tagged book, and my favorite.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #Silmarillion

JazzFeathers I agree. The Oath of Feanor is powerful. Also, l don't remember it nnwhich version it is, but l really miss the actual debate before the Oath is taken. I remember thinking, everybody is right, and everybody is wrong, and this is diabolic!!!!! 😱😂 3w
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien

I did write a short blog to celebrate Tolkien's birthday. I'm late as usual, but here it is 😁

https://theoldshelter.com/conquering-sauron-with-the-ring-jrr-tolkiens-birthday-...

BethM His quote is Greta 3mo
JazzFeathers @BethM It is. The entire passage is so good actually. There are lines that echo what Tolkien write in the dialogue between Sam and Frodo in their pause from the climbing of Cirith Ungol and I fancy Tolkien was writing that part when also writing to Christopher away at war, his art and his life intertwining. 3mo
dabbe 🖤💜🖤 3mo
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PatriciaU
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Here‘s the first in a set of 6 reading challenges I created for my library system. Each book is related to a fact about the author. As an extra challenge, discover the facts! #ReadingChallenge #ReadingChallenge2024

Sapphire Wow! Now that‘s a fun and novel way to do a challenge! 3mo
Sapphire Can‘t wait to see what the other challenges are! 3mo
Daisey This is fun! I had to look up a couple of the books that I didn‘t recognize, but I have an idea of the connections to Tolkien. #FellowshipOfTolkien (edited) 3mo
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sdbruening
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Panpan

Like the first book of lost tales, it‘s a lot of extraneous explanation from Christopher Tolkien about his father‘s work. The last few stories were unfinished but a few did have full narratives. I liked a couple of them, but the Turambar tale was super messed up and violent. A lot of this is more fleshed out in the Silmarillion.

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Bigcountry15
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Pickpick

I really enjoyed this collection of tales. The tales themselves are unfinished, as they are drawn from Tolkien's notes and unpublished manuscripts. In some ways, they illustrate how unfinished The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings are. This book is full of supplemental stories to add more details and background to those stories. The Tale of the Children of Húrin is one of my favorite Tolkien stories. The illustrations are great.

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wisherwishinguponastar
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I am terrible at digital art and too lazy to draw something, so I decided to pull Magic cards that related to each #hobbitweek prompt. Unfortunately I don‘t have much for Adûnaic, so let‘s call it Second Age adjacent.

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JazzFeathers
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#HobbitWeek - Day 2 - Entish: Middle-earth Landscape

I love Tolkien's relationship with nature. I think his is more than just respect. He relates to Nature as with an equal. He doesn't just worship her, but he tries to understan her and act in her same way.
He treats herime a beloved friend, not like a goddess.
I love this attitude.

wisherwishinguponastar I am really glad you posted. I forgot about this and really wanted to participate. 6mo
JazzFeathers @wisherwishinguponastar Are you managing to keep up? I haven't posted again, but am trying to catch up today. 6mo
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JazzFeathers
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It was such a busy week that l almost forgot about the #HobbitWeek but today l finally got abou it.

Day 1 - Adunaic - Kingdoms of Man

I loved the Akallabeth since the first time l read it. It's such a tragic, and still beautiful story. And with so many incredible character, for a relatively short story.

I'm also quite impressed that Tolkien created a language for them many years after working to his Elvish languages.

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wisherwishinguponastar
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Pickpick

This may not be the Tolkien book for everyone. I struggled to get through a few chapters, but some of the less detailed stories in “The Silmarillion” get their time to shine. Plus there is more information on Galadriel and Gandalf if that is of interest to you. It also gives some behind the scenes pieces to “The Hobbit” that I really enjoyed. #bookjournal #tolkien