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toxicgirlOG 2003

I have a LOTR question...

I want to read the books and it seems like they are packaged in sets with the Fellowship, Two Towers, and Return of the King...but I thought that the whole thing started with the Hobbit. I don't want to start with Fellowship just because thats the title of the first movie. I want to start from the very beginning and get the whole picture. Can someone help me?

iwz iwz

yep!

Start with The Hobbit. If you like it, start reading LOTR.

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toxicgirlOG 2003

I knew that you would be the person to answer this...thanks Ian.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Yeah..starting with the Hobbit is a good place, though it's my least favorite out of all of them. You don't need to read the Hobbit to understand all the other books though. If you end up enjoying all four books, try to read the Silmarillion so I can talk with someone about it!

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dgiaimoOG 2003

The Silmarillion was awesome. I really need to reread it sometime.

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