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#ScribesAndMakers 3.6 — Tell us about a book you go back and read over and over. What do you love about it?

(I broke something on my bookshelf just to retrieve these two books, so I hope this post is worth the strife. Crystals and glass went everywhere.)

Let me preface this by saying that I am a huge fan of Tolkien as both a human being and as a writer. My library has an entire section for Tolkien's Legendarium. It's overflowing at this point.

On the left we have my own copy of The Silmarillion, and on the right is my father's. He took that book across the country, while backpacking and later while living in his VW bus. It's special to me. The book, as a whole, was what drew me to writing in the first place. As a child, my dad first read The Hobbit to me before bed, and then The Lord of the Rings after. It was off to the races from that point on. The Lost Tales and The Unfinished Tales followed. When I got my hands on The Silmarillion, it sealed the deal for me. This is a comfort book for me, even though I cry buckets at the myths and tales within. That's okay, though.

Two copies of The Silmarillion sit side by side on the floor. One is smaller and clearer newer, and the one beside it, on the right, is older, larger, and the cover is torn in some places from wear and tear.
#TheSilmarillion#LOTR#TheLordOfTheRings
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Bregje
I'm currently reading The Hobbit for the fifth time and once again really enjoying it✨ The copy I'm reading is actually a slightly battered film edition, but this Dutch edition I also have is much nicer.

I remembered the book mostly as a quest story, but I was pleasantly surprised by the humour. Especially the "good morning" scene in the beginning is such a fun way of showing how British people can be quite indirect sometimes.

#TheHobbit #Tolkien #Fantasy #Books #FantasyBooks #Reading @bookstodon@a.gup.pe #Boeken #Lezen #DeHobbit
A white hand holding up a copy of The Hobbit in front of a tree with bright pink flowers. The cover shows an illustration by Alan Lee of the dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf standing on top of a high cliff. Below and in the distance is a river and to the right, on the opposite site of the river, is bright green grass and a few trees. Two eagles are circling the cliff top.
#dehobbit
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Michael Martinez

[caption id="attachment_15917" align="aligncenter" width="720"] When Legolas reported on Gollum’s escape to Elrond’s council, Glóin became upset when Legolas spoke of treating Gollum gently. Was he addressing Legolas personally or referring to all the Elves of Mirkwood? Here is what we know.[/caption]

Q: Did Glóin Imply He Had Met Legolas?

ANSWER: Peter Jackson’s inclusion of Legolas in […]

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/did-gloin-imply-he-had-met-legolas/

A picture of the Council of Elrond from 'The Fellowship of the Ring' under the words 'Did Glóin Imply He Had Met Legolas?'
#fantasy#jrrtolkien#legolas
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Michael Martinez

[caption id="attachment_15806" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Thorin and his 12 companions were supposedly traveling together. So why did they all arrive in small groups at Bag End? Here is what we know.[/caption]

Q: Why Didn’t The Dwarves All Arrive Together In ‘An Unexpected Party’?

ANSWER: This is a question that someone asks every few years. It was probably more popular around the […]

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/why-didnt-the-dwarves-all-arrive-together-in-an-unexpected-party/

Fili (Dean O'Gorman) and Kili (Aidan Turner) arrive at Bag End for 'An Unexpected Party' under the words 'Why Didn't The Dwarves All Arrive Together For An Unexpected Party'
#dwarves#fantasy#jrrtolkien
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Tilda

@skua

To be honest, I'm one of those who came to #tolkien with the #lotr movies. I saw the first one and bought and read the books prior to the second movie. 😅

I understand that for longtime fans of the books the movies are ambivalent. Even in #lotr there were many changes beside leaving out the whole Tom Bombadil arc, replacing Glorfindel with Arwen etc. For #theHobbit the first movie covers 110 pages. 🥴

On the other hand, the movies set off a wave of new fantasy novels I would miss.

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Tilda

Regarding my last post; I’m currently reading #TheHobbit by J.R.R. #tolkien.

Last time I read it was prior to the movies an God, are these movies bad. So much unnecessary stuff in them.

However, my book version is quite nice, as it comes with illustrations by Alan Lee, the concept artist of #TheLordofTheRings movies.

It’s my first time #reading this book in English as well. I tried The Lord of the Rings like 15 years ago in English, but I was simply not good enough back then.

Cover of The Hobbit book, the title is gold coined. The cover shows a painting of Bilbo Baggins in front of Bagend. The famous round green door is on the right, Bilbo is standing in the middle with his very long pipe. On the left and in the background there are gardens and green hills around Bagend under a cloudy sky.
Back view of the paper cover, it shows the dragon Smaug sleeping on the treasure of Erebor. The horned head of the red brown dragon is on the right with his snake-like neck curling to the upper left corner, where there is the body and a wing of the creature. The rest of the cover shows just heaps of gold coins.
Front inside of the cover, where there’s Thorins map of the lonely mountain and the area around. The map shows the inscription with moon runes as well. The inside of the paper cover shows the content of the book as well as praise.
This image shows the book opened at page 104. On the left side there’s the text and a green reading ribbon, the right shows an Illustration by Alan Lee, the scene from chapter „Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire“ , where Thorin Oakenshield and his company had to climb into trees. The brown treetrunk is on the right of the image, in the upper right corner to the middle there are four dwarves sitting on branches with Bilbo right below them. On the lower left corner there are many wolves with gleaming eyes looking up to them.
#books#art
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