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Originally Posted by misspoptart
****! you know your ****, Batfriend!! I can't wait to read them seriously, never got to it as a kid. Would it be better before or after the Trilogy, you think??
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Well, I just happen to have read a bit of Unfinished Tales the other day, so it's not like I'm a real expert yet. And you should definitely reread the trilogy and the Silmarillion first. Unfinished Tales isn't really a cohesive read. It's more a messy collection of bits of Tolkien's essays, notes, and unfinished narratives.
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Originally Posted by Cinnamonics
Hmm, I've only read Lord of the Rings once, before the first movie came out, and only in Norwegian. It was enjoyable, but I feel I should read it in English too. Some day, some day.
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Yeah, you should definitely read it in English. Tolkien's writing style is the best part of those books and I doubt that could be replicated in another language.