Originally posted by Maikahyandowen
i thought of reading that today, but i wasn't sure if i wanted too. is it really all songs?
Lost Tales, all 10 million of them, are exepts and explanations of alternative ideas, songs, foot notes, explanations of footnotes with footnotes. even Unfinished tales gets a little too footnotey in the end.
the first two Lost Tales are the only ones that look readable to me...
the rest are pretty much textbooks, that don't really enlighten you at all storywise!
Originally posted by Bar-en-Danwedh
...foot notes, explanations of footnotes with footnotes. even Unfinished tales gets a little too footnotey in the end.
✅ ✅ thats what I dont like about them... footnotes on the texts, then footnotes by Tolkien himself footnoted by Christopher footnoted again then in the footnotes a new text again footnoted with footnotes at the end... but the text repays everything ✅
My sister read me part of the Books when she was reading them but I haven't read the books properly, but I do own the Lotr's Trilogy Audio Boxset that was adapted for BBC Radio in 1981, Ian Holmes is the voice of Frodo! lol
Im listening to them again at the moment and now its strange hearing bilbos voice and having to remind myself he's frodo and also the guy that does the voice for Pippin sounds like elijah (as frodo)!
Piggle 👀
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Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
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Aiya 🙂
BBC Audio Boxset? Cool, how are the other voices? I thought about buying it, but cant find it anywhere ^^ ... isnt this edition from 1981 the (only) uncut version currently available?
Is it only read or also with music/effects in the background?
@Maika your posts are getting longer and longer 😛 🙄