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Vixen
October 6th,2003, 05:54 PM
What is the time frame for this story? Before LOTR? Picked it up at a yard sale this weekend and it is definately different . I am feeling like it is in fast forward mode or run on. :p
Mirkgirl
October 6th,2003, 06:21 PM
It's not connected to LotR...
Vixen
October 7th,2003, 12:29 AM
Right, I know. But because I do not know JRRT's works well I was wondering if it was written before or after LOTR. The little book has Smith copyrighted in 1967 and Farmer Giles of Ham copyright in 1949. I only know about LOTR being written over WWII (?)
Mirkgirl
October 7th,2003, 08:56 AM
ah didnt read the Q right sorry :blush:

hmmm I believe LotR is about ready by 1949... FotR and TTT are published for the first time 1954 and RotK the next year... he's working on the trilogy since 1936, when The Hobbit is not published even.
Vixen
October 7th,2003, 11:30 AM
Ok. But the two stories I picked up, no clue.
Vixen
October 14th,2003, 03:07 AM
Farmer Giles of Ham was very funny I hope you have read it.
Vixen
October 16th,2003, 03:33 AM
No one knows anything about these 2 stories?
Luthien Tinuviel
October 21st,2003, 11:27 PM
I read them, they're good, but other than that, I no nothing. I enjoyed them both, a nice read on a rainy afternoon.
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Vixen
October 22nd,2003, 03:13 AM
I was just trying to place them because the writing style is different and kind of hurried. I am glad I picked it up.
Luthien Tinuviel
October 26th,2003, 11:58 PM
Yeah, they read differently, but even when you go back and read LOTR again you can see diferences between the beginning of FOTR and the end of ROTK. The Hobbit seems very simple, FOTR is a little more complex at the beginning, but not too much, then it steadily changes, but slowly. The History of Middle-earth is more complex, and the Silmarillion beats the first 4 (I don't know about the rest yet). All of Tolkien's books read differently, they cover the entire spectrum, yet they all have something in common too, I'm not sure what, thought, just a specific magical quality, I think, that I've never read anywhere else. Put simply: I'm glad I picked it up too. lol
Arninquelote
October 27th,2003, 12:18 AM
He wrote the first of the tales (The Fall of Gondolin) which was the precursor to the Silmarillion as early as 1918. Smith was published in 1967, but most of his works follow the whimsical, spiritual, magical themes of Norse mythology and Early English folk tales. Smith does have a special quality, as Luthien says, and is very endearing.
Vixen
October 28th,2003, 12:37 AM
Thank you
Ludibunda
November 4th,2003, 03:42 AM
I found the Smith of Wooten Major very enchanting. A good review of the book can be found at
http://www.greenmanreview.com/smithofwootonmajor.htm
Reem
November 29th,2003, 05:57 AM
I just bought that book (smith of Wooton Major) a few days ago and read it yesteday. I thought I'd read it for my little sister, you know, to get her interested in tolkien:)
But I must say, It's not what I expected. The events weren't well connected and seemed to be rather rushed. And there didn't seem to really be a story there. It was kind of a disappointment, but I wasn't expecting much in the first place anyway.
Though I was pleasantly surprised at the mention of the Elves:) Didn't think he'd include them!
reem
Ludibunda
November 29th,2003, 02:40 PM
Check out the review because it explains a lot about the symbolism and what point Tolkien was trying to get across about how we live our lives. I love knowing all that analysis but it is never obvious to me either.