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This has to be the comfiest book ever written.

>> No.14973889

>1000 pages of scenery descriptions and walking
no thanks

>> No.14973907
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>>14973889
You'll love this one.

>> No.14973920

>>14973889
Obviously you haven't read The Night Land.

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14974063

Gene Wolfe was Tolkien-pilled.

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>>14973882

>> No.14975269

>>14973882
those illustrations look weird, what country were those ones made for?

>> No.14975286

>>14975269
They're from the unauthorised US edition

>> No.14975463

>>14975269
First paperback edition published in the US, it was unauthorised. Later on the company behind this edition reached an agreement with Tolkien or I don't know who.

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>>14975269

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>>14975496

>> No.14975737

>>14973907
I live in the area the book is set. Unironically has almost nothing to do with scenic writing. Was disappointed in that regard but still enjoyed it for the local history.

>> No.14975756

>>14973882
Every time I dive in to LOTR I get mired in that stretch between leaving the shire and getting to bree and Tom bombadil shenanigans I just fucking can't I'm too ADD and retarded

>> No.14975766

skip 1 read 2+3

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What does /lit/ think of Tolkien's earlier, pre-Hobbit sruff?

>> No.14976918

>>14973882
The films unironically btfo the books.

>> No.14977749

>>14975737
Oh so you live in middle-earth? Thats awesome man

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>>14974063
>going on a road trip with your wife
>she reads lord of the rings to you while you drive
>there's a of couple hours where you're just driving under a gentle rain and there's nothing but you, her, her voice, the road, and thousands and thousands of trees abound
Good god... is this the comfiest experience imaginable?

>> No.14978170

>>14974063
Thank you so, so much for sharing this, anon. I feel like it's so wonderful that I should make it a goal in my life to recreate it one nice weekend.

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>>14974063
>going on a road trip with your newly wed wife
>she reads lord of the rings to you while you drive
>there's a couple of hours where you're just driving under a gentle rain and there's nothing but you, her, her voice, the road, and thousands and thousands of trees abound
Good god... is this the comfiest experience imaginable?