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Eighth? …

I'm at the part where Gandalf and Frodo are talking about the powers of the Ring (how you just fade away… that bit's creepy). What's the storyline of The Hobbit? Is it before, after, or totally unrelated to LOTR?

Hardmath123 wrote:

Eighth? …

I'm at the part where Gandalf and Frodo are talking about the powers of the Ring (how you just fade away… that bit's creepy). What's the storyline of The Hobbit? Is it before, after, or totally unrelated to LOTR?

Yes, the hobbit is definitely related to the Lord of the Rings.    The Hobbit takes place before The Lord of the Rings and is about how Bilbo Baggins (Frodo Baggins' guardian) finds the one ring on a quest.

And on the topic, I've read The Hobbit and the first book of the Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring.    I'm going to start reading The Two Towers soon! 

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In my opinion, the Fellowship of the Ring was one of the slower books of the series. Lots of traveling and such. It's a great book though.

You should read the Hobbit, yes. It doesn't /really/ matter what order, but you may understand some more if you did it first? I can't think of any examples though.

Hardmath123 wrote:

...slowly. I just made it to page 49 (out of around 1100), but so far I'm loving it. It's totally different from all the genres I've stuck to all my life (sic-fi, mainly  ). What do other nerds think? Also, is it worth reading The Hobbit? Before LOTR? After?Yes It's worth reading before because of getting in to understanding Middle-Earth's language  I'm about 209-233 iLord of the Rings

I finished the fellowship 2 days ago and am starting two towers tomorrow. I'd reccomend reading the hobbit, the order doesn't really matter, i'd definitly say it's much lighter and easier then the lotr 

I prefer Bilbo to Frodo, as frodo always seems to get stabbed( wow that sounds really harsh  ) or hit by a troll or something, while bilbo just get's on with it   

When i was younger i really wanted legolas's hair 

Awwwww yeah, LOTR.

I've seen all three movies in one sitting--five times.

Also, I've heard a lot of peaple say that The Hobbit is the prequall to The Lord of the Rings, but it's not. It may have some of the same charactors as lotr, and may take place before lotr, but it is it's completely own story. There are only two ways The Hobbit connects to lotr. Definately read The Hobbit, though it is a little easier then lotr, expecialy befor seeing the movie.

Necromaster wrote:

dav99 wrote:

Also, I've heard a lot of peaple say that The Hobbit is the prequall to The Lord of the Rings, but it's not. It may have some of the same charactors as lotr, and may take place before lotr, but it is it's completely own story. There are only two ways The Hobbit connects to lotr. Definately read The Hobbit, though it is a little easier then lotr, expecialy befor seeing the movie.

Well, Gimli is the son of Gloin. And the ring is really important. And there is the Necromancer/Sauron in Dol Goldur. That's three ways, I think, other than the fact that it's set in the same world.

The Necromancer isn't even in the book, though...?

And I think there's lots of connections as well as the aforementioned, especially recurring characters (Gandalf, Bilbo, Elrond, Gollum).

banana500 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Necromaster wrote:

Well, Gimli is the son of Gloin. And the ring is really important. And there is the Necromancer/Sauron in Dol Goldur. That's three ways, I think, other than the fact that it's set in the same world.

The Necromancer isn't even in the book, though...?

And I think there's lots of connections as well as the aforementioned, especially recurring characters (Gandalf, Bilbo, Elrond, Gollum).

Tolkien pretty much had the whole thing planned out from the start. He wrote The Hobbit with LOTR in mind, even though he did write The Hobbit first. So technically, it is not a prequel, LOTR is a sequel. 

I meant main things that connect. The Necromancer is mentioned in the Hobbit, when Gandalf explains why he was gone during part of the book. Though, the story of what happened to Gandalf with the Necromancer was not explained in the Hobbit, it will be in the movie. Lastly, The Lord of the Rings is not a sequel to the Hobbit because, again, they are completely original and different stories. I do agree with you, though, that the Hobbit was used to set up The Lord of the Rings.

-To banana500, veggieman001, and Necromaster

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Hardmath123 wrote:

What do other nerds think?

MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I finished one and two in two days around Halloween and still haven't finished three.  XD

well I started the silmarillion but really did anyone here actually read that all the way through