r/tolkienfans • u/idlechat • Dec 23 '24

[2024 Read-Along] Week 50, The Fall of Gondolin - Glossary, Genealogies, and Map

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u/ultimateSolo Dec 26 '24

Please do a Tolkien Read-Along in 2025. Just take the Hobbit, LOTR….

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '24 edited Dec 27 '24

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u/Cease_Cows_ Dec 29 '24

Just stopping by to say I really appreciated the discussion of the read along this year (even if I wasn’t super involved). I’d love the idea of the hobbit plus some of the side works to do a deep dive into a relatively simple story. I get that these sort of things are a lot of work and I really appreciate you putting it together!!

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u/pavilionaire2022 Dec 27 '24

  1. I think I've already commented on how much I liked the Silmarillion read-along. I was less satisfied with the Fall of Gondolin. There wasn't that much new material. There's potential in the story for a whole narrative book, but this wasn't that, just an examination of several drafts that go over the same ground. My favorite version is still the one in Unfinished Tales.

  2. I'm not sure. I might like to explore outside Tolkien for my next read. I have been interested in checking out Guy Gavriel Kay since I learned he was involved with the Silmarillion, but I didn't get into the first book I tried from him.

Of Tolkien works I haven't read, I'd be most interested in Beren and Lúthien. Of Tolkien works I have read, it has been the longest since the Hobbit, and it might be fun to re-read it with the much greater knowledge of lore I have now. Of Tolkien works that don't exist, I wish for the Voyages of Eärendil.