Favorite book

[the_sims_freak123]

What is you favorite lotr book?

[the_sly_shyster]

i would have to say the fellowship of the ring. it sets up one of the greatest tales ever told.

[Sleeker]

I'd say I like The Hobbit the best because that was the first book from the Middle-Earth series that I read, and now I'm hooked. Other than that, I'd go from Return of the King, The Two Towers, andThe Fellowship of the Ring. I still need to read The Silmarillion and those other books. How many books are there exactly that deal with this series? I counted 12.

[GCpunk312]

u mean theres more than 4??? that deal with LOTR???

[shortkut]

The Two Towers is tied with The Hobbit for me, followed by The Return of the King followed finally by The Fellowship of the Ring .

[Sacred Realm]

The Hobbit is the best, most definitely

[Gate]

how can u beat the Hobbit, its much less dark that lotr and the jrr does that story telling voice throught the whole thing. I nominate it for best book ever.

[Funkmon]

the hobbit was good...but i like the darkness in the two towers

[shortkut]

Originally posted by Gate
how can u beat the Hobbit, its much less dark that lotr and the jrr does that story telling voice throught the whole thing. I nominate it for best book ever.

maybe not the best book ever but probably the best out of all the middle earth books

[Smoke]

I liked the Hobbit the best followed by The two towers followed by return of the king then the fellowship of the ring.

[Lavitz]

There are more than 4 but they aren't in the LoTR series. They just deal with middle earth also. The ones I know of are as follows:
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of The Ring
The Two Towers
The Retun of the King
The silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
The Book of Lost Tales, Part I
The Book of Lost Tales, Part II
The Lays of Beleriand
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lost Road and other writings
The Return of the Shadow
The Treason of Isengard
The War of the Ring
Sauron Defeated
Morgoth's Ring
The War of the Jewels
The Peoples of Middle-earth

There are other books about Tolkien himself too.

[AlecTrevylan006]

i also remember some ones which were listed at the begginning of one of my newer ones, a 14 or so volume thing

[shortkut]

Originally posted by LAVITZ
There are more than 4 but they aren't in the LoTR series. They just deal with middle earth also.
There are other books about Tolkien himself too.

there is also a book (not by tolkien) that goes very in depth about almost every creature in tolkien's books from middle earth.

it is called Characters From Tolkien and it is by David Day.

[Krazy Maggot]

my fave would have to be the silmarillion. i'm readin unfinished tales. :rolleyes:

[j3zu5phr34k]

all of them!! hahaha

[shortkut]

all of the ones on the poll or all of the middle-earth books?

[the_sims_freak123]

any:)

[DMoney16]

I would say The Return of The King is my faviorite because its the beginning of the end.

[Newdle]

what can beat The fellowship that was so interesting as they went on the journey to moria and it introduced so many people that I liked such as saruman, Gimli,Legolas and others there was so much going on.

[big fat & lazy]

the hobbit was the only one i read

[o_OSquirrelO_o]

umm Two Towers. I loved the part where airagorne like reinacted when Mary And Pimpin were running from the orcks

[Halbarad]

ROTK because it was just a good book, lol

[dimmerwit]

ROTK...the battle...the blood...the gore...

[Gigas]

I would have to say ROTK because it has a magical force that made you read it... first the fellowship sucked you in then you read the two towers... stopping there is stupid, so ROTK is the best :D (even tho they all rock)

[Defiant]

ROTK, it was just the best book....the battle of the pelannor fields and stuff was awesome

[BigDaddy]

The Hobbit

[no1uknow]

the silmarillion is best of all middle earth but for your choices it would have to be The Return of the King

[Arin]

the hobbit seems more a children tale, the lord of the rings trilogy is harder, an epic tale.
i can't choose one.
both are very good.

[~Artemis~]

My favorite one of your choices is the Two Towers, but my favorite Middle-Earth book is the Silmarillion.

[Sleeker]

Originally posted by ~Artemis~
My favorite one of your choices is the Two Towers, but my favorite Middle-Earth book is the Silmarillion.

Well, technically, most of The Silmarillion takes place in Aman and Beleriand.

[Fire Imp]

I'd have to say two towers

[~Artemis~]

Originally posted by sleeker
Well, technically, most of The Silmarillion takes place in Aman and Beleriand.
True, but I meant tied to LotR in general. I just use Middle-earth because it begins Middle-earth.

[Neo]

The Return Of The King and The Hobbit...

[DarkFire13]

I'll have to say Return of the King. THe battles in this book are pretty well described. When I read the Return of the King, you could totally feel like you're reading the Revelations in the bible. The battle of Pelenor Fields and the battle before the black gate of Mordor totally rocks. All the drama. It 's like the host of Gondor, Rohan, Dol Amroth and the Dunedain are saying " we are ready to die so we can buy some time for some little hobbit that we don't really know to toss a ring into a volcano.

[Cloudy_Chocobo]

the second one.

[Majin]

Defintely the third one. Action.

[TheSugaryBandie]

Hmmm Its a really hard decsion. I think The Hobbit And the Fellowship are the best. Its hard thought

[Inlé_rah]

I can't believe I've never answered this here... :D

Fellowship of the Ring.
Return of the King comes in a close second.

[Laggy]

THE HOBBIT I have read alot of Tolkien books and i still say the hobbit (a hobbits tail by bilbo bagens) haha..was the greatest story of all times + some

[oversizeSS]

I like the silmarillion best, it has so much more stories, the fellowship of the ring is next, but the return of the king comes real close, then the two towers, and at last the hobbit, because it was kind of childish. But the story itself was great.

[shortkut]

~bump to avoid prune~

[matt_the_shark]

Definately ROTK. :)

[Zanda]

I have to say Return of the King,
Fellowship and 2 towers just dragged on forever...

[Oriana]

Eep! I can't believe Two Towers is beating out Fellowship! I mean, all TT really was was "There was a battle Frodo and Sam are tired and hungary. There was another battle. Frodo and Sam are REALLY tired and hungary." Well, in Fellowship it did take them FOREVER to get out of the Shire, but still...

[Tom Morello]

I would say its a tie between Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

On second thought Silmarillion is better than Unfinished Tales. Both are excellent books but ya just cant beat the Silmarillion

[Tom Morello]

Out of those i liked The Two Towers because of the battle at Helm's Deep. That was a a sweet battle. But out of all the Tolkien books I like Silmarillion the best. It has the best battles and the best characters.

[TiMMy_handicap]

the hobbit is the best because of smog

[Vamp]

what sucked about the third book is that the final battles(pelanor fields,black gate)the elves were not involved it would have been better if they were part of the action

[Chiaotzu]

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[lottanebings]

just saying that lavitz left out Roverandom in his list.

[narcelin]

the best book is the fellowship because it was the first one i ever read and it really introduced a great story to me and I knew the ending of every other book becuz of my jack*ss friend

[frodo101]

umm i am reading the two towers and its really good so i am going to say the two towers

[Shadowlance]

I agree. the two towers has the most action and plot in it. i like how so many stories are taking place at the same time.

[adrenaline]

I liked Return of the King because it was an excellent resolution to the preceeding books! The Hobbit was an excellent openner! Thank you J.R.R. !

[Disco Chimp]

I'd have to say the Hobbit because it had humor, bravery, dragons, and...and... FAT DWARVES! :party2:

[baneofsauron]

My vote goes for the Hobbit... because that's where it all began.

According to a rare interview I saw recorded with Tolkein before he died, he was some student papers on night when he suddenly had an idea...so he turned a paper over and wrote..."In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." How's that for an epipheny? :angel:

[baddog]

u mean theres more than 4??? that deal with LOTR??? punk rock sucks rap is the only real music

:finger: :owned: you

[.Tempest]

I like The Two Towers. Very dark.

[adrenaline]

RotK was very heroic. Great battles. I'll stick with that. FotR hs to much walking and talking!

[Tokito's Girl]

actually lotr is one whole book,the publishers thought it would be easier to seperate them when they were published and J.R.R. Tolkien wasnt too happy about it either.I hate when people do that.The book is not a trilogy and neither was the movie.Its just easier and shorter to seperate them the way they did,thats all.My favorite,by the way,is lotr.

[Graycee]

The Hobbit aaaaaaaall the way!
It opened the door to the others..................and so began a bittersweet obsession.

[kurt]

The Return of the King because it end it very well and left no plot holes

[tsukahara10]

actually lotr is one whole book,the publishers thought it would be easier to seperate them when they were published and J.R.R. Tolkien wasnt too happy about it either.I hate when people do that.The book is not a trilogy and neither was the movie.Its just easier and shorter to seperate them the way they did,thats all.My favorite,by the way,is lotr.

Actually, LotR is 6 books combined into 1 volume (or 3 considering which way you look at it).

TTT was my favorite. FotR would be good if the Council of Elrond didn't take so long and if Frodo and Sam didn't spend so much time trying to get out of the Shire. RotK is pretty good except for the fact that nothing happens for the last 100 pages. Although, the Silmarillion beats everything. That should be a choice up there since there are a lot of people who would choose that over the other books.

[Tokito's Girl]

Actually, LotR is 6 books combined into 1 volume (or 3 considering which way you look at it).

TTT was my favorite. FotR would be good if the Council of Elrond didn't take so long and if Frodo and Sam didn't spend so much time trying to get out of the Shire. RotK is pretty good except for the fact that nothing happens for the last 100 pages. Although, the Silmarillion beats everything. That should be a choice up there since there are a lot of people who would choose that over the other books.
Um......question!How can LOTR be 6 books?or even e for that matter?I watched this show on Tolkien and his publisher at the time even stated that he ( J.R.R Tolkien) even wrote LOTR as one whole book and not 3 or 6 seperate books.Now,since you want to get technical on me ( and by all means you are intitled to your own opinion as am I.I am not knocking that only disagreeing w/you.btw.) ,then we will get technical, you can put The Hobbit as the first actual book to LOTR.Seeing as how it started with Hobbits haveing come into possesion of the ring in the first place.I do agree with you on the fact that the Silmarillion is a very good book,in its own right,anyways.:argue:

[Vamp]

Fellowship of The Ring.

[The Catalyst]

Two Towers. Covers up to Minas Tirith. Lots of Info. Treebeard. Nuff said.

[Hockeyruler]

i liked the hobbit it had traveling but the sad part was that it really didn't describe the battles

[Annihilator]

ROTK because of the Battle, two towers second for Shelob.

[Hockeyruler]

rotk only had the battle at gondor that was good the one at the black gate wasn't very interesting. but it was cool hearing about all these different "pawns" moving around until finaly all the pieces are set and they win

[Annihilator]

I liked the Mouth of Sauron at the Black Gate.

[Malik93]

Return of the king is the best by far.

[Mr. Blue!]

Mine has got to be the Hobbit. One of the greatest classics of all time.

[Tokito's Girl]

I liked the Mouth of Sauron at the Black Gate.

Um....is that a book? I am confused here.

[Annihilator]

It was in the third book of LOTR, the ROTK

[Ants!]

I'm assuming that since this thread is stickied, that it is okay to post here even if it hasn't been since January.

I didn't vote for any of them, because my favorite is The Silmarillion. Ever since I read that book years ago I have held it to be the greatest book ever written. Period.

[Major Isoor]

Hobbit. it's the most dramatic and the one I became hooked on to

[DavetheRave35]

Mine would be.... The Fellowship of the Ring because it's just tells you about the characters and the whole "thing".

[Tokito's Girl]

Hobbit. it's the most dramatic

The LOTR has more drama in it than the The Hobbit. The LOTR isnt so easy to read.

[Major Isoor]

Well does LOTR have a big dragon covered in millions of dollars/pounds in gold and gems? I don't think so. :P

Hey! Who do ya think would win: a balrog or smorg (or whatever he's called)? I think the dragon in jewels would. What about you, guys?

[shortkut]

the balrog would win

[Ants!]

Tough call, but I think that the dragon would lose because, as powerful as it is, it is just a creature, whereas Balrogs share an origin with the Maiar, who are like gods or demi-gods. Plus, they were made by Iluvatar while the dragons were made by Melkor, who is also a creation of Iluvatar.

[Tokito's Girl]

I would have to agree with Kut and Ants on this one. Dragons may be old but the Balrog is the oldest thing to inhabit ME and it was easier to take out the dragon then it was the Balrog.The Balrog is of an evil that hasnt been seen in a good long while. Not to mention that the Balrog is way more persistent than that of the dragon.

[Ants!]

Plus, there have been times where a person would kill a dragon and survive, like Turin (he did die afterwards, but from suicide so it doesn't count), and Bard from The Hobbit who only had to shoot a single arrow. Balrogs on the other hand have never been killed without the person who slew them also dying in the effort, such as Ecthelion, Glorfindel (the first one), and even Gandalf. It's possible that it might have happened that a Balrog might have been killed without managing to kill the one who dealt them the death blow in return during the final battle between Morgoth and the host from the West, as it says something like "All the Balrogs were either destroyed or ran far away and hid in the depths of the earth". Plus, Balrogs manage to drive off and I think even injure Ungoliant, who was powerful enough to have Melkor completely at her mercy.

[Major Isoor]

Yeah, but that's only because smorg was old and his skin was wrinkly.

[Shilenoz]

The Hobbit , by far.

[no1uknow]

fellowship because it sets up the whole story

[Jim Halpert]

The hobbit, and a Balrog would fkin own.

[ziu[R]]

The 2 Towers, because I loved the way how humans and elves resisted the uruk hai siege :D

[Vamp]

It's Favorite Book, not Favorite Movie. The Elves played no part at Helms Deep.

[Wej]

Nothing beats The Hobbit. I mean i was cracking up when those dumb trolls fought each other

[Blaster]

Hobbit all the way, it leads up to the WHOLE SERIES, without it there would be nothing

[Meathos]

Fellowship. Boromir is my favourite character. :)

[Sirithe]

Definetly Fellowship. It was just the experience of that book was amazing.