Tolkein's books

[FRISKA]

Please advise - title of Tolkein's first book about Middle Earth. Thks

[squarebear]

You already asked this:
http://www.theanswerb...s/Question958566.html

[mccfluff]

the hobbit

[Davethedog]

Aye twas all about Bilbo until the films

[woofgang]

The Hobbit if first ever, The Fellowship of the Rings if you are talking about the Ring trilogy

[FRISKA]

Thanks to all for answer but am told by others SILMARILLION is the answer. Could you experts please help this ......

[NazNomad]

http://en.wikipedia.o...y_of_J._R._R._Tolkien

[NazNomad]

Gah, hit Submit ... you'll see it was The Hobbit.

[dotty.]

SILMARILLION was a collection published after he died

[NazNomad]

yep ... and it's a bloody nightmare to read, lol

[LazyGun]

Tolkeins "Middle Earth" was divided into 3 ages. Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit recounted tales from the second/third age if memory serves, whereas the Silmarillion looked at events from creation and the first age. So, Chronologically speaking, the Silmarillion would be the first book. However, the first book that Tolkein wrote about Middle Earth was "The Hobbit", published in 1937. The Silmarillion wasnt published until the late '70s.

So, the answer to your question as worded above could be either "The Silmarillion" or "The Hobbit" :)

[Emily Ball]

A bit pedantic I know but his surname was Tolkien.

[bibblebub]

careful or you'll kick off the "i before e" debate all over again