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Summary: J. R. R. Tolkien is a great reader of his own work.
Review: It's too bad that Tolkien didn't get a change to read the whole of "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". But, it's wonderful that these recordings survived for us to hear them since they were not professionally made and most were done before "Lord of the Rings" was even published, let alone popular. Also, also my thanks to who ever decided to put all these on CD. My LPs of these recordings are worn out.
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Summary: a whole new dimension of the master's work
Review: The sound of tolkien reading his own works is a moving experience-both joy to hear these tapes,and grief that there were no further readings done by him.Tolkiens intonation,etc reveal heretofor unappriciated nuances to characters and events.GET THIS NOW-you will be delighted by what you will hear
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Summary: Awesome to hear the author read his own writing!
Review: This is a great 4 cassette audio book, with the author himself reading excerpts from The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. The only reason why I gave it 4 stars and not 5 stars, is because the original recording was not done professionally (it was recorded by the author in the summer of 1952), and it is choppy in places. But, to hear the author make the "gollum" noise in his throat is well worth the modest cost of this Audio Collection. He reads poetry and sings elvish songs -- it's pretty cool! There's nothing like hearing the nuances and voice modulation and intonation of the author as he reads his own writing as it was meant to be read.
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Summary: Awesome to hear the author read his own writing!
Review: This is a great 4 cassette audio book, with the author himself reading excerpts from The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. The only reason why I gave it 4 stars and not 5 stars, is because the original recording was not done professionally (it was recorded by the author in the summer of 1952), and it is choppy in places. But, to hear the author make the "gollum" noise in his throat is well worth the modest cost of this Audio Collection. He reads poetry and sings elvish songs -- it's pretty cool! There's nothing like hearing the nuances and voice modulation and intonation of the author as he reads his own writing as it was meant to be read.
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Summary: What a treat!
Review: To a Tolkien fan since childhood, hearing the author himself reading his material was a somewhat emotional experience. Ideally, the recordings would be a complete reading of the whole LoTR trilogy or more, but even with the clips and bits available they are very much worth the buck.To me, these recordings have confirmed that I have read the books "in tune" with Tolkien himself, and I feel that to a certain point they confirm that the movie pictures have captured Tolkien rather well, too.
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