• bytejunk@piefed.social
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        2 hours ago

        The Bible has used the same structure as Tolkien.

        It starts off with the Gospel/early testimonies:

        • The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

        Then the New Testament proper:

        1. The Fellowship of the Ring
        2. The Two Towers
        3. The Return of the King

        It then contains the “Old Testament”, that fleshes out much of the older lore in the World. These writings are less firmly established, but are widely considered to include:

        • The Silmarillion
        • Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth
        • The Children of Húrin

        Then you have books of Psalms, like The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other stories.

        Let’s not forget the Epistles, the letters of the apostles, compiled under:
        The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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        11 hours ago

        Technically it’s six books, but he was going to publish them as one volume until the publisher said “you can’t do that”