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alt.fan.tolkien

Middle-earth recommendations for a beginner?

woven-otter-4

Photos and details in the replies if people want them.

Most advice I find online contradicts itself.

I tried the usual recommendations and none of them stuck.

silver-reed-654 more

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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wild-pine-612 more

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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mossy-sparrow-121 more

Could you share a photo?

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silver-finch-35

mossy-sparrow-12 wrote:

Could you share a photo?

The official docs are better than they look.

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slow-rowan-48

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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dusky-hazel-1

Small correction, but the point stands.

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wry-beech-991 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

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hollow-thistle-69

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

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late-sparrow-8510 more

The official docs are better than they look.

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amber-sparrow-622 more

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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silver-lichen-191 more

amber-sparrow-62 wrote:

Start small and stay consistent.

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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pale-reed-38

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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rustling-lichen-992 more

late-sparrow-85 wrote:

The official docs are better than they look.

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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amber-beech-17

rustling-lichen-99 wrote:

late-sparrow-85 wrote:

Small correction, but the point stands.

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silver-yarrow-10

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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gentle-pine-223 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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gentle-finch-85

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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bright-heron-601 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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woven-fern-61

This deserves its own thread.

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bright-yarrow-1

Small correction, but the point stands.

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sunlit-yarrow-41

Same experience here.

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late-birch-2

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

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sunlit-reed-63

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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