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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Depends on what you mean by "the hobbit series". Almost all of Tolkien's fantasy is set in the same universe, and there are common characters, but only _The Lord of the Rings_ is an actual series. The Hobbit is a not quite prequel to LoTR, and _The Silmarillion_, _The Unfinished Tales_, and _The Children of Hurin_ largely concern events that happened far earlier in the history of that universe.
Witness "The Ainulindalė", the first section of the Silmarillion, which recounts the creation myth, in which Iluvatar creates the Valar and the Maiar, they sing, and they become a celestial orchestra, creating a great music based on themes propounded by Iluvatar. The music creates a vision of Arda, the world, that so attracts some of the Valar that they beg Iluvatar to make it real so they can go and live there. He does, they do, and the First Age begins.
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Dennis
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I bow to your superior knowledge on this subject.
I just remember reading The Hobbit and then The Lord of the Rings. Great reads...bought them for my granddaughter and she enjoyed also........