So my all time favorite Tolkien song is Sam's Song in the Orc-Tower, but I prefer the BBC Audiobook's version. Apparently it doesn't exist as a standalone audio song, but here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCD-ZW8CtJo
As for personal canon...I'll have to give that one a think. There are many books that have deeply affected my thinking - Foucault, Nietzsche, Arendt, Chomsky, Plato, Aristotle - but the only ones I return to are for pleasure - novels and plays (some a bit more high brow like Tolstoy, some mid-brow like McCaffrey or Herbert, and some distinctly more low-brow - smutty novels and YA).
So my all time favorite Tolkien song is Sam's Song in the Orc-Tower, but I prefer the BBC Audiobook's version. Apparently it doesn't exist as a standalone audio song, but here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCD-ZW8CtJo
As for personal canon...I'll have to give that one a think. There are many books that have deeply affected my thinking - Foucault, Nietzsche, Arendt, Chomsky, Plato, Aristotle - but the only ones I return to are for pleasure - novels and plays (some a bit more high brow like Tolstoy, some mid-brow like McCaffrey or Herbert, and some distinctly more low-brow - smutty novels and YA).
Thanks for sharing. I love that one, too. I guess the old recordings we had on tape aren't available online anywhere. Too bad!
Interesting choice of possible personal canon, Gab!
Imagination is as important as analysis.