[Dulcinea]

Can anyone suggest any good but complete Tolkien stories. I have found myself really getting into a few of them only to find that they have been abandoned (not updated in over a year). After getting to the final chapter of the unfinished Mysterious Fate, my disappointment was great (I hope Cormak is around and decides to finish it!)

I enjoy stories based on LOTR and the movie (I haven't read the Silmilron yet, so strories mostly based on that sort of leave me flabergasted). I like Legolas stories, AU's, and stories of the Mysterious Fate ilk that are well written. Any suggestions?

[Rhapsody]

Well this thread has rec's: In Mark Twain's footsteps thread, did you try the search function within the Tolkien archive? I don't know the piece you are mentioning so it's hard to compare. This is a nice thread too. I think Nancy knows more... It's always fun to browse around in the archive, clicking on people's recs and such. Go to members, click on a name and you see recommendations.

[Alassante]

You can also tell by the summary when the last update was and if its a WIP (Work in Process) or not. If it hadn't been updated in a year and it was still a WIP, you could choose not to read it but watch it and see if the author does start writing it again at a later time. We writers do have blocks that last a few months or more sometimes. Not that would ever happened to me of course. LOL I know! I know! It happens alot to me.

[NancyBrooke]

As you can see from this forum thread, the winners of the 2006 Middle Earth Fanfiction Awards (MEFA) have just been announced. Some of them are certainly WIP's, but all of them have been distinguished for their quality by ff readers and by FF writers. Many are also archived here at OSA.

Also here at OSA you can sort the stories in an archive by Most Read, Most Recommended, and Highest Rating. Again, this doesn't screen for WIP's, but it will show you those fics archived here that most folks think are good.

Or, you could just skip all this and just read mine

NB

[Alassante]

[NeumeIndil]

I'll second whomever suggested using the Req's list (Rhapsody, I think?). Some people don't have theirs populated, but a few do, and that's where I usually start when I want something I know is going to be both worth my time and finished.

[eiranae]

I think the search function lets you exclude drabbles and WIPs. It will also let you search for stories with particular characters. That might be helpful. I have found that looking under the challenge section helps me find some really great fics and you know ahead of time what the subject is. Hope that helps some.