Posted on 03/25/2017 2:07:51 PM PDT by NYer
The Hobbit was required reading in high school. I couldn’t get past the first chapter. It bored me to tears. I saw about 25 minutes of the first movie... bored me to tears.
I have no desire for science fiction... but Dune was grabbed me and held me there. Go figure.
My birthday. Its my understanding that is used to be the first day of the year long ago. And of course it’s the feast of the Annunciation. And finally it’s the day that Frodo threw the ring into the crack of doom.
My mother read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy every year. She died before the movies came out. When I went to see The Fellowship of the Ring and it started with a view of Hobbiton, I cried - it was so accurate. I still read it about every year. The Kindle version of the Hobbit that I have has Tolkien reading some of it.
Don’t wish to sound snobbish, but LOR is fantasy. Ever read Foundation Trilogy?
Hope it's a good one. May you enjoy many more.
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I own these on vinyl from the 1970s.
I was required to read it in 5th Grade. I was bored to tears until 3/4 of the way through. Then it clicked, and I was hooked.
The following year, I read the trilogy. I have now read it more than two dozen times. It is my all-time favorite book.
It is not for everyone, of course, but many give up on it before finishing enough of it to know for certain either way.
COOL!
The Lord of the Rings is WAY better than The Hobbit.
I’ve read LOTR dozens of times at least but can barely get through the Hobbit.
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