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Naaramare · 07-15-2002, 10:59 AM

I honestly have no idea what my life would have been like without LotR. I have no basis for comparison; as I've said before, my father first read it to me when I was five. I literally cannot remember a time when Tolkien's work was not part of my life.

It's impossible for it not to have had an effect, but I couldn't tell you what exactly it was, for the most part. I have alternately loved and hated his portrayals of his female characters, raged and appreciated various things in the books . . .quite honestly, growing up in a Zen Buddhist/non-worshipping semi-agnostic Protestant household, these books were possibly the closest thing I had to a religious text (much to my grandmother's dismay).

So in the end, asking me what life would be like without Tolkien is similar to asking me what my life would have been like had I been born male.

07-15-2002, 10:59 AM	#20
Naaramare Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fort St John Posts: 196	I honestly have no idea what my life would have been like without LotR. I have no basis for comparison; as I've said before, my father first read it to me when I was five. I literally cannot remember a time when Tolkien's work was not part of my life. It's impossible for it not to have had an effect, but I couldn't tell you what exactly it was, for the most part. I have alternately loved and hated his portrayals of his female characters, raged and appreciated various things in the books . . .quite honestly, growing up in a Zen Buddhist/non-worshipping semi-agnostic Protestant household, these books were possibly the closest thing I had to a religious text (much to my grandmother's dismay). So in the end, asking me what life would be like without Tolkien is similar to asking me what my life would have been like had I been born male. __________________ "I once spent two weeks in a tree trying to talk to a bird." --Puck, Brother Mine si man i yulma nin equantuva? [my blog]