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Inziladun · 05-08-2010, 08:20 AM

I think I remember the old thread on this, but not whether or not I responded to it.

At any rate, my father was reading The Hobbit to me when I was five or six years old. I had gone to see the Bakshi LOTR film at the theatre, and I first read LOTR when I was nine, or thereabouts. I didn't understand all of it then, but I was interested enough to re-read it a year or two later, and then I was hooked.
I liked the idea of all that going on in our own world in some distant time, and I absolutely loved the archaic language used. The sound of the words is still probably what I love best about the works.

05-08-2010, 08:20 AM	#4
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	I think I remember the old thread on this, but not whether or not I responded to it. At any rate, my father was reading The Hobbit to me when I was five or six years old. I had gone to see the Bakshi LOTR film at the theatre, and I first read LOTR when I was nine, or thereabouts. I didn't understand all of it then, but I was interested enough to re-read it a year or two later, and then I was hooked. I liked the idea of all that going on in our own world in some distant time, and I absolutely loved the archaic language used. The sound of the words is still probably what I love best about the works. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.