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Originally Posted by Alassė Estel
Welcome, Desert Kris! 
It's really nice to hear about your experience with Tolkien's great works!
The books were at first quite intimidating to my younger self too. |
Thank you for the welcome!
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Originally Posted by Alassė Estel
Oh, and I also really enjoyed reading The Prydain Chronicles!
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The Chronicles of Prydain are special to me in a different way, for several reasons. For one thing, they served as a surrogate for LotR until I was ready. So I was fortunate to experience The High King before Return of the King, and wasn't put off by the similar endings, didn't judge it too harshly.
Also, it was one of those rare books/series that I knew I was looking for but didn't realize it until I found it, the right kind of fantasy that I knew I wanted but didn't know how to look for.
The final thing with Prydain is it is something I discovered on my own, through my own reader's journey. I can only ever find people online who know those books, I hardly ever meet anyone in life who has ever heard of them or read them. So in life, they are kind of a hidden, secret series that know one else seems to know about. I am happy and relieved that I found them where so few other have, and been one of the few people who experienced their story come alive in my mind!