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Halbarad · 03-02-2005, 07:46 AM

I agree with Child of the 7th Age about the reading aloud, but as a listener, not a reader. My father read The Hobbit ot me and my sisters when I was about 9. He put on voices and everything. This created a key childhood memory and awakened a thirst for more of Middle Earth. As a result, I had already read LotR a couple of times by the age of 12.

My pet peeve about The Hobbit is the character of the elves, but it is forgiven because this is where the whole thing starts to come together. It gave birth to possibly the most famous and most loved world ever.

03-02-2005, 07:46 AM	#30
Halbarad Wight Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cheongju, Korea Posts: 147	I agree with Child of the 7th Age about the reading aloud, but as a listener, not a reader. My father read The Hobbit ot me and my sisters when I was about 9. He put on voices and everything. This created a key childhood memory and awakened a thirst for more of Middle Earth. As a result, I had already read LotR a couple of times by the age of 12. My pet peeve about The Hobbit is the character of the elves, but it is forgiven because this is where the whole thing starts to come together. It gave birth to possibly the most famous and most loved world ever. __________________ -Halbarad to Aragorn, 'The Passing of the Grey Company' Book V, Return of the King."A little people, but of great worth are the Shire-folk. Little do they know of our long labour for the safekeeping of their borders, and yet I grudge it not"