Popularity of LOTR... How sad...

[Morsul the Dark]

Originally Posted by Lyta_Underhill

they no doubt brought in the new crop of die-hards, those whose life is irrevocably enriched by their exposure to Tolkien first through the movies and then through the books and perhaps on into the vortex of the entire Legendarium. Some will be assimilated, as the Borg might say, and we will be the richer for it.

Cheers!
Lyta

Indeed I would be one of those people...

A year before the movie came out

Me- hey what you reading?
Kid-LOTR
Me-look at how long that is it must be boring

one month after movie

halfway through TTT me- wow how could I be so ignorant this is great!