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Tarthang · 07-22-2002, 10:01 PM

I first read The Hobbit when in fifth grade (1981). My interest was sparked because we (my family and I) had gone to the drive-in to see a movie called Lord of The Rings. The movie was the coolest thing I had ever seen, up to that point in my life. That and my fourth grade teacher had read The Black Cauldron to my class, which probably was the beginning spark for my interest in fantasy.
Found out my father had read the books year's before. He still had The Hobbit and FOTR, so I read the Hobbit then FOTR. And eventually TTT and ROTK by the end of middle-school, along with CS Lewis' Narnia Chronicles (which started to drag by the later books) and Stephen Donaldson's White Gold Weilder series (at least that which had been completed at the time).

[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Tarthang ]

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Tarthang Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Paths of the Dead Posts: 108	I first read The Hobbit when in fifth grade (1981). My interest was sparked because we (my family and I) had gone to the drive-in to see a movie called Lord of The Rings. The movie was the coolest thing I had ever seen, up to that point in my life. That and my fourth grade teacher had read The Black Cauldron to my class, which probably was the beginning spark for my interest in fantasy. Found out my father had read the books year's before. He still had The Hobbit and FOTR, so I read the Hobbit then FOTR. And eventually TTT and ROTK by the end of middle-school, along with CS Lewis' Narnia Chronicles (which started to drag by the later books) and Stephen Donaldson's White Gold Weilder series (at least that which had been completed at the time). [ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Tarthang ]