The Tolkien Middle Age Club - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HerenIstarion · 08-23-2005, 07:29 AM

Though gradually, the club still grows

Welcome, Beren, and welcome back, hobbitlass

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-23-2005, 07:58 AM

How wonderful that the day I find this club is under a week after I qualify for it.

I'm only just 18, but that makes me... old, I suppose. You truly feel it if you ever head over to the chat room where fourteen-year-olds bemoan their love-struck fates.

I did not "discover" Tolkien's work so much as I was forced to read it in 7th grade by a teacher that by common consent is just plain nuts. I have very clear memories of her reading aloud "Riddles in the Dark" and screaming at the top of her voice (disrupting other classes, mind you) about how Baggins is a theif and we hates it forever.

Even apart from that though, I loved The Hobbit and finished it ages before my classmates. I was... *counts on fingers* 12 at the time.

It was my brother's fault that I ended up a bigger LotR fan than him. I make a point of not telling him, but I tend to share his interests and so make a point to check up on new things he's doing to see if I might like them as well. He flatly refused to let me read LotR. He wanted to experiment with me and make me wait until after the movies came out (this was a month or so before the Fellowship came out in theatres) to see what kind of fan I would be.

I objected fiercely and "went behind his back" to beg an old, beat up copy of The Fellowship off of his English teacher (who just happened to be my 7th grade reading teacher who introduced me to Tolkien in the first place). She handed one over immediately and ever after, I fell in love. I finished it in a few days, borrowed TTT and RotK and read them fast.

I read The Silm for the first time last summer, and I recently got my hands on an old copy of The Tolkien Reader, which I've started. What kind of a fool throws a Tolkien book (published in the 60s, no less) on a free rack at the local library?

*Fea throws a banana peel to see who will slip on it*

arcticstorm · 08-23-2005, 02:07 PM

I have been 18 for 7 months, so I guess I qualify. I started reading the hobbit when I was in the spring of my sixth grade year, so I would have been 12 at the time. After that it took me awhile to actually finish reading the Lord of the Rings, I read each book as a book report for my seventh, eighth, and ninth grade years. The first movie came out 3 months later. So once I found out about the movie, which would have been in December. I reread the Fellowship again quickly so I could see how close it was to the book. Immediately afterward, I read the Silmarillion for the first time, and did not understand a word. So I started reading through the Hobbit and LOrd of the Rings again. By the end of my tenth grade year I was reading through the entirety of the Lord of The RIngs and the Appendices in 1 week. I decided to try the Silm out again. This time I knew more about the world it was set in and it wuickly became my favorite of all of Tolkein's major works. I have currently read through HOME 5, The Tolkein Reader, the Unfinished Tales and Sir. Gawain and the Green Knight. and I have read peices of HOME 1-4.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 09-21-2006, 05:13 AM

Why did people stop posting here a month before I joined ? No wonder I never found it. . .

How come the ancient folk can keep their thread alive, but the younger ones neglect theirs?

Anyhow, I have been 21 for a month and 3 days now, I first read the LotR around the time the movies came out. By the time I sa FotR I had just started reading TT amd when I watched the TT, I had finnished TT and RotK and had just gotten my hands on The Hobbit.

Brinniel · 09-21-2006, 10:25 AM

Now that I've been 18 for several months now, I suppose I've advanced from the Underage Club to this one. I knew there a club for young adults somewhere- I'm glad I finally found it.

Anyways, I discovered Tolkien almost five years ago. It feel like I've been a Tolkien fanatic for ages, but when I think about it, five years isn't very long, now is it?

Macalaure · 09-21-2006, 11:36 AM

Why did people stop posting here seven months before I joined ?

I didn't know this place existed. Thanks to ninja, SpM and Rune who dug it out with joint strength.

Me, I'm 27 (for a few weeks left) and read the books only after the movies were out - and I'm absolutely hooked since then.

Naria · 09-21-2006, 01:56 PM

Naria approaches the club's Common Room window. She uses her sleeve to rub away caked on dirt from the window and peers inside. To her surprise there were three people standing in front of the fireplace talking. Naria wondered if this would be the place that she was searching for....a place to get out of the cold, to put her feet up and enjoy some conversation.

Naria approached the weathered door and slowly opened it. The creaking door made it hard for her to stay unnoticed and all three turned to see her walk through shaking off some rain. "Ummm, Hi everyone! I hope I am in the right place. By the looks of the dust and cobwebs no one has been here for awhile."

08-23-2005, 07:29 AM	#1
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Though gradually, the club still grows Welcome, Beren, and welcome back, hobbitlass __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-23-2005, 07:58 AM	#2
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	How wonderful that the day I find this club is under a week after I qualify for it. I'm only just 18, but that makes me... old, I suppose. You truly feel it if you ever head over to the chat room where fourteen-year-olds bemoan their love-struck fates. I did not "discover" Tolkien's work so much as I was forced to read it in 7th grade by a teacher that by common consent is just plain nuts. I have very clear memories of her reading aloud "Riddles in the Dark" and screaming at the top of her voice (disrupting other classes, mind you) about how Baggins is a theif and we hates it forever. Even apart from that though, I loved The Hobbit and finished it ages before my classmates. I was... counts on fingers 12 at the time. It was my brother's fault that I ended up a bigger LotR fan than him. I make a point of not telling him, but I tend to share his interests and so make a point to check up on new things he's doing to see if I might like them as well. He flatly refused to let me read LotR. He wanted to experiment with me and make me wait until after the movies came out (this was a month or so before the Fellowship came out in theatres) to see what kind of fan I would be. I objected fiercely and "went behind his back" to beg an old, beat up copy of The Fellowship off of his English teacher (who just happened to be my 7th grade reading teacher who introduced me to Tolkien in the first place). She handed one over immediately and ever after, I fell in love. I finished it in a few days, borrowed TTT and RotK and read them fast. I read The Silm for the first time last summer, and I recently got my hands on an old copy of The Tolkien Reader, which I've started. What kind of a fool throws a Tolkien book (published in the 60s, no less) on a free rack at the local library? Fea throws a banana peel to see who will slip on it __________________ peace

09-21-2006, 10:25 AM	#5
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Now that I've been 18 for several months now, I suppose I've advanced from the Underage Club to this one. I knew there a club for young adults somewhere- I'm glad I finally found it. Anyways, I discovered Tolkien almost five years ago. It feel like I've been a Tolkien fanatic for ages, but when I think about it, five years isn't very long, now is it? __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

09-21-2006, 01:56 PM	#7
Naria Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 500	Naria approaches the club's Common Room window. She uses her sleeve to rub away caked on dirt from the window and peers inside. To her surprise there were three people standing in front of the fireplace talking. Naria wondered if this would be the place that she was searching for....a place to get out of the cold, to put her feet up and enjoy some conversation. Naria approached the weathered door and slowly opened it. The creaking door made it hard for her to stay unnoticed and all three turned to see her walk through shaking off some rain. "Ummm, Hi everyone! I hope I am in the right place. By the looks of the dust and cobwebs no one has been here for awhile." __________________ MONEY Anyone who says it doesn't buy happiness.....is probably broke.

08-23-2005, 02:07 PM	#3
arcticstorm Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Johnson Bible College: Knoxville, TN Posts: 464	I have been 18 for 7 months, so I guess I qualify. I started reading the hobbit when I was in the spring of my sixth grade year, so I would have been 12 at the time. After that it took me awhile to actually finish reading the Lord of the Rings, I read each book as a book report for my seventh, eighth, and ninth grade years. The first movie came out 3 months later. So once I found out about the movie, which would have been in December. I reread the Fellowship again quickly so I could see how close it was to the book. Immediately afterward, I read the Silmarillion for the first time, and did not understand a word. So I started reading through the Hobbit and LOrd of the Rings again. By the end of my tenth grade year I was reading through the entirety of the Lord of The RIngs and the Appendices in 1 week. I decided to try the Silm out again. This time I knew more about the world it was set in and it wuickly became my favorite of all of Tolkein's major works. I have currently read through HOME 5, The Tolkein Reader, the Unfinished Tales and Sir. Gawain and the Green Knight. and I have read peices of HOME 1-4.

09-21-2006, 11:36 AM	#6
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	Why did people stop posting here seven months before I joined ? I didn't know this place existed. Thanks to ninja, SpM and Rune who dug it out with joint strength. Me, I'm 27 (for a few weeks left) and read the books only after the movies were out - and I'm absolutely hooked since then.