How were you introduced to Tolkien? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kiara · 11-26-2002, 09:14 AM

My dad always read to us when we were little: Chronicles of Narnia, Hobbit, etc....He recommended LoTR to us, and I was the first of us kids to get through it. I loved it so much, I then proceeded to consume the Lost Tales, and afterwards tried the Silmarillion. I dead-ended there 'cause I think it was a bit too complex for me at that point. I have now re-read the Hobbit 2 more times and the same with the Lord of the Rings, only I listened to it the 3rd time through: Ever listened to the unabridged version read by Robert Inglis? It is so good....It was such a good way to go through the book that now I'm trying the same thing for the Silmarillion (different reader, but very good!).

11-26-2002, 09:14 AM	#1
Kiara Animated Skeleton Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: wish 'twere Ireland Posts: 50	My dad always read to us when we were little: Chronicles of Narnia, Hobbit, etc....He recommended LoTR to us, and I was the first of us kids to get through it. I loved it so much, I then proceeded to consume the Lost Tales, and afterwards tried the Silmarillion. I dead-ended there 'cause I think it was a bit too complex for me at that point. I have now re-read the Hobbit 2 more times and the same with the Lord of the Rings, only I listened to it the 3rd time through: Ever listened to the unabridged version read by Robert Inglis? It is so good....It was such a good way to go through the book that now I'm trying the same thing for the Silmarillion (different reader, but very good!). __________________ "What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if, in your dream, you went to paradise and there plucked a beautiful flower...and what if when you awoke, you held that flower in your hand? Ah, what then?"