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Yavanna228 · 07-27-2003, 07:12 PM

I do believe it was Christmas of 2000 that my mother bought me a combined edition of LOTR. Actually, she first bought me the audio tapes of Tolkien reading LOTR, but in my foolishness I had her take them back because I wanted the books so I could read and re-read parts that either interested me or that I had forgotten and needed for a later passage. I should have kept the tapes and bought the books myself. I had no idea how much I would value a recording of Tolkien reading his own works. Pronunciation alone is worth getting the tapes. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
So, I suppose, if we are giving ages, I would have been 13 at that time, but the rather large tome frightened me off for awhile until I was on a long trip and needed something to read. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] And the rest, as they say, is history.
Peace

07-27-2003, 07:12 PM	#24
Yavanna228 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: on the wings of the morning Posts: 394	I do believe it was Christmas of 2000 that my mother bought me a combined edition of LOTR. Actually, she first bought me the audio tapes of Tolkien reading LOTR, but in my foolishness I had her take them back because I wanted the books so I could read and re-read parts that either interested me or that I had forgotten and needed for a later passage. I should have kept the tapes and bought the books myself. I had no idea how much I would value a recording of Tolkien reading his own works. Pronunciation alone is worth getting the tapes. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] So, I suppose, if we are giving ages, I would have been 13 at that time, but the rather large tome frightened me off for awhile until I was on a long trip and needed something to read. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] And the rest, as they say, is history. Peace __________________ 'Dulaman na Binne Bui, Dulaman Gaelach/ Dulaman na farraige, 's e b'fhearr a bhi in Eirinn!'