Are there any pre-1977 readers here? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-18-2021, 04:34 AM

I first read Hobbit and LotR in 1973 and was very disappointed to hear that Tolkien died just a few months later. In the fall of the same year I moved to Germany, had my Ballantine's box and reread them without knowing when a German translation was published and without contact with other Tolkien readers. This forum was instrumental in introducing me to his other works, including the Silmarillion.

06-18-2021, 04:34 AM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I first read Hobbit and LotR in 1973 and was very disappointed to hear that Tolkien died just a few months later. In the fall of the same year I moved to Germany, had my Ballantine's box and reread them without knowing when a German translation was published and without contact with other Tolkien readers. This forum was instrumental in introducing me to his other works, including the Silmarillion. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'