The Hobbit is 87 years old today - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mithadan*** · 09-22-2024, 07:38 PM

I first read The Hobbit when I was 10 or 11. I was a science fiction fan and decided I wanted to try fantasy and had heard that Tolkien was the best. I was unaware that there was a "sequel" until about a year later.

While I still occasionally read The Hobbit, doing so is more part of a tradition and I enjoy it a bit less because the writing style is less adult than LoTR, The Silmarillion, etc. Tolkien was writing to a target audience, after all. I believe that to a first-time reader (and probably also to a repeat reader who had not read it so often), it would still be "fresh."

09-22-2024, 07:38 PM	#3
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,394	I first read The Hobbit when I was 10 or 11. I was a science fiction fan and decided I wanted to try fantasy and had heard that Tolkien was the best. I was unaware that there was a "sequel" until about a year later. While I still occasionally read The Hobbit, doing so is more part of a tradition and I enjoy it a bit less because the writing style is less adult than LoTR, The Silmarillion, etc. Tolkien was writing to a target audience, after all. I believe that to a first-time reader (and probably also to a repeat reader who had not read it so often), it would still be "fresh." __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.