Why did you read LOTR - Page 6

**Nurvingiel** · 01-10-2003, 03:08 AM

Welcome Evenstar1400, I don't think we've crossed paths at the Moot yet.

What got me into LOTR is my dad reading it to my brother and I when we were kids. We were about 7 and 9. He read us the whole thing, a little bit each night, with my mom occasionally listening in. After he finished, I read The Hobbit. I also reread the series about 3 other times. And last year I read the Silmarillion, roughly 10 years after my first encounter!

I didn't know this theme had been done before either, but I've only been here since last August. Repeats happen though, a good idea will keep coming back.

Silje · 01-10-2003, 09:43 AM

I got LotR for christmas a couple of years ago, but I thought it looked scary (it was a picture of Sam, Frodo and Gollum outside the black gate) so I just put it away.
Then one fine day in may I needed a book that I didn't finish at once so I started reading and got hooked at once! In two weeks I finished the whole thing. That summer my mom bought me the hobbit and silmarillion.....

Falagar · 01-10-2003, 09:50 AM

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Maybe I'll wait untill I am just a little older to read them... they sound really cool though!

How old are you? I think it depends more on how good your english is than your age (but you should at least be above 14, IMO).

Silje, just out of curiousity, where (country) are you from?

Artanis · 01-10-2003, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by Falagar
Silje, just out of curiousity, where (country) are you from?

Hehe, I asked her the same question when I first saw her name.

Eothain · 01-10-2003, 04:22 PM

It was recommended by a friend.

Falagar · 01-10-2003, 04:30 PM

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Hehe, I asked her the same question when I first saw her name.

And what did she answer? Did she answer?

Silje · 01-10-2003, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by Falagar

Silje, just out of curiousity, where (country) are you from?

I'm from Norway

Just sort of likes how my name stands out in a non norwegian crowd

Falagar · 01-10-2003, 05:36 PM

Yeah, I noticed that

(see profile)

Silje · 01-10-2003, 05:42 PM

See profile yourself

Pimpernel · 01-10-2003, 07:05 PM

I read The Hobbit by myself when I was 8, because I found it in my parent's bookshelf and liked the front page picture. Since then, I dont know how many times Ive read it. After The Hobbit, I became interested in Tolkien's other books. I think I was 10 or 11 when I started LotR. Ive read that a few times since then also.
ummm...now Im reading Unfinished Tales (ish, I mean its cool and very informative.

Falagar · 01-10-2003, 07:26 PM

Welcome, Pimpernel! (And Silje too, of course)
Enjoy your stay! There's a welcoming thread down in the General messages, if you want to introduce yourself.

RosieCotton · 01-13-2003, 10:39 AM

My dad read the series to me when I was in third grade, but I really had know idea what was going on. I half understood the parts with Frodo and Sam, but I never really had any idea who Aragorn was. Then, when I was in eighth grade, I decided that I would give the Hobbit a try, because I didn't remember anything except a faint recollection of a dragon. I was very into fantasy at the time, and still am. So, I read it, loved it, and then read Lord of the Rings three times and the Silmarillion once.

Rosie

Elf Girl · 01-13-2003, 04:27 PM

I read LotR because I wanted to be able to say "Oh, I've read that" when people talk about it... I love it for what it is now though!

entss89 · 01-13-2003, 08:25 PM

i read lord of the rings because my best friend samwiselover2008 draged me into it!

eowyngirl14 · 01-13-2003, 08:50 PM

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Originally posted by Falagar
How old are you? I think it depends more on how good your english is than your age (but you should at least be above 14, IMO).

Silje, just out of curiousity, where (country) are you from?

I just celebrated my 14 birthday in November!! (I had a rockclimbing b-day party! FUN FUN FUN) I am pretty good at English! I get all A's in English class! But I think I will wait a while before I read the Silmarillion... I don't want to not understand it and be bias against it for life!

That would be bad!

Go Samwiselvr! Hee Hee Heee! I dragged my friend Sara into it!

BeardofPants · 01-14-2003, 01:31 AM

You bloody Norwegians get around, don't you?

RosieCotton · 01-14-2003, 11:01 AM

I dragged about five of my friends into reading it, but only one stuck with it.

At least she loves it.

Rosie

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-14-2003, 11:32 AM

When I first read the Silmarillion, I completely did not get it. So I abandoned it for a long time. But then later, I decided to give it another try, and walla! it was great! Very informative, interesting, and on an even larger scale than LotR (when I first tried, I skipped to the back, and I was very angry that LotR was barely mentioned! I mean, it's obviously WAAAY more important than any of this other stuff!

)

eowyngirl14 · 01-14-2003, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
When I first read the Silmarillion, I completely did not get it. So I abandoned it for a long time. But then later, I decided to give it another try, and walla! it was great! Very informative, interesting, and on an even larger scale than LotR (when I first tried, I skipped to the back, and I was very angry that LotR was barely mentioned! I mean, it's obviously WAAAY more important than any of this other stuff! )

That would probobly be my attitide towards it if I started it now!

I'll jus stivk with rereading the Hobbit for now...

paulbaggins · 01-14-2003, 10:38 PM

I had never read the books until I saw the fiirst movie. I am amazed that did as good a job in rendering the story as they did. Anyhow I have read the trilody and am utterly wsmitten with middle earth and its peoples

01-10-2003, 04:22 PM	#105
Eothain Enting Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 73	LOTR It was recommended by a friend. __________________ Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the hand on the harpsting, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have past like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning, or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning? Frodo lives

01-10-2003, 05:36 PM	#108
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	Yeah, I noticed that (see profile) __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

01-10-2003, 07:05 PM	#110
Pimpernel Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: small town in NY...not where I wanna be.. Posts: 57	I read The Hobbit by myself when I was 8, because I found it in my parent's bookshelf and liked the front page picture. Since then, I dont know how many times Ive read it. After The Hobbit, I became interested in Tolkien's other books. I think I was 10 or 11 when I started LotR. Ive read that a few times since then also. ummm...now Im reading Unfinished Tales (ish, I mean its cool and very informative. __________________ And this is what I have said, so you shall shut up if you are opposed for I am Iluvatar and you must obey me..for I know all that is, was, and will be and you don't!! HAH just kidding, I only wish I was Eru...power is good..except I would get corrupted so know...and why am I writing all of this randomness that's popping into my head that you don't give a rat's tail about.....??

01-10-2003, 07:26 PM	#111
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	Welcome, Pimpernel! (And Silje too, of course) Enjoy your stay! There's a welcoming thread down in the General messages, if you want to introduce yourself. __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle. Last edited by Falagar : 01-10-2003 at 07:28 PM.

01-13-2003, 10:39 AM	#112
RosieCotton Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hobbiton...no wait.... Posts: 263	My dad read the series to me when I was in third grade, but I really had know idea what was going on. I half understood the parts with Frodo and Sam, but I never really had any idea who Aragorn was. Then, when I was in eighth grade, I decided that I would give the Hobbit a try, because I didn't remember anything except a faint recollection of a dragon. I was very into fantasy at the time, and still am. So, I read it, loved it, and then read Lord of the Rings three times and the Silmarillion once. Rosie __________________ Fortune rides like the Sun on high With the fox that makes the ravens fly Luck his sould, the lightning his eye He snatches the moons from out of the sky.

01-10-2003, 09:43 AM	#102
Silje Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22	I got LotR for christmas a couple of years ago, but I thought it looked scary (it was a picture of Sam, Frodo and Gollum outside the black gate) so I just put it away. Then one fine day in may I needed a book that I didn't finish at once so I started reading and got hooked at once! In two weeks I finished the whole thing. That summer my mom bought me the hobbit and silmarillion.....

01-10-2003, 05:42 PM	#109
Silje Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22	See profile yourself

01-13-2003, 04:27 PM	#113
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I read LotR because I wanted to be able to say "Oh, I've read that" when people talk about it... I love it for what it is now though! __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

01-13-2003, 08:25 PM	#114
entss89 lord of the ents Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: nc Posts: 539	i read lord of the rings because my best friend samwiselover2008 draged me into it! __________________ ( tune: im a little teapot) im a little hobbit short and stout here is my ring evil without a doubt when you get me hipped up here me shout get me to mordo as quick as you can.. if you like that song then you should visit www.lordoftherings.net! the ents are coming the ents are coming watch out tower of orthanc for your dark walls shall fall! sauroman, sauroman your name is not the white! for now you are sauroman of many colors! a best frind does not stab u in the back................... they stab u in the front.

01-14-2003, 01:31 AM	#116
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	You bloody Norwegians get around, don't you? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-14-2003, 11:01 AM	#117
RosieCotton Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hobbiton...no wait.... Posts: 263	I dragged about five of my friends into reading it, but only one stuck with it. At least she loves it. Rosie __________________ Fortune rides like the Sun on high With the fox that makes the ravens fly Luck his sould, the lightning his eye He snatches the moons from out of the sky.

01-14-2003, 11:32 AM	#118
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	When I first read the Silmarillion, I completely did not get it. So I abandoned it for a long time. But then later, I decided to give it another try, and walla! it was great! Very informative, interesting, and on an even larger scale than LotR (when I first tried, I skipped to the back, and I was very angry that LotR was barely mentioned! I mean, it's obviously WAAAY more important than any of this other stuff! ) __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-14-2003, 10:38 PM	#120
paulbaggins Sapling Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 14	I had never read the books until I saw the fiirst movie. I am amazed that did as good a job in rendering the story as they did. Anyhow I have read the trilody and am utterly wsmitten with middle earth and its peoples __________________ [B]The road goes ever on and on down from the house where it began

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