Why did you read LOTR - Page 7

Elf.Freak · 01-15-2003, 04:15 PM

i read the hobbit when i was 9, then my sis said LOTR was a good book, so i read that!

FattyBulger · 01-19-2003, 03:31 AM

My Grandfather insisted I be read it. I don't know why he didn't just give it to me when I was old enough to read it 4 myself. Anyway, he gave it to me as if it was some ritual so I really had no choice.

When Mum read it to me (I'm not saying I can't read it's just LoTR is too advanced 4 yr 1 people e.i. 5 yrs old) I really liked it so I read it myself the next year.

Legolaslvr! · 01-19-2003, 02:16 PM

My BF got me the hobbit 4 my birthday last year she begged me 2 read it than i wus so interested with the plot i just had 2 go on and on!!!

Noahamir · 01-20-2003, 06:18 PM

I saw "The Hobbit" on TV when I was about 5 and I remember being fascinated by Smaug.

I was then givin a Illustrated Storybook from the animated movie and it had a cassette tape with it that would narrate the story and had songs from the movie. I would listen to it every night at bedtime and my favorite part was the Goblin song when they captured the Dwarves and Bilbo.

Finally, when I was 10 my father remarried and my step-mom had a copy of the Hobbit and LOTR. I read "The Hobbit" over and over but could never get past the first chapter of LOTR. I finally forced myself to read LOTR and was finally hooked in the Chapter where Gandalf throws the Ring into the Fireplace and discovers that it is the One Ring.

I remember being so scared reading that Chapter and being so relieved when it was only Sam outside the window and was going to go on the Journey with Frodo.

Now I read all four books every couple of years.

FrodoFriend · 01-21-2003, 02:10 PM

Because I read any book that crosses my path. Of course, I wasn't aware beforehand that this one would have such an impact...

druss · 04-26-2003, 06:58 PM

did a play in school when i was 8..i was thorin and had to memorise a poem from the hobbit...became hooked..the rest as they say is history.

Dreran the Green · 04-26-2003, 07:19 PM

When I was about three I saw that little cartoon of the Hobbit, and since I loved it so much (I was three), My Mom decided to read me LotR when I turned six. I don't really think she would have if she had realized it would lead to living with someone so obsessed they've actually gone and made their own Ring of Power...but that's the way it goes.

Hasty Ent · 04-26-2003, 07:33 PM

About 25 years ago I saw the Hobbit and LoTR on my sister's bookshelf. They looked interesting, and she raved about them. Since then I've re-read them (in sequence, starting with the Hobbit) every other year or so. The narrative never grows stale, and I continue to marvel at Tolkien's world of Middle Earth. Yup, I'd move there in a flash!

The Sil, on the other hand, I started months ago but just can't get into it. Maybe I'll try again in a few months.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-27-2003, 01:17 AM

I know the feeling. I floundered terribly the first time I tried to read the Silmarillion.

Now when I look back, I can't believe some of the things I thought.

Quote:

Why does Frodo only get one sentence at the end??? That's obviously waaaaay more important than all this stupid "councils" and all these "F" people.

Note: the End thing does not by any means signify that I read it to end. Rather, when I gave up, I skipped to the back to see what was in the end.

Dreran the Green · 04-27-2003, 09:38 AM

Same goes for me. The first time I read it I thought I was looking at another language. But I picked it up again a little while ago and now I love it.

Arcala · 04-27-2003, 12:35 PM

I read LotR when my brother wanted me to, and I remember thinking that it was not very good. Then I read the Hobbit and the Silmarillion. Then I got hooked.

Aragorn_of_the_west · 04-27-2003, 12:50 PM

My Grandfather sugested me to read the hobbit- i loved it( not suprisingly)' then he got me LOTR- loved that to- and then i got the Sil. To me it was also in the beginig very hard to read- but then i also got used to the language and read it( though i must read it again because i forget names really quickly).

Indril Anarion · 04-27-2003, 12:52 PM

I read the Hobbit because a friend told me it was an awesome book and I thought it was good...I read LOTR because I saw that the movie was coming out, and I refused to see the movie without reading the book first, you know to compare and contrast...and I got hooked...now that school's out, I want to read the Silmarillion...

Ragnarok · 04-27-2003, 05:03 PM

I saw a preview for LotR in the movie theater so I decided to try the book and I found out about there was a prequel the Hobbit.. and purchased them both.

Telmelion · 04-27-2003, 05:20 PM

I read the Hobbit quite some time ago...when I was 7 or 8, I think. When the hype about the movies came I read the Hobbit again and afterwards LotR.

Elbereth5 · 06-29-2003, 03:58 PM

i went to a new school and my school was really crazy about LOTR and my friend was too, and she kept on talking about how good the movie was 'n stuff so i rented it and i LOVED it ,so that Christmas i got the LOTR books and i read them....then when i got done i ought The Hobbit and i loved it too....im now TRYING to read the Samarillion.

LutraMage · 06-29-2003, 04:04 PM

Read The Hobbit at school just because it looked interesting, and then was delighted to find the author had written another book called LotR so took it out of the library to see if it was as good as TH. Got blown away - there followed many happy years of reading and re-reading our fav book!

gollum9630 · 06-29-2003, 05:11 PM

my dad had told me to read them, but at first i didnt want to. once i saw the preview for FotR, i decided to read them so i would know what the took out of the book, and since then, i have read them 4 times

-elfearz- · 06-29-2003, 10:38 PM

i remember my parents having some kind of tolkien fascination when i was a kid..they're not intense fans (not compared to everyone who frequents these boards

), but they gave me the hobbit when i was 5, and after i'd read it, they kept making suggestions like i should go to book parades dressed as gandalf..

, and they kept talking about LotR. or maybe that's just my warped memory of it. Anyway, dad started reading LotR to me when i was 6, but never got further than the end of FotR..or maybe even gandalf's death, so i picked it up and read it myself. never got further than the start of RotK though - it seemed far too depressing. i put it back on the shelf and didn't think of it again (

). then when i was 12 we were going to take my cousin to see this puppet play of the hobbit, and i was on holidays and didn't have anything better to do so for some reason i thought, hey, maybe i'll read LotR again, the rest is history - i barred my friends off for 5 whole days as i wandered around with my nose glued to the book..i took it everywhere - my family started calling it my bible..they still do

Gamigar · 07-01-2003, 02:27 PM

Well, my brother was reading the hobbit and kept ranting about how good it was, so finally I said "What's so great about it?" So he told me about it. So I was interested and read it, it was so good that, of course, I wanted to know what happened next. And the rest is history.

01-15-2003, 04:15 PM	#121
Elf.Freak Orli's lil fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sugar World/Orlando Bloom Cloud Posts: 464	i read the hobbit when i was 9, then my sis said LOTR was a good book, so i read that! __________________ >>--elven arrow--> ~ Give a man a fish and he'll feed for a day, give me a fish and you'll only get it back! ~ I've gotta new avatar! looks kinda like me...anime style! ~ LOST: Orlando Bloom. If found, please send him straight to Elf.Freak

01-19-2003, 03:31 AM	#122
FattyBulger Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 22	My Grandfather insisted I be read it. I don't know why he didn't just give it to me when I was old enough to read it 4 myself. Anyway, he gave it to me as if it was some ritual so I really had no choice. When Mum read it to me (I'm not saying I can't read it's just LoTR is too advanced 4 yr 1 people e.i. 5 yrs old) I really liked it so I read it myself the next year. __________________ Georgia Productions

01-19-2003, 02:16 PM	#123
Legolaslvr! Super Smilie Freak Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the entmoot army, trying to get rid of black and blue! Posts: 350	My BF got me the hobbit 4 my birthday last year she begged me 2 read it than i wus so interested with the plot i just had 2 go on and on!!! __________________ MO The fat hobbit hobbit knows!

01-21-2003, 02:10 PM	#125
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Because I read any book that crosses my path. Of course, I wasn't aware beforehand that this one would have such an impact... __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

04-26-2003, 06:58 PM	#126
druss Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: england Posts: 22	did a play in school when i was 8..i was thorin and had to memorise a poem from the hobbit...became hooked..the rest as they say is history. __________________ take this ring....for your labours will be heavy; but it will support you....and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill

01-20-2003, 06:18 PM	#124
Noahamir Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 29	I saw "The Hobbit" on TV when I was about 5 and I remember being fascinated by Smaug. I was then givin a Illustrated Storybook from the animated movie and it had a cassette tape with it that would narrate the story and had songs from the movie. I would listen to it every night at bedtime and my favorite part was the Goblin song when they captured the Dwarves and Bilbo. Finally, when I was 10 my father remarried and my step-mom had a copy of the Hobbit and LOTR. I read "The Hobbit" over and over but could never get past the first chapter of LOTR. I finally forced myself to read LOTR and was finally hooked in the Chapter where Gandalf throws the Ring into the Fireplace and discovers that it is the One Ring. I remember being so scared reading that Chapter and being so relieved when it was only Sam outside the window and was going to go on the Journey with Frodo. Now I read all four books every couple of years.

04-26-2003, 07:19 PM	#127
Dreran the Green Lady of Legends Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Missing. Reward if found. Posts: 1,083	When I was about three I saw that little cartoon of the Hobbit, and since I loved it so much (I was three), My Mom decided to read me LotR when I turned six. I don't really think she would have if she had realized it would lead to living with someone so obsessed they've actually gone and made their own Ring of Power...but that's the way it goes. __________________ The end justifies the means, thought Aziraphale. And the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.* *This is not actually true. The road to Hell is paved with frozen door to door salesmen. On weekends many of the younger demons go ice-skating down it. ~Good Omens

04-26-2003, 07:33 PM	#128
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	About 25 years ago I saw the Hobbit and LoTR on my sister's bookshelf. They looked interesting, and she raved about them. Since then I've re-read them (in sequence, starting with the Hobbit) every other year or so. The narrative never grows stale, and I continue to marvel at Tolkien's world of Middle Earth. Yup, I'd move there in a flash! The Sil, on the other hand, I started months ago but just can't get into it. Maybe I'll try again in a few months. __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

04-27-2003, 09:38 AM	#130
Dreran the Green Lady of Legends Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Missing. Reward if found. Posts: 1,083	Same goes for me. The first time I read it I thought I was looking at another language. But I picked it up again a little while ago and now I love it. __________________ The end justifies the means, thought Aziraphale. And the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.* *This is not actually true. The road to Hell is paved with frozen door to door salesmen. On weekends many of the younger demons go ice-skating down it. ~Good Omens

04-27-2003, 12:35 PM	#131
Arcala Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eating WAY too much peanut butter... Posts: 274	I read LotR when my brother wanted me to, and I remember thinking that it was not very good. Then I read the Hobbit and the Silmarillion. Then I got hooked. __________________ "When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream) Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need (there's no need) Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping..." -from the Beatles' I'm Only Sleeping

04-27-2003, 12:50 PM	#132
Aragorn_of_the_west Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 56	My Grandfather sugested me to read the hobbit- i loved it( not suprisingly)' then he got me LOTR- loved that to- and then i got the Sil. To me it was also in the beginig very hard to read- but then i also got used to the language and read it( though i must read it again because i forget names really quickly). __________________ "There are few left in Middle-Earth like Aragorn son of Arathorn.The race of Kings from over the sea is nearly at an end. Copy and past the URL and press continue: http://www.kingsofchaos.com/page.php?id=437705

04-27-2003, 12:52 PM	#133
Indril Anarion Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: My heart is forever in Mirkwood Posts: 429	I read the Hobbit because a friend told me it was an awesome book and I thought it was good...I read LOTR because I saw that the movie was coming out, and I refused to see the movie without reading the book first, you know to compare and contrast...and I got hooked...now that school's out, I want to read the Silmarillion... __________________ I'm a Jesus Freak and proud of it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody tosses a Dwarf." - Gimli, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save Ferris!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My true Elven name is Idril Anarion, but I misspelled in the username, and now I can't fix it... Oh, well...now you know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't be afraid of death....Be afraid of the unlived life- Tuck Everlasting

04-27-2003, 05:03 PM	#134
Ragnarok Rohirrim Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PA Posts: 590	I saw a preview for LotR in the movie theater so I decided to try the book and I found out about there was a prequel the Hobbit.. and purchased them both. Last edited by Ragnarok : 04-27-2003 at 05:07 PM.

04-27-2003, 05:20 PM	#135
Telmelion Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 18	I read the Hobbit quite some time ago...when I was 7 or 8, I think. When the hype about the movies came I read the Hobbit again and afterwards LotR.

06-29-2003, 03:58 PM	#136
Elbereth5 Sapling Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: In Middle Earth Posts: 7	i went to a new school and my school was really crazy about LOTR and my friend was too, and she kept on talking about how good the movie was 'n stuff so i rented it and i LOVED it ,so that Christmas i got the LOTR books and i read them....then when i got done i ought The Hobbit and i loved it too....im now TRYING to read the Samarillion.

06-29-2003, 04:04 PM	#137
LutraMage Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tolkien's England where the tale grew in the telling... Posts: 330	Read The Hobbit at school just because it looked interesting, and then was delighted to find the author had written another book called LotR so took it out of the library to see if it was as good as TH. Got blown away - there followed many happy years of reading and re-reading our fav book!

06-29-2003, 05:11 PM	#138
gollum9630 Canadian Guy. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The true North Strong and Free Posts: 1,513	my dad had told me to read them, but at first i didnt want to. once i saw the preview for FotR, i decided to read them so i would know what the took out of the book, and since then, i have read them 4 times __________________ "Canadians are so apathetic, but, what are you gonna do about it" -Glen Foster Wierd Harry Potter quotes the old nintendo duck hunt game Lemmings Swron Random Homer Simpson Quotes

06-29-2003, 10:38 PM	#139
-elfearz- Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: followed by a moonshadow... Posts: 738	i remember my parents having some kind of tolkien fascination when i was a kid..they're not intense fans (not compared to everyone who frequents these boards ), but they gave me the hobbit when i was 5, and after i'd read it, they kept making suggestions like i should go to book parades dressed as gandalf.., and they kept talking about LotR. or maybe that's just my warped memory of it. Anyway, dad started reading LotR to me when i was 6, but never got further than the end of FotR..or maybe even gandalf's death, so i picked it up and read it myself. never got further than the start of RotK though - it seemed far too depressing. i put it back on the shelf and didn't think of it again ( ). then when i was 12 we were going to take my cousin to see this puppet play of the hobbit, and i was on holidays and didn't have anything better to do so for some reason i thought, hey, maybe i'll read LotR again, the rest is history - i barred my friends off for 5 whole days as i wandered around with my nose glued to the book..i took it everywhere - my family started calling it my bible..they still do

07-01-2003, 02:27 PM	#140
Gamigar Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere between here and there Posts: 116	Well, my brother was reading the hobbit and kept ranting about how good it was, so finally I said "What's so great about it?" So he told me about it. So I was interested and read it, it was so good that, of course, I wanted to know what happened next. And the rest is history. __________________ The road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began Now far ahead the road has gone And I must follow if I can Pursuing it with eager feet Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet And wither then I can not say

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