There was a Tolkien Society in my high school and a friend was a member and tried to get me to join, but at that time the books didn't interest. Then five years later, they did and I read maybe three chapters before putting them down. I think what made me discard them was a lengthy description of a tree, ha. Then another five years passed before I picked them up and devoured them. Change of taste or something, I guess. But they're good despite the Arwen/Aragorn romance which needs a microscope to be seen except in the appendix.
I first read them in middle school. Call me bored. :) And yeah, I was pretty disappointed that Arwen didn't get more page-time in the main story, but TBF, I doubt Tolkien could have inserted her anywhere in the story without...disrupting it, so to speak. Kind of a pity, really. :/ (IMHO. :)
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Date: 2011-06-12 03:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-12 04:19 pm (UTC)Indeed! :D Ben's awesome. ^^
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Date: 2011-06-12 05:56 pm (UTC)#Has also been meaning to read LOTR. Can't find it, though. :(
Permission to say I adore your icon, BTW? I mean...that's just awesome. XD
Thanks! Fun times on the bluescreen.
Date: 2011-06-12 06:05 pm (UTC)It's a slightly different style and Shamus Young has gone on to other things.
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Date: 2011-06-12 06:20 pm (UTC)And yeah, I've read DM OF THE RINGS. It's pretty awesome. ^^
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Date: 2011-06-12 06:20 pm (UTC)Re: Thanks! Fun times on the bluescreen.
Date: 2011-06-12 07:14 pm (UTC)despite the Arwen/Aragorn romance which needs a microscope to be seen except in the appendix.Re: Thanks! Fun times on the bluescreen.
Date: 2011-06-12 07:20 pm (UTC)