The only time that I ever thought that Middle Earth could be real and that we were living in it was when I read the part in the prologue, where it says
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Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerious fomerely than they are today
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That part really strikes me because when I first read it I was like "wait, could this be real", I of course wish it was real (well I don't know, some of the parts in the books are kind of scary) but I just look at the stories with the same eye as any famous legend, like King Arthur. Something that never really happened, but you wish you could have that same romantic journey where you rush off with a sword, your friends, and you go save the world (or just some very hansome prince [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )