LOTR has become a popular book and many claim their devotion to it. We are not recognized anymore as Tolkien fans, only as trend followers, simply because everyone else has read the books and seen the movies. All that we can do now is wait until the "non-believers" find something else to do and then we can continue to stay true to our professer Tolkien. 
Although, i also think that the movie has simply made the books more popular. Many lotr fans that I know, only read the books because they liked the films! wether that is ethical or not, I cannot say!
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Last edited by Isowen; 09-11-2004 at 06:20 AM.
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