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Keneldil the Polka-dot · 12-13-2002, 07:41 AM

This post is going to be less metaphysical than most of the trend in this thread...

The way JRRT's work was released to the general public helped in my opinion. By coincidence I read the books in the same order they were released: Hobbit-LoTR-Sil. The first two, while being great on their own, contained a lot of referrences to past history that made me incredibly curious. I still remember the day I found the Silmarillion in the grade school library. I just about passed out I was so excited. I had thought The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings was all he had written.

Maybe this is just projecting what happened to me onto the general public...but I could see it working the same way back when the Professor first released his work.

12-13-2002, 07:41 AM	#36
Keneldil the Polka-dot Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 128	This post is going to be less metaphysical than most of the trend in this thread... The way JRRT's work was released to the general public helped in my opinion. By coincidence I read the books in the same order they were released: Hobbit-LoTR-Sil. The first two, while being great on their own, contained a lot of referrences to past history that made me incredibly curious. I still remember the day I found the Silmarillion in the grade school library. I just about passed out I was so excited. I had thought The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings was all he had written. Maybe this is just projecting what happened to me onto the general public...but I could see it working the same way back when the Professor first released his work. __________________ "Trust in the ball Jake.....and throw yourself."