I read the Hobbit when I was nine. I thought it was a cute story, but it didn't really interest me at first because at the time I was too busy feeling out the workings of the world with nonfiction science books and the like. It wasn't until a few years ago that I decided I was ready for LotR and the Silmarillion.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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