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miriena · 08-18-2009, 02:20 PM

Hello. I've been reading the forums for a while (and quite enjoying it) so I decided to actually join instead of lurking.

I first stepped into Tolkien's world in 1994 when my parents gave me The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, and The Silmarillion for my 9th birthday. They probably regretted it because they couldn't pry me away from the books for a while. The books were translations of the actual stories into Russian and I remember thinking that I would very much like to read them in Tolkien's native language. My family ended up moving to the US several years later and as one of the first things I did upon arrival to the new country was to go to a bookstore and buy the books to read them in English (although my English was horrible at that point...).

The world that Tolkien created became so much a part of my own that separating them doesn't even make sense, it truly has been one of the biggest influences for me. Something about it that caught me and hasn't let go all these years. And I'm always glad to meet people who understand my feelings toward it :-)

08-18-2009, 02:20 PM	#8
miriena Newly Deceased Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8	Hello Hello. I've been reading the forums for a while (and quite enjoying it) so I decided to actually join instead of lurking. I first stepped into Tolkien's world in 1994 when my parents gave me The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, and The Silmarillion for my 9th birthday. They probably regretted it because they couldn't pry me away from the books for a while. The books were translations of the actual stories into Russian and I remember thinking that I would very much like to read them in Tolkien's native language. My family ended up moving to the US several years later and as one of the first things I did upon arrival to the new country was to go to a bookstore and buy the books to read them in English (although my English was horrible at that point...). The world that Tolkien created became so much a part of my own that separating them doesn't even make sense, it truly has been one of the biggest influences for me. Something about it that caught me and hasn't let go all these years. And I'm always glad to meet people who understand my feelings toward it :-)