The Tolkien Under Age Club

[Tinuviel Took]

I was ten when my parents read The Hobbit and LoTR to us (That was also when the let us watch Star Wars. They wanted us to be old enough to understand it the first time we watched it, so we could enjoy it). I then read them for myself right afterwards and read the Silm. when I was eleven. I didn't understand all of the Silmarillion fully the first time I read it but understood and loved the others from the first.

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

I am attempting to ressurect this thread not because I qualify to post to it (being over 18 years old ) but because I think it's a good idea for a thread, and I rather suspect there might be a few newer members out there who would appreciate it -- and I would love to lurk on the thread and see what they have to say.

In hopes that this will re-ignite the thread, I bring forward the initial post by Arwen Imladris

This is for all of us who are too young to post in the The Tolkien Coming of Age Club. That would be anyone who is under 18. Please tell us how long ago you first read the book(s); if you like, your age at that time and what prompted you to read Tolkien.

I first read The hobbit and LOTR when I was ~10ish. That would be about 6 years ago. Before that my parents had read it to me.

[Imladris]

Just to hlep Fordim resurrect the thread,

I watched the Hobbit when I was about ten and Gollum and freaked me out so much I never wanted to watch it again. Then my bro was rummaging around his bookshelf and found a very tattered copy of the book. I didn't want to read it because of the movie and those nasssty elves, but I couldn't let my bro read something I wouldn't...besides, he said he liked it...so I read it. Then my bro found out about the rest of the Trilogy and I read after he did.

[elronds_daughter]

I've only been reading LotR for a few years. I'm on my sixth time through.

Imladris, I, too, watched the animated version of The Hobbit and was throroughly freaked out. I'd read LotR about twice at that time and The Hobbit once, so I was informed.... My family, however, hadn't read the Hobbit, and were thoroughly confused. (Not having seen any of Peter Jackson's wondrous films yet, though I think it was late '02.)