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Airerûthiel · 01-04-2003, 04:11 AM

I read The Hobbit when I was 11 because I was given it as a birthday present, and I read FotR over this summer. Then I finished TTT about a week before Christmas (which was my goal anyway), and at the moment I've just finished the first chapter of RotK. I was 14 when I read FotR and 15 when I finished TTT...do the maths.

I was going to read LotR after I read The Hobbit because I thought Tolkien's descriptions and characterisation were exactly like the sort of thing I wanted to achieve in my own creative writing, but I couldn't find a copy of it anywhere. So I had to wait until after the first film was released to get a copy of the book, which I absolutely hated because I either didn't have enough money for it or they were all sold out!!

The one thing I regret about my approach to Tolkien's works was the fact that I saw the film before I read the book...not good *shakes head and finger as if telling self off*

01-04-2003, 04:11 AM	#11
Airerûthiel Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Long Lake Posts: 228	I read The Hobbit when I was 11 because I was given it as a birthday present, and I read FotR over this summer. Then I finished TTT about a week before Christmas (which was my goal anyway), and at the moment I've just finished the first chapter of RotK. I was 14 when I read FotR and 15 when I finished TTT...do the maths. I was going to read LotR after I read The Hobbit because I thought Tolkien's descriptions and characterisation were exactly like the sort of thing I wanted to achieve in my own creative writing, but I couldn't find a copy of it anywhere. So I had to wait until after the first film was released to get a copy of the book, which I absolutely hated because I either didn't have enough money for it or they were all sold out!! The one thing I regret about my approach to Tolkien's works was the fact that I saw the film before I read the book...not good shakes head and finger as if telling self off __________________ 'If they give you ruled paper, write the other way' - Juan Ramón Jiménez I love pirates!