Favourite moment in LotR (the books) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mhagain · 02-04-2007, 02:14 PM

I'm a massive fan of the whole "King of the Golden Hall" chapter, it's like opening the lid on a box and finding an entire culture inside, utterly familiar yet also utterly alien.

Likewise "The Ring Goes South" - wandering through the ruins of the great second age Eldarin civilization, you suddenly realise "bloody hell, Middle Earth really is OLD".

02-04-2007, 02:14 PM	#6
mhagain Wight Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The best seat in the Golden Perch Posts: 219	I'm a massive fan of the whole "King of the Golden Hall" chapter, it's like opening the lid on a box and finding an entire culture inside, utterly familiar yet also utterly alien. Likewise "The Ring Goes South" - wandering through the ruins of the great second age Eldarin civilization, you suddenly realise "bloody hell, Middle Earth really is OLD".