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Esgallhugwen · 07-19-2003, 08:10 PM

I was first introduced to Tolkien by my mom! when I was a wee lass she would read me the Hobbit but it was indeed special because the book was in fact in comic book form with beautiful pictures and actually exactly like the actual paperback novel. It was a long comic you could say [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Me and my little brother were so into it we would act it out, he would be Bilbo and I dressed in a red robe would be Smaug the Magnificent! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] It was so much fun!

Silmiel of Imladris · 07-20-2003, 03:14 PM

I am fairly new to Middle-Earth. About three years ago my friend told me about the LOTR series and how they were going to make a movie trilogy based on them. He gave me the Hobbit to read and I took my time to get though it because there was a lot of stuff I didn't understand at the time. (I must sound pathetic because I was a freshman in high school when I read the Hobbit and most of you guys were much younger and you still got more out of it than I did.) Well after I finshed the Hobbit he gave me the Fellowship to read and I hated it. I struggled with all the names and places that were not explained in detail. After a while I gave the book back because I was having such a hard time and I kind of forgot about Middle-Earth completely. Then I saw the Fellowship preview and I was stunned. I knew that the only way I could totally enjoy and understand the movie for myself would be to finish the book. So I borrowed it from a different friend this time and I struggled with it again. I didn't get much out of it and I only finished it about a month before the movie but when I saw the Fellowship I was like "Oh...now I get it." So anyway after that I read TTT and it was much easier because I knew more and ROTK was a breeze because I got the elvish dictionary that I can't live without. Now I am reading the Sil which I am taking my time on so I won't get lost and after that I am reading the Lost Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth. So I am glad my friends kicked my butt to read these books or I would have never of know about all the fun I would have been missing.

Rhod the Red · 05-04-2006, 11:57 AM

It was when I was like 12 or 13. My dad borrowed the 1970's cartoon movie of TLOTR, I liked it. Then read the book. Then we saw The Hobbit cartoon movie, then I read that.

I've been hooked eversince and we all were very pleased when Peter Jackson made his films. We weren't dissapointed.

ninja91 · 05-22-2006, 11:17 AM

Well, I saw the film version of The Fellowship of the Ring. I fell in love with the world, and got absorbed into fantasy. They are my favorite movies of complete all time, and the books are up therer with my favorites. It also introduced me with other great fantasy, such as TOR and Forgotten Realms. J.R.R. Tolkien and R.A. Salvatore are the masters of fantasy. Represent!

07-19-2003, 08:10 PM	#1
Esgallhugwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Where the Moon cries against the snow Posts: 526	I was first introduced to Tolkien by my mom! when I was a wee lass she would read me the Hobbit but it was indeed special because the book was in fact in comic book form with beautiful pictures and actually exactly like the actual paperback novel. It was a long comic you could say [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Me and my little brother were so into it we would act it out, he would be Bilbo and I dressed in a red robe would be Smaug the Magnificent! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] It was so much fun! __________________ "...for the sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others. -8:9:4 The Witness of Fane"

07-20-2003, 03:14 PM	#2
Silmiel of Imladris Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Looking into a crystal ball- still see nothing Posts: 395	I am fairly new to Middle-Earth. About three years ago my friend told me about the LOTR series and how they were going to make a movie trilogy based on them. He gave me the Hobbit to read and I took my time to get though it because there was a lot of stuff I didn't understand at the time. (I must sound pathetic because I was a freshman in high school when I read the Hobbit and most of you guys were much younger and you still got more out of it than I did.) Well after I finshed the Hobbit he gave me the Fellowship to read and I hated it. I struggled with all the names and places that were not explained in detail. After a while I gave the book back because I was having such a hard time and I kind of forgot about Middle-Earth completely. Then I saw the Fellowship preview and I was stunned. I knew that the only way I could totally enjoy and understand the movie for myself would be to finish the book. So I borrowed it from a different friend this time and I struggled with it again. I didn't get much out of it and I only finished it about a month before the movie but when I saw the Fellowship I was like "Oh...now I get it." So anyway after that I read TTT and it was much easier because I knew more and ROTK was a breeze because I got the elvish dictionary that I can't live without. Now I am reading the Sil which I am taking my time on so I won't get lost and after that I am reading the Lost Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth. So I am glad my friends kicked my butt to read these books or I would have never of know about all the fun I would have been missing. __________________ Legolas 20 ales later: I feel something, a slight tingling in my fingers. I think it's affecting me. Figwit on his name: Are you suggesting that I have the wit of a fig?

05-04-2006, 11:57 AM	#3
Rhod the Red Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 257	It was when I was like 12 or 13. My dad borrowed the 1970's cartoon movie of TLOTR, I liked it. Then read the book. Then we saw The Hobbit cartoon movie, then I read that. I've been hooked eversince and we all were very pleased when Peter Jackson made his films. We weren't dissapointed. __________________ Head of the Fifth Order of the Istari Tenure: Fourth Age(Year 1) - Present Currently operating in Melbourne, Australia

05-22-2006, 11:17 AM	#4
ninja91 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chozo Ruins. Posts: 421	A captivating world Well, I saw the film version of The Fellowship of the Ring. I fell in love with the world, and got absorbed into fantasy. They are my favorite movies of complete all time, and the books are up therer with my favorites. It also introduced me with other great fantasy, such as TOR and Forgotten Realms. J.R.R. Tolkien and R.A. Salvatore are the masters of fantasy. Represent!