You know you're obsessed with LOTR when ...

[Naz]

When you use instances or characters in LotR to try & explain other situations/characters in other stories, or explain what you think about them.

Maybe not funny, but something i've done. Despite the fact that the other person has never read LotR. :\

[Lindale]

Originally Posted by Naz

When you use instances or characters in LotR to try & explain other situations/characters in other stories, or explain what you think about them.

Maybe not funny, but something i've done. Despite the fact that the other person has never read LotR. :\

I happen to do that a lot. Not just with LotR. With the whole Tolkien thing. Years and years of reading and rereading has somehow managed to make me memorize certain bits. Happens all the time with me and my guy, my brother, and my dad. All of them not remembering too well what they have read, so basically sometimes when I quote from Tolkien they hear me "speaking German again" (where did that come from? I have no idea!). Sometimes the Tolkien fan in me gets carried away even inside the Philippine Literature in English classroom, and I get told virtually everytime, "while some of Tolkien's writings may be arguably universal, your feet is on Philippine soil and your butt on a Philippine Literature classroom."

[narfforc]

I've just bought my 62nd copy of LotR!, I have no place for food in my cupboards.

[Lindale]

Originally Posted by narfforc

I've just bought my 62nd copy of LotR!, I have no place for food in my cupboards.

Whatever do you do with that many copies, Narfforc?

[narfforc]

To be honest Lindale I have had to have my cellar converted into a library, I have also got 43 copies of The Hobbit, numerous copies of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, and over 200 other Tolkien related books, some people collect stamps or such, I collect Tolkien. Every copy has a different cover, some have drawings inside, I still can't afford a first edition set yet though.

[Lindale]

Ach, then you have the money to spend, Narfforc. I only have one copy each of all the Tolkien books I have. That is saying something, really, if you live in this wretched country, having LotR, TH, UT, Sil, Gawain, Farmer Giles & Smith, HoME I-V, and Children of Hurin. Sil, UT, and Children of Hurin I did not even buy in this country; I had my dad buy them in Europe a few years ago. Then to my dismay I saw a couple of months ago those same titles in the local bookstore, and at a cheaper price when you convert euro to peso.

[narfforc]

I bought a lot of the books on Ebay, and the Tolkien related books at Oxonmoot.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by narfforc

To be honest Lindale I have had to have my cellar converted into a library, I have also got 43 copies of The Hobbit, numerous copies of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, and over 200 other Tolkien related books, some people collect stamps or such, I collect Tolkien. Every copy has a different cover, some have drawings inside, I still can't afford a first edition set yet though.

I'll have to tell davem to tell you if he gets to hear of any more cheap sets on the grapevine, which is how he got his, from a private sale. They aren't an early impression, which is one way of getting a set a bit more cheaply - can't remember how much they were but it was less than £100. I've seen 2nd edition sets sell for a lot more than that.

Anyway, shelves of books make good house insulation, so when bills soar this winter it will have been a good investment

[narfforc]

Hi Lal, I have rescued quite a few from second-hand/charity shops. The last copy I bought was a paperback special limited edition for The Cannes Film Festival 2001, I got that from Barnado's for £2. My earliest editions are Second/Fourth Impression 1969, however I have the 1968 (First time in one volume) Hardback and Paperback. My earliest Hobbit is 1959. If I see any Tolkien book in a Charity shop, I rescue it. If I already have it then I give it away to friend.


P.S The Lord of the Grins is finished.