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Dionysus_PSI · 03-03-2007, 09:58 PM

I am a big fan of Tolkien.

You say you read them twice a year, I assume that you only read The Lord of the Rings (thus The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King.
The series is significantly bigger than that, but The Lord of the Rings is my favorite sofar. I recently bought The silmarillion but haven't gotton a chance to read it yet. (I have also Read the Hobbit several times, LOTR about five times, and parts of a few of the other books that I don't own yet).

LOTR is what first got me into fantasy in the firstplace, and I think that I am CERTINLY not the only one who that is the case for.

Tolkien put a lot of thought behind the world of 'The Lord of the Rings', including actually coming up with whole languages, cultures, descriptions of places and other parts of the world that have become serious benchmarks in all of fantasy. When people talk about 'elves', 'hobbits', 'orcs', and many other things from his universe they are offtimes either directly talking about that Tolkien wrote about, or talking about things based somehow off of Tolkien's work. It's quite astounding actually when you step back and think about it (with approperitate reference).

Anyways I think that's enough for now,
Cheers,
Steve (Dion.)

03-03-2007, 09:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dionysus_PSI Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Age: 23 Posts: 72 Rep Power: 4	I am a big fan of Tolkien. You say you read them twice a year, I assume that you only read The Lord of the Rings (thus The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King. The series is significantly bigger than that, but The Lord of the Rings is my favorite sofar. I recently bought The silmarillion but haven't gotton a chance to read it yet. (I have also Read the Hobbit several times, LOTR about five times, and parts of a few of the other books that I don't own yet). LOTR is what first got me into fantasy in the firstplace, and I think that I am CERTINLY not the only one who that is the case for. Tolkien put a lot of thought behind the world of 'The Lord of the Rings', including actually coming up with whole languages, cultures, descriptions of places and other parts of the world that have become serious benchmarks in all of fantasy. When people talk about 'elves', 'hobbits', 'orcs', and many other things from his universe they are offtimes either directly talking about that Tolkien wrote about, or talking about things based somehow off of Tolkien's work. It's quite astounding actually when you step back and think about it (with approperitate reference). Anyways I think that's enough for now, Cheers, Steve (Dion.)