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How did you discover Lord of the Rings? (self.lordoftherings)

submitted 2 years ago by Boggy to c/lordoftherings

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I feel like everyone has a special memory of how they first learned about Lord of the Rings. For me it was right around when the first movie came out. I watched it non-stop with my sisters friend’s elder sister. Anytime my sister would go over to play I’d be watching. I ultimately got the books but it was a huge undertaking for my age and never actually read it for an embarrassing long time. I did memorize the dwarvish rune alphabet in the appendix of my copy. Drove my teachers nuts writing with it.

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[–] Vench4Life 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We actually had to read The Hobbit in an AP English class (roughly a decade before the movies, not to carbon date my fossilized ass or anything). I remember being so engrossed in the story, that I went to the school library, checked out TLOTR Trinity, and burned through it in about 2 months or less. I have to say though, it's really worth reading The Silmarillian for additional context and deeper lore, if you haven't already. It's a hard read (think bible read, then followed by over a hundred pages of genealogy), but still worth it.

[–] Boggy 2 points 2 years ago

That’s super interesting because my school had it as the non “honors” book assignment. Essentially the one you had to read if they thought you’d have a heard time reading anything.