cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/650959
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.
I’m glad to hear you have such an affinity for The Hobbit. It seems like most prefer LotR books and I may be in that camp, but The Hobbit does have glimmer to its own.