Yes, to all that - smiles.
I first read it in school.
Indeed, Tolkien brought another world to life in a way I had never experienced before, and I was a reader, from a family of them ;)
Thank you again, for the memories, FRiend.
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Yeah, reading... I don’t remember when I learned, by 4 I was reading fluently. Lived in the library.
Animal Farm, Brave New World and 1984 were required reading for the "hippy generation".
I thought they were warnings, but the hippys (who are now in control) are using them as a blueprint.