1 posted on
03/25/2014 3:56:13 AM PDT by
Perdogg
To: Aevery_Freeman; ShadowAce; Jack Hydrazine; Altariel; nuancey; Thorliveshere; skinkinthegrass; ...
2 posted on
03/25/2014 3:57:00 AM PDT by
Perdogg
(Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
To: Perdogg
I need to read the trilogy again. bttt
3 posted on
03/25/2014 4:51:16 AM PDT by
Varda
To: Perdogg
read the Hobbit and the Trilogy back in College TWICE.
I’m done.
(ps: found The Silmarillion unreadable...)
4 posted on
03/25/2014 5:11:35 AM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Perdogg
This J.R.R. Tolkien died back in 1973. I wonder what he would think of his books being so popular today and being made into movies and whatnot.
To: Perdogg
As an aside, I just read the Token, a short piece by Samual Shellabarger. Known for Prince of Foxes and Captains from Castile that were made into movies featuring Tyrone Powers. The Token was easy (simple) reading but his other stuff is pretty intricate and enjoyable. The Fox’s duel with Bayard is about as exciting as any fight scene ever written..
6 posted on
03/25/2014 5:18:54 AM PDT by
ArtDodger
To: Perdogg
The Trilogy got me through Army Basic Training. I’ve read them twice. Seems about time to crack that leather-bound copy again.
9 posted on
03/25/2014 5:56:36 AM PDT by
Makana
("Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles." -Emerson)
To: Perdogg
The Trilogy got me through Army Basic Training. I’ve read them twice. Seems about time to crack that leather-bound copy again.
10 posted on
03/25/2014 5:56:37 AM PDT by
Makana
("Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles." -Emerson)
To: Perdogg
The Trilogy got me through Army Basic Training. I’ve read them twice. Seems about time to crack that leather-bound copy again.
12 posted on
03/25/2014 6:03:58 AM PDT by
Makana
("Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles." -Emerson)
To: Perdogg
Hopefully more people will actually read the books. People who see a movie and then decide “I don’t need to read the book, I’ve seen the movie” when the movie is (loosely) based on such classics don’t know what they’re missing.
24 posted on
03/25/2014 9:37:01 PM PDT by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: Perdogg
29 posted on
03/26/2014 8:15:16 AM PDT by
BlueDragon
(You can observe a lot just by watching. Yogi Berra)
To: Perdogg
Started reading the Hobbit in Seventh grade. Didn’t make it through, but I skipped to the end. I’d seen the movie on TV. Finally got around to reading the ebook about a year ago. Fun read, if you remember it was a children’s story, unlike LotR.
34 posted on
03/26/2014 2:37:06 PM PDT by
Tanniker Smith
(Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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