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.

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    1 year ago

    I was loaned a copy of the Hobbit by a classmate. Within a few days I’d finished it & found LOTR in the library. Those books absolutely changed my approach to reading as I could not put them down. I still have copies of the Silmarillion, Tales of Middle Earth, The Hobbit & LOTR. I’d later watch the movies but they didn’t do much for me even if they were good. I feel like the book is a much more immersive, complete experience IMO.

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      1 year ago

      Very fair! Total agreement on how immersive the books are. I think the movies are very, very good. Maybe excellent adaptations, but the books have a lot going for them too.