Oh, you’ve “read the books” have you? Call me back when you read them every year. And when you’ve read the Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth. And when you browse through the History of Middle-Earth for fun. https://twitter.com/boethiu5/status/1081030906222133248 …
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Call me when you’ve read and re-read and re-re-read On Fairy-Stories. When you’ve read the minor works, like Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. When you’ve read the editions of various stories and poems presented by Christopher Tolkien or Verlyn Flieger.
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“I’m a diehard fan.” “I’ve read the books.” Please, son. You are like little baby. Immerse yourself in the Professor’s legendarium for a decade or so and then maybe, just maybe, you can come and share your opinion on Tom Bombadil with me.
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Is now a bad time to confess that I stopped reading after Fellowship because I found the books too insufferably cheerful?
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Saw the films first... expected something totally different.
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I had never heard of Tolkien before the films. Honest.
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Same. I’ve been seriously considering properly reading the books now that I don’t have preconceived expectations of gritty brutality. I think that was just too shocking the first time around.
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