I’d agree that all those books were good. But I thought that the Hobbit was written for a lower age group of reader. The LOTR trilogy was to me more adult.
Hmmm… I read all four of those Tolkien books when I was a teenager in the late seventies and early eighties. Honestly can’t remember much about them, but I will say that the three LOTR movies were entertaining. I haven’t seen The Hobbit, though. I am not too interested in seeing that one, but my sister really enjoyed it.…Not everyone likes the same stuff. How boring that would be.
There’s a lot of truth to that. Tolkien had submitted what he had several times over 20 years for publication, knowing that it was nowhere near ready. He must have been hoping that an acceptance would spur him on. But he spent his life tinkering with the details and could never bring it all together as he’d like. So son Christopher was faced with the daunting task of assembling decades of different drafts, overviews, outlines and whatnot- some of it very hard to read, (his father’s handwriting got worse the faster he wrote.)
Tog over 11 years ago
I hope they never make a movie of the Silmarrilion. That was tedious in the extreme.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
some people think that the twilight series was long and boring, and same goes for the hunger games.
Olddog1 over 11 years ago
My memory of the early 70s is fading, but I thought The Hobbit was shorter than any of the Ring trilogy. I’ll leave boring up to others.
rshive over 11 years ago
I’d agree that all those books were good. But I thought that the Hobbit was written for a lower age group of reader. The LOTR trilogy was to me more adult.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
another boring book, Odysseus by james joyce. that and any business management book, especially six sigma.
invertedyesterday over 11 years ago
Hmmm… I read all four of those Tolkien books when I was a teenager in the late seventies and early eighties. Honestly can’t remember much about them, but I will say that the three LOTR movies were entertaining. I haven’t seen The Hobbit, though. I am not too interested in seeing that one, but my sister really enjoyed it.…Not everyone likes the same stuff. How boring that would be.
johnzakour Premium Member over 11 years ago
Okay, I’m coming clean here. I STILL haven’t seen the Hobbit….
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 11 years ago
There’s a lot of truth to that. Tolkien had submitted what he had several times over 20 years for publication, knowing that it was nowhere near ready. He must have been hoping that an acceptance would spur him on. But he spent his life tinkering with the details and could never bring it all together as he’d like. So son Christopher was faced with the daunting task of assembling decades of different drafts, overviews, outlines and whatnot- some of it very hard to read, (his father’s handwriting got worse the faster he wrote.)
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 11 years ago
Some say it reads like the Bible.