Atom Hues
Super Freak
I like my nose, even if it is big.
I jest, A)because many STAR WARS fans ARE the poster children for intolerant thought on message boards at times and 2) because my own nose is small and feeble. I have proboscis envy.
HOBBIT CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I jest, A)because many STAR WARS fans ARE the poster children for intolerant thought on message boards at times and 2) because my own nose is small and feeble. I have proboscis envy.
Captain Faramir
Super Freak
That's funny, I've always wished mine were smaller (it's that big Inca nose I inherited). Go figure. 
Atom Hues
Super Freak
As for reading The Hobbit.... back in 2001, when Fellowship trailers were hitting theaters, a lot of my friends who had never read any Tolkien asked me if they should read the books.
While my heart wanted to answer "You betcha, grasshopper!", my mouth always said "Read The Hobbit first. It's less dense than LOTR, and if you finish it hungering for me, have at Fellowship of the Ring."
The Hobbit is definitely a children's book, but only if the children in question have a lot on the ball.
Enjoy!
While my heart wanted to answer "You betcha, grasshopper!", my mouth always said "Read The Hobbit first. It's less dense than LOTR, and if you finish it hungering for me, have at Fellowship of the Ring."
The Hobbit is definitely a children's book, but only if the children in question have a lot on the ball.
Enjoy!
Atom Hues
Super Freak
That's funny, I've always wished mine were smaller (it's that big Inca nose I inherited). Go figure.
See, now. I was joking with the David Wenham-ness of your avatar, to make a fun point about how much we STAR WARS fans need decaf coffee. I had no idea you actually had a big Inca nose when not on the Internet. My apologies.
Captain Faramir
Super Freak
Well said. I read LOTR long before The Hobbit, which may be why I like them more (I was around 11 or 12 at the time). I was actually reading The Silmarillion for like the seventh time when I finally realized that The Hobbit was part of LOTR (mind you, I was 13 so I wasn't very bright and didn't make the connection ). Anyway I liked it but always felt it was too simple; only lately have I begun to find the deeper nuances within it. But yes, I would recommend to everybody the same--read The Hobbit first. Unless you're into the profound and the wordy, like me. 
). Anyway I liked it but always felt it was too simple; only lately have I begun to find the deeper nuances within it. But yes, I would recommend to everybody the same--read The Hobbit first. Unless you're into the profound and the wordy, like me.
Captain Faramir
Super Freak
No worries, it's not an issue at all, and don't worry--I caught your humor at the first pitch. Believe it or not, the Captain actually has a sense of humor, and I can play around when I want to. And no, my nose isn't really big--it's just pretty big. 
Atom Hues
Super Freak
You are neither a bounder nor a cad, sir! Look at the lively (yet civil) discussion you sparked! And from a certain point of view, wikipedia was right this time. Who knew?
The six words that are anathema to all OT STAR WARS fans.
"From a certain point of view"
Captain Faramir
Super Freak
Atom Hues
Super Freak
Also, for the blind, the illiterate, and the lazy, there's Rankin/Bass' animated The Hobbit.
Oh, laugh if you will, but it got me to read the books.
Unlike my cousin, who read the books because of a bunch of Led Zeppelin songs.
Oh, laugh if you will, but it got me to read the books.
Unlike my cousin, who read the books because of a bunch of Led Zeppelin songs.
p!tu
Shiz-lakin-a-craka-lakin™
Its all good! you know more than i do about all this! But after im done reading hopefully ill be able to talk about that White council and other crap!
RoboDad
Super Freak
I was also very lucky. The friend who "turned me on" to Tolkien insisted that I read The Hobbit first. I can't imagine anyone experiencing it any other way now.
Anzik
Super Freak
My brother Jim is 13 years older than me so when I was about two he nicknamed me Hobbit. I think I was about ten or eleven when I first read it... which means...
Three decades of Tolkein fandom for me. I'm old.
It also led me into a few years of Dungeons and Dragons to which my friends would always take issue with me when i would insist Tolkein's definitions superseded the D&D definitions.
Three decades of Tolkein fandom for me. I'm old.
It also led me into a few years of Dungeons and Dragons to which my friends would always take issue with me when i would insist Tolkein's definitions superseded the D&D definitions.
Yeah, It really does add to the whole experience reading The Hobbit first.
Captain Faramir
Super Freak
My introduction to Tolkien was kind of funny, actually. In elementary school we went to a performance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center of music based on Lord of the Rings with some guy from the original Star Trek series giving readings from the book while they projected clips from the animated movies on a big screen. Needless to say, it was weird. Still, it introduced me to Gandalf, the only character I remembered besides those freaky "ringwraiths" as they dared call them. While Gandalf became a hero of mine, the rest of the story slipped into anonymity for another year or two.
Only later did I find the books in our family's bookshelves (not surprising as we have more than 5,000 books at home) and decide to read it--but I didn't make the connection between the books and my first introduction because they were so different! Needless to say I was hooked, mainly because of how much I loved Gandalf, and then, Faramir. I then looked for The Silmarillion, and finally after a couple of years, I got to The Hobbit. All this started when I was about twelve, so it's been another twelve years since then. Fortunately my favorite thing in the world has always been studying and learning, so though I'm still a young whipper-snapper I can at least hold my own in a good ol' Tolkien discussion.
Only later did I find the books in our family's bookshelves (not surprising as we have more than 5,000 books at home) and decide to read it--but I didn't make the connection between the books and my first introduction because they were so different! Needless to say I was hooked, mainly because of how much I loved Gandalf, and then, Faramir. I then looked for The Silmarillion, and finally after a couple of years, I got to The Hobbit. All this started when I was about twelve, so it's been another twelve years since then. Fortunately my favorite thing in the world has always been studying and learning, so though I'm still a young whipper-snapper I can at least hold my own in a good ol' Tolkien discussion.
Anzik
Super Freak
Back in the late 80s my brothers and I went to a puppet show at the Annenberg center at the university of Pennsylvania, of the LOTR. It was a stage production with life sized puppets and the weathertop scene was absolutely chilling.
Fritz
My muse is a fickle b**ch
The Gnome by Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd was originally about Bilbo Baggins. 
Fritz
My muse is a fickle b**ch
Let's not forget about the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
Anzik
Super Freak
Let me take this opportunity to say Timothy Leary was wrong!! Acid is very, very bad.
