Well worth reading. I find The Hobbit delightful, and have read it through many times. TLOTR is a children's tale that grew up and, to some extent, grew out of its genre clothing; it's essentially an ancient epic in the form of a fantasy novel, but (thank God!) written by someone with very deep roots indeed in ancient Western epic. So I find that much of it drags, these sections saved by the author's descriptive imagination and his language. So, I skim, and do so without embarrassment. Am currently skimming through it again, for the 50th time or so. I've got the trilogy on Kindle, as also The Hobbit.
The movies were, unusual for Hollywood (look at the Narnia travesties) kept close to the books and well done, but the books are better. Patrick Moore, who has read the Narnia series even more times (starting when my father began to read them, just published, to us children circa age 5, 4, 2, and -- well, Peter wasn't born yet). On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Coal Bee Rye Anne < lionsrugbyalu...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > Regarding LOTR... I'm a bit ashamed to admit I have not read the trilogy. > I've read the Hobbit several times and always intended to complete the > trilogy but simply never made it a priority for no particular reason. That > will soon change since I've finally bought the set (the hardcover copies > Riv was selling last year) and they are slowly moving up on the to-do > list. I always wanted but hesitated to buy myself copies since most I've > seen anytime the thought occurred while at store had the film covers vs. > the illustrated copies Riv had and I strongly prefer illustrated for my own > book collection. I was very pleased to see Riv selling them when I was > placing an order for other items and added to the cart. > > I personally enjoyed the films but never felt the need to purchase the > dvds for regular viewing. Last year I did have my own Hobbit and LOTR > movie marathon while my wife was out of town for a few days, however. At > the time I hadn't re-watched the LOTR films since initial release and had > not yet seen the Hobbit so I watched them all in order over the better part > of a week and borrowed from the local library. Obviously, I could have > also borrowed the books at any time but always thought I'd just buy them > eventually. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
