LotR is one of my comfort books (see my post about that if you want to comment). I enjoy reading Tolkien followed by a Glen Cook, in the same way I enjoyed reading Zane Grey followed by a Louis L'Amor. Same genre but totally different styles, and the contrast makes me like each style even more.
As a Tolkien purist I didn't like the way a few things were handled in the movies, but approaching them from an outside viewpoint I thought the movies were very good. They captured the essence of JRRT's epic, and maybe some folks who weren't interested will pick up the books, read them, and find all the things that the movies had to leave out.
[And I would hate to reveal how many times I've read LotR since I discovered them in high school... 8^) ]
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Lord of the Rings: The novel
Date: 2006-07-06 06:12 pm (UTC)As a Tolkien purist I didn't like the way a few things were handled in the movies, but approaching them from an outside viewpoint I thought the movies were very good. They captured the essence of JRRT's epic, and maybe some folks who weren't interested will pick up the books, read them, and find all the things that the movies had to leave out.
[And I would hate to reveal how many times I've read LotR since I discovered them in high school... 8^) ]