Have you read any of the Lord of the Rings books?

[Ham_authority95]

Just wondering if any of my fellow escapists have read any of the Lord of the Rings books(or any of Tolkien's work) and if so did you enjoy it?

I just started The Fellowship of the Ring yesterday and I thinks its great so far
your turn

 

[TheZapper]

I read all 3 of them and enjoyed them, although I remember not liking certain parts of the Two Towers.

 

[HT_Black]

Yes-- I read all three back-to-back.

When I was nine years old.

And I understood it perfectly.

I spent the next year trying to acquire a copy of The Quinta Silmarillion. I understood that too.

They were a good series.

 

[Professor Cubbage]

I have read the Hobbit, the LOTR trilogy and the Silmarillion. Definetly some of the best books I've ever read.

 

[Tekyro]

Funnily enough, I'm part of the way through The Two Towers.

Also, death to anyone who calls Lord of the Rings a trilogy. They are three books, yes, but were originally one volume.

 

[cieply]

I read all 3 like three times.
I read the hobbit 3 times.
Never got my hands on silmarillion as I heard it was more of a middle earth history book.

Anyway I think around 90% of people here read this, it's a good, popular book.

I would be more interested if someone read all dune books ;p

 

[Dingbat]

I've read the LOTR trilogy and most of Silmarillion. I recon I better start over with Silmarillion, because it's a bit harder than LOTR in the translation and language (I'm danish so...). I'd also really want to read the Hobbit.

 

[Professor Cubbage]

Funnily enough, I'm part of the way through The Two Towers.

Also, death to anyone who calls Lord of the Rings a trilogy.

Woops, my bad.

 

[Ham_authority95]

Funnily enough, I'm part of the way through The Two Towers.

Also, death to anyone who calls Lord of the Rings a trilogy.

Woops, my bad.

Nice

 

[Wayte]

Read all 3 and The Hobbit, best reading I've had ever.
Also one of the few movies-based-on-books that weren't made of fail and AIDs.

 

[Tekyro]

Funnily enough, I'm part of the way through The Two Towers.

Also, death to anyone who calls Lord of the Rings a trilogy.

Woops, my bad.

I'll let you away with it this time, but I have my eye on you, young/middle-aged/old sir/transvestite/madam. (delete as appropriate)

 

[teijakool]

LOTR three times, hobbit, silmarillion, news from middleearth, and the book of untold tales. Also, but not quite default "read", the maps of middleearth.

And I read them before the movies were even planned. Hooray Old-school. :>

 

[AgentNein]

Overall pretty uneven and bloated series in my opinion. Not to get flamed, it just didn't do much for me. Plus everybody rips off his goddamned mythology, which really bugs me (although that is of course not his fault).

 

[Aesir23]

I read the Lord of the Rings and loved it. I've also read The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

Overall pretty uneven and bloated series in my opinion. Not to get flamed, it just didn't do much for me. Plus everybody rips off his goddamned mythology, which really bugs me (although that is of course not his fault).

Actually, some of his mythology (certain races), come from default fantasy mythology. Halflings already existed in fantasy, but he gave them a new name and put a new spin on them.

Uruk-Hai are completely his as far as I know. But orcs and goblins are once again part of default fantasy mythology.

 

[MBergman]

Yup, read the thre books and The Hobbit, actually enjoyed The Hobbit more than the other ones.

 

[Beardon65]

reeding iz 4 n00bz

JK, but no. Why read the book when you have the movies and the game?

 

[Soxafloppin]

ive read 'The Hobbit' i really liked it. I havent bothered with the LOTR's though.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Read the first one.

Twas pretty good, except some parts where confusing.

 

[Samcanuck]

I read all 3 and the hobbit when I heard fellowship was coming out.

It ruined those movies for me.
(it also can get boring as shit in the third book when the whole detail of the Shire trees thing comes back, only in a different locations. Perhaps I shouldn't have read them in succesion).