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Title: Question for LotR fans
Post by: Riki on January 11, 2013, 08:57:09 PM: I posed this question on Twitter, but only got one response.. I'd like to get a consensus.. *G*

I got The Hobbit and the 3 LotR books for Christmas, and I want to know which I should read first. I'm not sure if there's any order I should read them in to understand everything, so I'm looking for direction.. *G*
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: Bill Peckham on January 11, 2013, 09:08:46 PM: I'd read the Hobbit first. It comes first chronologically and I think the LOTR is, well, better but I still enjoy the Hobbit. I think if you read it first you won't be least bit disappointed with the LOTR but if you read LOTR first you might be a bit disappointed in the Hobbit.
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM: If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR. It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly.
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: Bill Peckham on January 11, 2013, 10:00:59 PM: Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM
If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR. It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly.
The first hundred pages are rough
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 10:02:12 PM: Quote from: Bill Peckham on January 11, 2013, 10:00:59 PM
Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM
If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR. It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly.
The first hundred pages are rough

So true, especially when you're only 13.
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: Lexxtech18 on January 11, 2013, 11:19:59 PM: The Hobbit
Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King

:yahoo;
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: CebuShan on January 12, 2013, 10:25:18 AM: Definitely read The Hobbit first.
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: Riki on January 12, 2013, 12:51:10 PM: Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 10:02:12 PM
Quote from: Bill Peckham on January 11, 2013, 10:00:59 PM
Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM
If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR. It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly.
The first hundred pages are rough

So true, especially when you're only 13.

I haven't been 13 in 20 years.. *LOL*
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: MooseMom on January 12, 2013, 04:01:04 PM: Seems like only yesterday, I was 13. :'(
Title: Re: Question for LotR fans
Post by: Riki on January 12, 2013, 06:05:57 PM: When people ask my age, I tell them that I've been 12 for 22 years... let them figure it out.. *G*