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TH: When was the first time you read it ?
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Dec 12, 2012 09:26AM
Uh, maybe I was 7/8.. Long time ago anyway.. It was hard to read it at first, but then i got really hooked, and didn't want it to finish. It became my favourite book and I read it again few times in the next two years.. :) I'm glad it happended while I was so young because it really flared my imagination.
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I was 12 (1977) and I had just transferred to a new school. Students had to form "states" based on where we were sitting in the classroom - I joined a small "state" called "Rivendell" with two girls - Kim and Allegra. I asked about the name . . . ended up reading The Hobbit, etc.
I read The Hobbit when I was 10 back in 1992. I had received the LotR trilogy for Christmas, but was told that The Hobbit came first, so I waited. I did not wait long. I remember finishing in just a few days and then jumping immediately into Fellowship of the Ring. I actually got in trouble at school cause I would read in class and completely ignore everything else. This trend continued all through high school and I regret nothing.
First time I read the book was back when Fellowship of the Ring was hitting the theaters, sad to say.
Back in 1974 in HS when I received the Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy as a gift.
My first introduction to the Hobbit was the cartoon movie which I happened to see one day at Blockbuster and thought sounded interesting. I really enjoyed it. At the end of the movie, it suggested other movies I might like. One of the was The Return of the King. Not knowing that it was the 3rd part of a trilogy, I rented it and became thoroughly confused as to what was happening.Fast forward a few years. I'm in 7th grade, and there's a new movie coming out: The Fellowship of the Ring. I discovered that this movie is related to those movies I watched, and I decide I must see it. But wait! They're based on books! I was initially planning on just reading FOTR before the movie came out, but my mother made me read the Hobbit first. I was mad that she did because I didn't want to wait that long to see the movie, but I did as I was told. I'm definitely glad now that I read it, but not necessarily happy that I was forced to read it then. FOTR was in the dollar theatre by the time I finished reading The Hobbit and FOTR.
I read the book when I as extremely young. I'm completely overwhelmed at work, so the audio audition is just fabulous. I'm 50% through the Unabridged version in a 3 days, just listening when I can! It's even better this time around. So glad I'm "re-reading" before I see the movie. Very excited, and a great choice for the month.
I read The Lord Of The Rings when I was 12 and while I loved it, I found parts of it a little confusing. I read the Hobbit a couple years later hoping to clear some things up. I enjoyed it but not as much as Lord of the Rings because it was more of a children's book.
I read it the year before FOTR came out. I was in college
First time I read this novel was in fourth grade.My dad didn't want me to waste my money on another book order, though every time I got a book from a book order it was quickly devoured.
I ended up scraping all my hard earned couch money together as we'll as the few dollars I had left from my money I received from doing chores. The next day I went to school and against my Dad's wishes I purchased the book.
So I guess you could say that my want to read this book lead to my first rebellion at a young age. However, it was totally worth it!
It would have been about 1969, when I was a young man in the Army. I immediately when on to read TLODR.
As a seven year old. I picked up an old dustjacket copy from my parent's bookshelf as a book to read with my parents (as practice for learning). I'd already read The Chronicles of Narnia as a kid and loved fairytale stories. So the picture of a dragon on the cover interested me. I fell in love with the story and have probably read it ten or so times to date. I've lost count really...
I read it in the summer of 2002
Hmm not as long ago as it might have been. I only really got into fantasy later on, although I did love the narnia books. I suppose maybe 10 years ago which still makes the late 20s
I was in middle-school when my brother-in-law gave me a box set of The Hobbit and LOTR. We always played chess at family gatherings. He was one of those "cool adults" I'm sure we all have known at some point.Christine wrote: "My first introduction to the Hobbit was the cartoon movie which I happened to see one day at Blockbuster and thought sounded interesting. I really enjoyed it. At the end of the movie, it suggested ..."
I think that story is great -- your mother not letting you see FOTR until you've read the book! Too funny, but cool.
If my memory serve me well that would be early 90's, probably between 1990-1991. I do remember I read trilogy first and then Hobbit and it was my first voyage through the world of epic fantasy.
I read The Hobbit and the rest of the LOTR series back in high school...so around 93, 94. I've been wanting to re-read it for awhile. I got the e-book versions for Christmas.
When I was in the fifth grade, which would have been in the mid-90s. I just finished my latest read through this evening.
I was a freshman in high school and the lust of my life at the time was reading it, so I wanted to make it look like we had something in common and I picked it up. Lost interest in her soon enough as she was replaced by someone with bigger Hooters, but I'll always have her to thanks for turning me on to Tolkien.
I read it in the fifth grade and my teacher let me read the last pages during class (extra cool points for her!)
I think I was about 12 when I first read it.
I read it in high school. I was embarrassed that I was reading a kid's book, so I hid the thing in my lunch bags. Funny. Being embarrassed about what you read is silly.
When I was 13 or 14 .... so 17 or 18 years ago.Only read it twice ever last time was about 10 years ago maybe a little more. Like Thomas I've read LoTR more.
