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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7547253" data-attributes="member: 16814">Tolkien isn't old enough for this.&nbsp; Still using modern English.&nbsp; You might find a word or two, or a phrase to be odd, but not difficult to understand.&nbsp; Now, Tolkien's naming and places can certainly cause difficulty in reading.Exactly. I literally have ADHD, and even when I'm not in &quot;hyper-focus&quot; mode, I can usually read just fine if the book engages me. Even when I was young, and my ADHD was worse, and more &quot;lack of attention span&quot; vs my older &quot;hyper-attention and crap executive function&quot; ADHD, I read LoTR no problem, but couldn't get through some of the much simpler books people got for me, because I can't keep reading something that bores me. IMO, Shakespeare is worth learning the language, because a lot of the depth of the work is lost in translation, but I would support a modern abridged version of LoTR, perhaps written by Guy Kay and another linguistically gifted modern fantasy author. I doubt it would ever happen, even if the Tolkien Estate was down for it, though. Even with Kay being the guy who helped Chris Tolkien write the Silmarillion.</blockquote>How odd that you'd support a stripped down, story-focused version of LotR while you defend that the lengthy descriptions are part of it's being a great novel.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7547253, member: 16814"] Tolkien isn't old enough for this. Still using modern English. You might find a word or two, or a phrase to be odd, but not difficult to understand. Now, Tolkien's naming and places can certainly cause difficulty in reading. Exactly. I literally have ADHD, and even when I'm not in "hyper-focus" mode, I can usually read just fine if the book engages me. Even when I was young, and my ADHD was worse, and more "lack of attention span" vs my older "hyper-attention and crap executive function" ADHD, I read LoTR no problem, but couldn't get through some of the much simpler books people got for me, because I can't keep reading something that bores me. IMO, Shakespeare is worth learning the language, because a lot of the depth of the work is lost in translation, but I would support a modern abridged version of LoTR, perhaps written by Guy Kay and another linguistically gifted modern fantasy author. I doubt it would ever happen, even if the Tolkien Estate was down for it, though. Even with Kay being the guy who helped Chris Tolkien write the Silmarillion.[/QUOTE] How odd that you'd support a stripped down, story-focused version of LotR while you defend that the lengthy descriptions are part of it's being a great novel. [/QUOTE]

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