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<blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 7490031" data-attributes="member: 6855204">Tolkien was my first foray into fantasy.&nbsp; My dad didn't read a lot.&nbsp; He's brilliant, but he reads too slowly to get much enjoyment out of reading fiction.&nbsp; But when he and my mom were first married, they read The Lord of the Rings together, he reading it out loud to her. I remember him reading The Hobbit to me and my sister as kids, doing voices for all the different characters.&nbsp; Then was the cartoon, which I barely remember, but which continued The Lord of the Rings to me.&nbsp; I read The Hobbit for the first time at the age of 12.&nbsp; I chose it as one of my book reports for school.&nbsp; It was fascinating.&nbsp; When the movies started to come out, I was 14, and so I read about half of Fellowship before the movie came out.&nbsp; I was bad and went ahead and saw the movie before finishing the book.&nbsp; Needless to say, Fantasy became my genre at that point.&nbsp; Everything about it resonated with me.&nbsp; After the movie, I dove back into the book, having lost no enjoyment from having the first book spoiled.&nbsp; Over the course of the next year, I got through both Two Towers and Return of the King. This was my first real foray into adult fiction, so it took me a while to get through it all, but I loved it.&nbsp; Yeah, it's a hard read at times.&nbsp; Tolkien was a master world builder, character builder, and storyteller, but his writing as more verbose than current audiences can handle, I think.&nbsp; We all want action action action save the details give me the action!&nbsp; But those books personified my coming of age years.&nbsp; By the time the final movie was released, I was writing my own fantasy books.&nbsp; I've completed three of them.&nbsp; I've read other authors.&nbsp; I like many other authors.&nbsp; But Tolkien started it all for me.&nbsp; And I could watch those movies a thousand times and they never get old.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tglassy, post: 7490031, member: 6855204"] Tolkien was my first foray into fantasy. My dad didn't read a lot. He's brilliant, but he reads too slowly to get much enjoyment out of reading fiction. But when he and my mom were first married, they read The Lord of the Rings together, he reading it out loud to her. I remember him reading The Hobbit to me and my sister as kids, doing voices for all the different characters. Then was the cartoon, which I barely remember, but which continued The Lord of the Rings to me. I read The Hobbit for the first time at the age of 12. I chose it as one of my book reports for school. It was fascinating. When the movies started to come out, I was 14, and so I read about half of Fellowship before the movie came out. I was bad and went ahead and saw the movie before finishing the book. Needless to say, Fantasy became my genre at that point. Everything about it resonated with me. After the movie, I dove back into the book, having lost no enjoyment from having the first book spoiled. Over the course of the next year, I got through both Two Towers and Return of the King. This was my first real foray into adult fiction, so it took me a while to get through it all, but I loved it. Yeah, it's a hard read at times. Tolkien was a master world builder, character builder, and storyteller, but his writing as more verbose than current audiences can handle, I think. We all want action action action save the details give me the action! But those books personified my coming of age years. By the time the final movie was released, I was writing my own fantasy books. I've completed three of them. I've read other authors. I like many other authors. But Tolkien started it all for me. And I could watch those movies a thousand times and they never get old. [/QUOTE]

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