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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

I was pleasantly impressed with the movies.  With few
exceptions they stayed very close to the book.  One of
the things they did leave out of the movie was the
visit with Tom Bombadill.  I think that alone is a
reason to read the books.
   I am not a "Tolkeinist" or whatever you might call
an extreme fan, but I do think that The Lord of the
Rings is probably the best work of fiction ever
written.  I envy those who can look forward to reading
it for the first time.
Oh. don't forgot "The Hobbit", "Farmer Jiles of Hamm"
and the "Father Christmas Letters".

 

--- Bevanron <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Gene, that might be good enough for the kids next
> door, but you are a
> writer yourself....movies don't count, you have to
> read the books!!
> There is so much more to Tolkien than meets the
> eye...his writing
> embodies what homesteaders dream of-a simple
> lifestyle of self
> sufficient living in a slower paced world.  Oh, to
> live in the Shire.... ;)
> The man was a genius.
> I do recall being shocked years ago that you had not
> read his work-would
> have thought by now you would have found that round
> tuit-Mr. Ideal
> Country Home..<g>
> So get your bumpy butt off that backhoe and read The
> Fellowship of the
> Ring! ;)
> 
> Ent Bev