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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

It has to be the right time for someone to read Tolkien.  I didn't read them 
when everyone else was obsessed with them (high school) and I'm not sure I 
could read them now.  I did enjoy the Hobbit when I was in my mid-20s.

However, I have the 3 book set, the Hobbit and another one, all first 
editions that my mother gave me.  They are an excellent little savings 
account <g>

Lynda, who will now probably be hunted down by Tolkien fans <g>
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>

> Now, Wonder Woman, that depends on whether you seek entertainment or
> immersion into a writer's vision. Actually, having read a bit about
> Tolkien, I doubt the books would keep my interest. I find fantasy
> akin to spirituality; some speaks to me and some doesn't. Beyond
> spirituality, Tolkien was religious. That url I referenced in my last
> post included this: 'The Lord of the Rings' is of course a
> fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first,
> but consciously in the revision," Tolkien wrote in a letter in 1953
> to Robert Murray, a Jesuit priest.
>
> Should I ever choose to spend a couple days of my precious time to
> read JRRT I have his books nearly at hand; nearby friends are as
> enamored of him as you. They call their place Hobbitwoods. But they
> have normal feet.