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I first read The Hobbit in 8th grade, when I guess I was around 13 and read LOTR immediately after. I read the SIL when the paperback was first published in the USA (yes I'm old). I bought The Unfinished Tales when it was first published also.
I've been buying the Tolkiencalendars since the 70's (still have them) with the Hildenbrandt Brothers and Lee and Howe. My son still buys me one every Christmas.
I probably read LOTR over 25 times (lost count) and pick it up to read favorite passages here and there countless times. Like Gilgaearel, I saw the animated film in the movie theater!!!
I first read The Hobbit in 8th grade, when I guess I was around 13 and read LOTR immediately after. I read the SIL when the paperback was first published in the USA (yes I'm old). I bought The Unfinished Tales when it was first published also.
I've been buying the Tolkiencalendars since the 70's (still have them) with the Hildenbrandt Brothers and Lee and Howe. My son still buys me one every Christmas.
I probably read LOTR over 25 times (lost count) and pick it up to read favorite passages here and there countless times. Like Gilgaearel, I saw the animated film in the movie theater!!!
Sounds like a familiar story.
Except I didn't see the Bakshi film until it was on DVD. Also I buy my own calendars. I do have every year since I bought my first one around '72 or '73.
Barliman, I even have the old LOTR board game that was based on the movie!!!
I bought "The Letters of JRR Tokien" that was in perfect condition at a garage sale many years before word of the movies came out for about 50 cents! I felt like I discovered a treasure!
I also bought the BBC rendition of cassette tapes of their radio broadcast of LOTR many, many years ago. Ian Holmes played Frodo, and when I saw that he was cast as Bilbo in the movies I thought it was a great choice.
Sorry, getting a bit away from the topic at hand.
I remember after I first read The Hobbit, my friend told me that she found more books about hobbits. I asked if Bilbo was in it, and she said he was for a bit, but it was about his nephew/cousin. I sounded disappointed, but she assured me that I would love Frodo just as much if not more.
It was SO long ago. I think 13/14 for The Hobbit, 15/16 for LOTR, and after a few re-reads of those two, about 36/37 when I read the Silmarillion - and THAT was close to 20 years ago!