Roverandom

[Aiwendil2]

I rather enjoyed it. Not thrilling reading, but good for a nice quiet afternoon with a cup of tea and a Mozart symphony.

 

[Ithrynluin]

I think I see your point.I'll definitely try it once again.

 

[Ice Man]

I bought it this week, but I still didn't read it.

 

[Finduilas]

I read it and I think that if you try to consider it more carefully there are many surprising facts and 'discovers' that we can make.(like the ones C.T. does )
Anyway,I did enjoy it,I read it within a day.

 

[33Peregrin]

I had it on hold at the Library, and finally got to read it yesterday. I found it very enjoying. It is a great story. Tolkien has a great sense of humor and enchantment. I love Roverandom. I find it captivating in the same way as the Hobbit, but not nearly as much........ if you take my meaning.... It's a wonderful children's story.

 

[33Peregrin]

I always thought it would be fun to listen to stuff like that before going to sleep again, like when I was four! Tolkien stories are great bedtime stories. I just got the Roverandom tapes from the library, I can listen to them tonight! He He He!!! This will be so fun!!

 

[Finduilas]

I always thought it would be fun to listen to stuff like that before going to sleep again, like when I was four! Tolkien stories are great bedtime stories. I just got the Roverandom tapes from the library, I can listen to them tonight! He He He!!! This will be so fun!!

I'm sure it is great fun to listen to it as a bedtime story.However, I do not have the ability to buy it on a cassette .
Nevertheless, I think that we should not only consider it as a 'stupid ' fairy tell, but as a less-related part of an entire history.

 

[Niniel]

I read it last week. It was quite fun to read; I don't really like 'children's stories' but it was intresting to see that there were themes in it that were to emerge later in the Sil and LOTR (as Walter said). As if you really don't like it, it takes about one hour to read, so you don't lose much time over it.

 

[FoolOfATook]

The Man-in-the-Moon shot the spell up out of a lower window, and hit the dragon splosh on the stomach (where all dragons are peculiarily tender0, and knocked him crank-sideways.

-Roverandom, page 35

Perhaps a precursor to Smaug, and his achilles' heel?

 

[Elendil3119]

I read Roverandom a few weeks ago, and I was impressed once again by Tolkien's literary genius. This book is not simply a childrens' fairytale. Anyone who enjoyed The Hobbit will find this book a delight to read. In fact, I almost like it more than The Hobbit. However, The Hobbit is more related to Middle-earth, so I still prefer it over Roverandom.

 

[Eliot]

I very much agree with Elendil. It's a great childrens' story. I really liked it. I'm sure, as some you have already said, that it's a great bedtime story for young children. It's a nice little fairy-tale.

 

[Arvedui]

I enjoyed Roverandom a lot.
I don't know which editions all of you have read, but mine is from 2002, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.
I loved all those little detailes that later turned up in 'The Hobbit.'
And I loved the setting and the mood of the book, especially in the 'Valley of Happy Dreamers.'

 

[Eliot]

Originally posted by Arvedui
I don't know which editions all of you have read, but mine is from 2002, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.

I also read that edition. I enjoyed it.

 

[klugiglugus]

The book is alot like the Hobbit.

 

[Eliot]

Originally posted by klugiglugus
The book is alot like the Hobbit.

Yeah, I guess in various ways.

 

[king theoden]

I loved it.It is a good book.

 

[Morfea]

I just loved Roverandom..I read it in like one breath..soo interesting..a bit funny and childish, but soo wonderful..the best part was when he went underwater..it is described so real..WOW..and the part when se sees another world..possibly Middle-earth?

 

[Aulë]

No- that was Valinor

 

[JeanCat13]

I thought this book was great for a little light reading! I hate reading serious books allllll the time. Wouldn't it be great if we all had dads to make as stories when we lost our dog! Don't get me wrong, I have a great dad who loves to read but.....well you know what I mean.

I really have to give props to Tolkien for writing this because it seems as we get older we have less imagination. Our heads are getting packed with so many useless facts and figures that the world has little time for daydreaming. And with so much tv these days we don't always think for ourselves. For example....it can be all cloudy and gray outside but we all know someone who has to turn on the weather channel to see if it is going to rain.......um, duh! Anyway....totally off subject!

GREAT BOOK! PROP TO TOLKIEN

 

[Tengai]

I read it in italian and i'm thinking to buy the original english version.
A little story, a big dream.
I love this book