Last night I was dreaming of LotR. Working too hard you might say - but I
am curious to hear what you all actually thought of the book. To me it has
a sort of phyrric victory for the good guys in the book, especially the
major characters. I personally love hobbits/halflings - having played some
in RPGs (Cherry the arsonist in a Hero campaign based on a chatty Indiana
Jones - whip and all) - and so this helped me think of their societies
structure and everything else to do with their way of life.
I found the swamp thing boring, boring, boring. Having read the book a few
times now (I think 4 or five but lose track as I read a LOT), it has not
lost it's charm - and rightly so. If I has some spare time then I think I
would read it again as it has been a few years since I read it last. (The
only other book other than the Hobbit, worth reading really for
story-telling is the Silmarillion IMHO).
When Frodo comes home, and is totally ignored the most poignant part of the
book for me - although Gollum is fun as well.
Well back to work,
Clint