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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/650959

I feel like everyone has a special memory of how they first learned about Lord of the Rings. For me it was right around when the first movie came out. I watched it non-stop with my sisters friend’s elder sister. Anytime my sister would go over to play I’d be watching. I ultimately got the books but it was a huge undertaking for my age and never actually read it for an embarrassing long time. I did memorize the dwarvish rune alphabet in the appendix of my copy. Drove my teachers nuts writing with it.

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[–] W6KME@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My mom was part of that hippie generation that gave LOTR its first taste of success. I read her copies about 1970 or so. That generation of fandom was quite different from what there is today. Now we've got volume after volume of additional information and stories and wonderfulness, but back then there was LOTR, The Hobbit, and some scholarly works. We couldn't even be baffled by the Silmarilion yet!

[–] ahimsabjorn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good example of how the generational experience of LotR can be different. I think our parents had similar experiences.