Your Tolkien story sounds a lot like mine. I was assigned to read Tolkien in school in the 5th (The Hobbit) and 6th grades (FotR), which had the unfortunate effect of making them "school books," which I was relatively late in realizing I was allowed to like. ;) For that reason, I went into adulthood convinced that I "didn't like Tolkien" despite never actually really reading Tolkien. I also enjoyed horror and mythology. The movies finally let me journey to Middle-earth with an open-enough mind, and there was no looking back after that.
All of the stories you link sound so intriguing! Definitely coming back sometime soon. :)
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Date: 2013-03-04 02:12 am (UTC)All of the stories you link sound so intriguing! Definitely coming back sometime soon. :)