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Originally Posted by bthrowsnaill
I have reread Frank Herbert's Dune and the Lord of the Rings trilogy many times in my life. The last time I read Lord of the Rings, however, it wasn't quite as compelling. Unfortunately, I think the movies may have spoiled my minds eye appreciation of LOTR a bit. I found myself picturing scenes from the movie at times. (Maybe I need to never watch those movies again in an attempt to erase their afterimages from my subconscious)
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Interesting. I've reread LoTR one a year of so for many years. (Professor Tolkien was still alive when I first read it.) Seeing the films hasn't dampened my enthusiasm for a reread. For one thing, the pictures in my head aren't why I'm rereading. A lot of what I savor is non-visual. For another, one of the things I loved about the films was that I think he largely got the pictures
right. (The Black Riders and the Balrog in Moria were particular cases in point.)
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Dennis