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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
But The Lord of the Rings held no interest for me. I thought the movies were spectacular and I read through the books once. But that was enough for me.
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The characters in the LoTR aren't particularly interesting. But I liked the atmosphere in the books. And that sense of long, long history, long-forgotten ages. It was sad and somehow chilling. Imho no one has been able to create that sense as well as Tolkien did. I don't get that feeling of deep, ancient history from the Wheel of Time books, for instance, even though I like them.
The Hobbit was my childhood favorite too (in the excellent Estonian translation). And I liked the LoTR movies, have watched them several times.