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Originally Posted by Timboli
Well, seeing as you liked The Hobbit, but not LOTR, you may even like a similarly pared back version.
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No, I wouldn't. I'm not a fan of
bowdlerization or
Reader's Digest Condensed Books.
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No doubt Tolkien self edited The Hobbit or was pushed to, to suit younger readers. He could have just as easily been motivated to do that with LOTR.
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I disagree that Tolkien was pushed to do anything. But, to work with your argument, he *could* have done anything, I suppose. But the point is, he didn't.
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I'm not entirely sure why you could like The Hobbit and not The Lord Of The Rings, except for the usual reasons of the two main differences .... devised to be more accessible to younger readers and much less descriptive matter. Both of those, give it a different pacing to the LOTR.
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The answer there is easy. I'm not a huge fantasy fan and I'm not a fan of series. At the age I read The Hobbit, I'm sure I could have easily read The Lord of the Rings. I just didn't feel the need to.
I just don't understand why you feel that The Lord of the Rings needs to be dumbed down. If someone doesn't like it as is, that's okay. Not everything has to appeal to everybody.
Maybe this clip of The Red Hot Chili Peppers on The Simpsons makes my point better than I'm doing.