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Sorry, but I can't keep awake, it's so boring.

Well each to their own . Are you referring to the books or the films Nigel? What about them do you find boring? Am not trying to pick apart your sentence - obviously not everyone likes the same thing - but I'd be interested to know what about LOTR bored you

To be fair, I've not read the books. I have attempted the films, but have yet to keep awake. They are far too long for my attention span, and I can't be doing with all those fighting sequences - thousands of soldiers on horseback.

I certainly wouldn't rubbish the books, just not my cup of meat.

A bit Off-Topic here Nigel, but you seemed to have changed to Moonraker!

I am with you here, Nige. I attempted the books, but they were as dry as dust to read. I liked the films and even went to see them at the cinema when they came out, but I have never felt the urge to revisit them. Once was enough.

A friend of mine bought me The Hobbit and read it to me while on holiday, but I kept falling asleep. I don't think she was best pleased.

Ming wrote:A bit Off-Topic here Nigel, but you seemed to have changed to Moonraker!

I think Tony has been doing a bit of capitalising.

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Matthew Roberts wrote:

Ming wrote:A bit Off-Topic here Nigel, but you seemed to have changed to Moonraker!

I think Tony has been doing a bit of capitalising.

We thought it was about time that I became a Proper Noun!

A friend of mine bought me The Hobbit and read it to me while on holiday, but I kept falling asleep. I don't think she was best pleased.

Heh I really don't see how the prose could be described as dry .. I think it's wonderful. The descriptions and the imagination that have gone into them strike me as being completely unparalleled .. I feel as though I am with the hobbits every step of their journey...

As the saying goes, One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison!

I suppose poison is in my case - I REALLY found Lord of the Rings boring.... sorry to all fans.

Me too - if you think the films were hard work, forget the books!

Well don't write them off forever .. try em again in a few years and see what you think .

Everyone is different but I simply cant imagine life without LOTR. I discovered them in my teens and re-read them every 18 months or 2 years. I also loved the movies which surprised me as I am not normally a fan of movie adaptations of books. However Peter Jackson did a superb job.

Tolkiens writing boring? His style may be a bit ponderous in passages but in general the sheer scope and breadth of the picture he paints simply sweeps the reader along. I never fail to be awed by the LOTR and to feel a twinge of sadness when I come to the end of it.