Comments | purple_smurf: Tripod rec: On Behalf Of All The Geeks

purple_smurf

Tripod rec: On Behalf Of All The Geeks

Jul 26, 2005 10:27

I first read The Lord of the Rings when I was 14, over a period of months (it was in one volume, hard-back, and massively daunting) in 1995-1996. I wasn't online at the time; we didn't have a computer that supported a modem (it didn't even have a hard-drive; it was a REALLY old Apple with the green & black screen and run entirely from floppy disks ( Read more... )

pimping, tripod, lotr

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cornerofmadness July 26 2005, 01:36:57 UTC

oh god, I have to hear this song. I need to get my own computer set up!

purple_smurf July 26 2005, 01:40:21 UTC

I adore Tripod, and this song is just so perfect for those of us who were supremely uncool for liking the stuff pre-PJ. Check out their website :)

cornerofmadness July 26 2005, 01:53:40 UTC

I'll have to do so

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purple_smurf July 28 2005, 02:58:34 UTC

My entire adolescence was isolating -- there's a reason I loved the Obernewtyn books ;) I actually went right from reading Ashling into the LotR books.

As for the LotR omnibus, it was that exact same edition, with what I referred to as "Bible pages" (the thing was bigger than most bibles in my house, anyway) and the red ribbon bookmark. In all honestly, I would never recommend that people read it in the one volume unless they really love reading and fantasy.