(01-20-2020 11:23 AM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(01-16-2020 05:25 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(01-16-2020 04:09 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  Former WWF tag team champ, Rocky Johnson dead at 75.

Author Christopher Tolkien dead at 95. He is the son of J. R. R.

Wow, one of the first serious reads I ever has was The Hobbit and then the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I might have been 13-14. What an incredible imagination it took to write those.

I was a bookworm in school. Of all the books I vividly remember were the Hardy Boys series -- because my grandmother used to give me a couple every birthday -- and Tolkien's works.

What blew me away was when I learned that not only his imagination fuel those stories, but he created back stories AND actual languages for the various races.

I think Peter Jackson did a very good job (for the most part) in his screen adaptations. I recall an interview where Liv Tyler discussed learning Elvish for her role. The following video is not that interview, but is of her speaking Elvish.

It was the 3 investigators mystery series for me. I read 30-40 of those novels when I was a pre and young teen. Good times.

I read a ton of those choose your own adventure novels too.