The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20
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...and yet the book is still better.
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What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
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What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
By what measure?
Honest question, just wondering what aspect of them you find that good.
Please love yourself.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
By what measure?
Honest question, just wondering what aspect of them you find that good.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
By what measure?
Honest question, just wondering what aspect of them you find that good.
What really grabbed me about Tolkien (when I was about 10 admittedly) was the feeling that it’s a real world you are looking into, with a real history, lots of untold stories, it really felt like an actual place to me. Pretty much nothing I’ve read in that genre has had that same impact or feel to me. When I was 13 or 14 I honestly thought it was magic. I don’t really feel that way at this age and appreciate it’s not the best book ever written etc. but still, there’s something about it that I’ve not seen captured elsewhere.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
By what measure?
Honest question, just wondering what aspect of them you find that good.
What really grabbed me about Tolkien (when I was about 10 admittedly) was the feeling that it’s a real world you are looking into, with a real history, lots of untold stories, it really felt like an actual place to me. Pretty much nothing I’ve read in that genre has had that same impact or feel to me. When I was 13 or 14 I honestly thought it was magic. I don’t really feel that way at this age and appreciate it’s not the best book ever written etc. but still, there’s something about it that I’ve not seen captured elsewhere.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
By what measure?
Honest question, just wondering what aspect of them you find that good.
What really grabbed me about Tolkien (when I was about 10 admittedly) was the feeling that it’s a real world you are looking into, with a real history, lots of untold stories, it really felt like an actual place to me. Pretty much nothing I’ve read in that genre has had that same impact or feel to me. When I was 13 or 14 I honestly thought it was magic. I don’t really feel that way at this age and appreciate it’s not the best book ever written etc. but still, there’s something about it that I’ve not seen captured elsewhere.
Yeah, that was a big part of what I liked about it as well. Tolkien basically wins the world-building game.
And the language game.
And the mythology game.
I agree that we probably won't see anything else like it for a very, very long time.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
What's possibly more impressive is that the books will never be equaled, at least IMHO.
By what measure?
Honest question, just wondering what aspect of them you find that good.
What really grabbed me about Tolkien (when I was about 10 admittedly) was the feeling that it’s a real world you are looking into, with a real history, lots of untold stories, it really felt like an actual place to me. Pretty much nothing I’ve read in that genre has had that same impact or feel to me. When I was 13 or 14 I honestly thought it was magic. I don’t really feel that way at this age and appreciate it’s not the best book ever written etc. but still, there’s something about it that I’ve not seen captured elsewhere.
Yeah, that was a big part of what I liked about it as well. Tolkien basically wins the world-building game.
And the language game.
And the mythology game.
I agree that we probably won't see anything else like it for a very, very long time.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
And the language game.
And the mythology game.
Yes, those too. He took it so seriously. There's no fakery in anything he does. He treats it like a real place, which is why it's a real place.
We were in the UK last summer, and were close to Sarehole Mill, which he based the mill in Hobbiton on. I was extremely pissed off that nobody else showed the slightest interest in visiting.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
And the language game.
And the mythology game.
Yes, those too. He took it so seriously. There's no fakery in anything he does. He treats it like a real place, which is why it's a real place.
We were in the UK last summer, and were close to Sarehole Mill, which he based the mill in Hobbiton on. I was extremely pissed off that nobody else showed the slightest interest in visiting.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
And the language game.
And the mythology game.
Yes, those too. He took it so seriously. There's no fakery in anything he does. He treats it like a real place, which is why it's a real place.
We were in the UK last summer, and were close to Sarehole Mill, which he based the mill in Hobbiton on. I was extremely pissed off that nobody else showed the slightest interest in visiting.
Oh man. I woulda gone. I still want to hit up NZ and crash Hobbiton.
As for the books, I'd love to take a walk through his old university stomping grounds and try to catch a glimpse of Minas Tirith.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
And the language game.
And the mythology game.
Yes, those too. He took it so seriously. There's no fakery in anything he does. He treats it like a real place, which is why it's a real place.
We were in the UK last summer, and were close to Sarehole Mill, which he based the mill in Hobbiton on. I was extremely pissed off that nobody else showed the slightest interest in visiting.
Oh man. I woulda gone. I still want to hit up NZ and crash Hobbiton.
As for the books, I'd love to take a walk through his old university stomping grounds and try to catch a glimpse of Minas Tirith.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Critical Drinker: Lord of the Rings at 20:
As for the books, I'd love to take a walk through his old university stomping grounds and try to catch a glimpse of Minas Tirith.
We might manage that - Mrs. Phibes has family near Oxford, and it's a wonderful town to walk around. I'd love to have a beer in The Eagle and Child.
