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Old 11-26-2003, 12:54 AM   #1
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The Hobbit was the first book I read "on my own" as a kid, so it will always be a bit more special to me than LOTR. However, LOTR is much more fulfilling emotionally and thematically. They're both so different though, and I don't see one as better than the other.
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