How did any of you read this book?

12-04-1999, 02:21 AM

Last year I made an effort to read this book, but it was so boring. I could only get up to page 17, and boredom stop me. Nothing interesting happened. It was just about an idiot adventerous wierdo who brings migits to a little short fat man's house. It goes on and on about how the fat migit hated adventure. I couldn't take it anymore, and I stopped. How did you people read it and actually enjoy it?

12-04-1999, 02:25 AM

Ah, what American society has come to...

Yes, I read it at a young age even.

12-04-1999, 02:35 AM

Hmmmm, boring you say? I think it sounds like you just have a short attention span, well some people just can't be helped. *shrug*?

12-04-1999, 07:10 AM

greg, or jae, or larry, or whoever you are...you've got to look more into the book...wait a while, fun stuff happens!

And just wait untill you get to TLOTR...they are longer! And the uneventfulness lasts longer! But really, if you read the whole book you'll discover its really great...well, that is, if you even know *how* to read

*evillaugh*

12-05-1999, 04:29 AM

what can possibly happen? more migits in the tea party? what has american society come to? i dont think hobbit was ever popular

12-05-1999, 08:27 AM

dmaul, if you think about it The Wizard of Oz isn't much different...."There's no place like home"

12-06-1999, 11:38 PM

Must not ban him for no obvious reason other than his stupidity. Must not ban him for no obvious reason other than his stupidity. I'll just have to think of some other reason

12-07-1999, 02:03 AM

..to demonstrate intellect. After that, he's open season. Meaning, don't ban him..

12-09-1999, 07:33 PM

I've got a reason. HE INSULTED TOLKIEN!! How's that for a reason?

12-28-1999, 10:32 PM

I loved the wizard of Oz, both the movie and the books, there was much more than the no place like home junk, eventually Dorothy moves to Oz! The Hobbit is a great book! I read it when I was 11 or something, and again now (I'm 13)

12-29-1999, 08:05 PM

Oh, I love Oz! Maybe I should make a new forum...

12-30-1999, 04:05 PM

I read The Hobbit and LOTR in the 60's when I was a teenager and it seemed that everyone was.

12-30-1999, 05:15 PM

Woo-hoo!!! I am no longer the oldest member of Entmoot!!

12-31-1999, 12:27 AM

01-16-2000, 01:05 AM

Ooooo Elanor! Make an Oz forum!! I LOOOVE Oz! Pweeaase!

01-16-2000, 06:54 AM

um, sure.

01-19-2000, 02:42 AM

*blushes* you don't have too, it'd be kewl though stop staring at me! am I that weird? WAIT! don't answer that, I don't think I want to know!

02-01-2000, 08:10 PM

Yeah, Oz is good

02-07-2000, 02:03 AM

Reading with an open mind and being in a state expecting to be entertained helps. Actually I found it most engrossing from the first page. Possibilities abound!

03-18-2000, 12:52 PM

If anyone wants to get deeper into symbolisms there's a Hobbit analysis going on over in the stuffy old Oxford of Grey Havens/BasherBoard.

The Hobbit shares some evident things in common with Star Wars:A New Hope, and with Joseph Campbell's 'Hero's Journey' in general.

12-04-1999, 02:21 AM	#1
dmaul96 Guest Posts: n/a	How did any of you read this book? Last year I made an effort to read this book, but it was so boring. I could only get up to page 17, and boredom stop me. Nothing interesting happened. It was just about an idiot adventerous wierdo who brings migits to a little short fat man's house. It goes on and on about how the fat migit hated adventure. I couldn't take it anymore, and I stopped. How did you people read it and actually enjoy it?

12-04-1999, 02:25 AM	#2
bmilder Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How did any of you read this book? Ah, what American society has come to... Yes, I read it at a young age even.

12-04-1999, 02:35 AM	#3
Gimli the Dwarf Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How did any of you read this book? Hmmmm, boring you say? I think it sounds like you just have a short attention span, well some people just can't be helped. shrug?

12-04-1999, 07:10 AM	#4
Ryan6233 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How did any of you read this book? greg, or jae, or larry, or whoever you are...you've got to look more into the book...wait a while, fun stuff happens! And just wait untill you get to TLOTR...they are longer! And the uneventfulness lasts longer! But really, if you read the whole book you'll discover its really great...well, that is, if you even know how to read evillaugh

12-05-1999, 04:29 AM	#5
dmaul96 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How did any of you read this book? what can possibly happen? more migits in the tea party? what has american society come to? i dont think hobbit was ever popular

12-05-1999, 08:27 AM	#6
anduin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How did any of you read this book? dmaul, if you think about it The Wizard of Oz isn't much different...."There's no place like home"

12-06-1999, 11:38 PM	#7
Darth Tater Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How did any of you read this book? Must not ban him for no obvious reason other than his stupidity. Must not ban him for no obvious reason other than his stupidity. I'll just have to think of some other reason

12-07-1999, 02:03 AM	#8
Hernalt Guest Posts: n/a	He has one more chance ..to demonstrate intellect. After that, he's open season. Meaning, don't ban him..

12-09-1999, 07:33 PM	#9
ArwenUndomiel02 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: He has one more chance I've got a reason. HE INSULTED TOLKIEN!! How's that for a reason?

12-28-1999, 10:32 PM	#10
Lauren Weasley Guest Posts: n/a	Re: He has one more chance I loved the wizard of Oz, both the movie and the books, there was much more than the no place like home junk, eventually Dorothy moves to Oz! The Hobbit is a great book! I read it when I was 11 or something, and again now (I'm 13)

12-29-1999, 08:05 PM	#11
Elanor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: He has one more chance Oh, I love Oz! Maybe I should make a new forum...

12-30-1999, 04:05 PM	#12
Samfast Guest Posts: n/a	The 60's I read The Hobbit and LOTR in the 60's when I was a teenager and it seemed that everyone was.

12-30-1999, 05:15 PM	#13
anduin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The 60's Woo-hoo!!! I am no longer the oldest member of Entmoot!!

12-31-1999, 12:27 AM	#14
Darth Tater Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The 60's LOL

01-16-2000, 01:05 AM	#15
Lauren Weasley Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The 60's Ooooo Elanor! Make an Oz forum!! I LOOOVE Oz! Pweeaase!

01-16-2000, 06:54 AM	#16
Elanor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The 60's um, sure.

01-19-2000, 02:42 AM	#17
Lauren Weasley Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The 60's blushes you don't have too, it'd be kewl though stop staring at me! am I that weird? WAIT! don't answer that, I don't think I want to know!

02-01-2000, 08:10 PM	#18
Darth Tater Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The 60's Yeah, Oz is good

02-07-2000, 02:03 AM	#19
Spock1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The 60's Reading with an open mind and being in a state expecting to be entertained helps. Actually I found it most engrossing from the first page. Possibilities abound!

03-18-2000, 12:52 PM	#20
Hernalt Guest Posts: n/a	... If anyone wants to get deeper into symbolisms there's a Hobbit analysis going on over in the stuffy old Oxford of Grey Havens/BasherBoard. The Hobbit shares some evident things in common with Star Wars:A New Hope, and with Joseph Campbell's 'Hero's Journey' in general.

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