At a Doctor's Office

[Firhithiel Greenleaf]

I couldn't believe this happened, and I doubt you will -- or maybe this has happened to some of you before. Listen, I was at a doctor's office, and I had brought along the LotR to read during the wait. This man I didn't know -- he was a complete stranger -- got up when he saw me, walked over, and told me, "That is a beautiful book. JRR Tolkien was an absolutely brilliant man. His works are marvelous... beautiful, beautiful." It was really weird. So that brings me to this question: How obsessed do you think people could be with LotR and Tolkien's other works?

How far could your obsession take you? How much could it change your life? Could it make you go crazy? I know these are weird questions, but as soon as I saw that man, they kind of "woke up" in my brain. I just started thinking, if a grown man can walk up to a girl and tell her how wonderful a book is, what else can he do to prove that it is as wonderful as he said? I wonder...

Heh. This was kind of a pointless post. I was just thinking about it and decided to post something about it. I wonder if anyone will reply. ((Hum hoo! as Treebeard would say)). Anyway, that's it. *g* ~~Firhithiel~~

[Falagar]

The last thing I would ever do is burning, or in any other way harm my Tolkien-books...except, perhaps, for killing another human being.

[ArwenEvenstar]

i would never burn a book! unless it was a math book;):p

u kno how u said about the going crazy thing, when i was 11 one of my friends said something about Pro. Tolkien going crazy and dying in a mental instutution. I'm pretty sure that that's not true!!

[Coney]

Nope he died because of an agravated gastric ulcer........but the poor man did develop alzeimers before the end:(

[Starr Polish]

I thought he died of a lung infection.

[Duddun]

I dont' know how he died. I would never burn a book!!!Unless it was a text book like ArwenEvenstar said.
PS. ArwenEvenstar, your avatar looks like it's hitting itself!:D

[Nilore]

How old was he. He could of known Tolkien.

[Falagar]

Tolkien was 82 years when he died, if I recall correctly...

[Firhithiel Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Nilore
How old was he. He could of known Tolkien.

The man? If that's who you're asking about, I doubt it. He didn't look older than 30. ~~F. G.~~

[Artanis]

I think that man had experienced great joy from reading this book and wanted others to get the same experience. It always feels good to see other people enjoying the same things as you do yourself. If someone would speak to me like that when I'm reading my books in public places, I would love it. :)

[sun-star]

If someone would speak to me like that when I'm reading my books in public places, I would love it.

Me too. Someone who had been a stranger suddenly becomes a person you share something with... I always hope someone will talk to me when I'm reading in public, but I'd never do it to them, so I can't really expect it. Anyway, you're lucky :)

[azalea]

This is a little OT, but when I was 12 I was at a Renoir exhibit at the Boston Museum of Art. A middle-aged man came up to me and said, "Don't be afraid! You have a Renoir woman's face..." and went on for a minute as to why. I was speechless because it kind of freaked me out, moreso because he began by saying "Don't be afraid!" like that! Later I told my family that I felt badly about not saying thank you for the compliment, but they said he probably understood. I think it's natural for young women to feel a little ill at ease when a strange man approaches and starts talking to them in an intimate way, but as someone said, when people are passionate about art or other things, they only naturally want to share their feelings about it. I think great artists and writers inspire meaningful communication, as opposed to speaking to a stranger about a shared interest being characterized as "crazy."

[RosieCotton]

I always sort of wish people will come up and talk to me about the books I'm reading. There really aren't enough people my age who read at all, much less like to talk about Lord of the Rings and other books.

I guess that's why I come here!

Rosie

[Elf.Freak]

well, i've never let my sister touch my LOTR trilogy, because she bends the spines on the books, so if she did that i'd probably hit her with a broom (or something close to hand).:p

[Blackboar]

I would never do anything to a book, except maybe read it:rolleyes:

The only person that have ever touched my books is my 29 year old brother. :D

[Khadrane]

Originally posted by Elf.Freak
well, i've never let my sister touch my LOTR trilogy, because she bends the spines on the books,
I HATE it when people to that!

[RosieCotton]

My brother does that to my books. I have an old set of Wheel of Time that he read. All of the pages are falling out. :( It's so depressing.

Rosie