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Chazwozel

So tonight I decided to read The Hobbit to my two year old as a bedtime story. She actually listened intently and fell asleep after I introduced the dwarves! This is the first time I've read a book to her without pictures to convey the story!

A fantasy nerd is born. :toocool:
 
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Chazwozel said:
So tonight I decided to read The Hobbit to my two year old as a bedtime story. She actually listened intently and fell asleep after I introduced the dwarves! This is the first time I've read a book to her without pictures to convey the story!

A fantasy nerd is born. :toocool:
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You....you have a child?

WHAT THE FUCK
 
Calleja

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Mav being Mav
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That's awesome Chaz, The Hobbit is probably the number one fantasy-nerd creator of all times, and I'm glad to hear it's still doing it's job. You're one awesome dad too, dude, my dad never read any cool books to me, I had to find them on my own.
 
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My mom actually read the Hobbit to me when I was really young; I remember being mad at her, though, for skipping over some of the Gollum dialogue. :angry: I thought Gollum was funny.
 
bhamv3

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Tolkien's style of storytelling in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings can be a bit long winded and pedantic when it comes to detail (compared to modern writers, anyway), so I'm glad to hear your kid can handle it. Sounds like her imagination's working just fine. :thumbsup:
 
Calleja

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bhamv3 said:
Tolkien's style of storytelling in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings can be a bit long winded and pedantic when it comes to detail (compared to modern writers, anyway), so I'm glad to hear your kid can handle it. Sounds like her imagination's working just fine. :thumbsup:
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I can understand the sentiment on LotR, but I vehemently disagree with The Hobbit. It's a children's book, through and through. Pick it up again, it's leagues from LotR in it's language density. It's a pretty easy book to pick up.
 
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Calleja said:
bhamv3 said:
Tolkien's style of storytelling in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings can be a bit long winded and pedantic when it comes to detail (compared to modern writers, anyway), so I'm glad to hear your kid can handle it. Sounds like her imagination's working just fine. :thumbsup:
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I can understand the sentiment on LotR, but I vehemently disagree with The Hobbit. It's a children's book, through and through. Pick it up again, it's leagues from LotR in it's language density. It's a pretty easy book to pick up.
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Well, true, I read the Hobbit several years before I read LotR, so my judgment might have been affected somewhat. I'll check them out again sometime.
 
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That reminds me, my friends got me an illustrated version of The Hobbit for my birthday a few years back and I forgot to start reading it when I was finished with LOTR.
 
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I read the Hobbit at 12 cause that is when I got back into the U.S. from Thailand. I discover it accidentally while checking out one of the book shelves. It had a green cover (my fave color) and I started reading... I didn't finish it and check it out. I think I read that book at LEAST 3 times before returning it.
 
Shegokigo

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The Hobbit was my first fantasy book as a child. Thank you for introducing it to another future geek girl, there's far too few of us. Thank you again.
 
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Calleja said:
bhamv3 said:
Tolkien's style of storytelling in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings can be a bit long winded and pedantic when it comes to detail (compared to modern writers, anyway), so I'm glad to hear your kid can handle it. Sounds like her imagination's working just fine. :thumbsup:
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I can understand the sentiment on LotR, but I vehemently disagree with The Hobbit. It's a children's book, through and through. Pick it up again, it's leagues from LotR in it's language density. It's a pretty easy book to pick up.
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I totally agree. It's an amazing book to read out loud. It's really almost the perfect bedtime storybook.

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Chazwozel said:
So tonight I decided to read The Hobbit to my two year old as a bedtime story. She actually listened intently and fell asleep after I introduced the dwarves! This is the first time I've read a book to her without pictures to convey the story!

A fantasy nerd is born. :toocool:
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You....you have a child?

WHAT THE smurf
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Technically, I have two... :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
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Not quite the traditional fantasy that is in Tolkien but my kids are getting into the Moomin books in a big way. I loved these as a kid so I'm enjoying rediscovering them.
 
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Shegokigo said:
The Hobbit was my first fantasy book as a child. Thank you for introducing it to another future geek girl, there's far too few of us. Thank you again.
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Don't create another Shego Chaz.
 
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If your looking for more Tolkien goodness to read to her and don't want to jump right into LOTR. Check out roverandom. Its another children's book by tolkien that you normally don't hear to much about. Haven't read it in years but I remember it being pretty good.
 
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Chazwozel

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Chazwozel said:
Technically, I have two... :eek: :eek: :eek:
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How do you "technically" have a child?
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The older one isn't mine. He's my brothers. My wife and I are his legal guardians.

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Maybe if he was proud NOT to be the father......

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Well I'm not his father... I'm his uncle! :tongue:
 
drawn_inward

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Nice! The Hobbit was my first fantasy book, as well. Up until then, I had read books like "Where the red fern grows." After The Hobbit, I read mostly sci-fi and fantasy.

Glad there are parents out there that read to their kids.

Do you sing the songs too?
 
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