You are reading that AGAIN?

This was quickly followed by : " What incarnation is that book? 5? The one I saw you with in highschool had to have disintegrated by now." (ME: NO! As a matter of fact it is only the 2nd replacement. I only handle my original copies if I can't help it,so I am surprised that I am only on replacement 2.) Yes, I am talking about 'The Fellowship of the Ring". Yes, I have just bought it's 2nd replacement. YES, my original copy is almost as old as I am. (Published in 1974, handed down to me by my Mother, so I could read it myself, and stop bugging her with questions.) Those four books (The Hobbit, FOTR,TTT & ROTK) are my most treasured items from my Mother. I am on my way out the door to get TTT, just so I can indulge in some mind numbing eye candy. (I have been holding out on buying the DVD in hopes of a special release for this Christmas.) I usually do not EVER watch a movie based on a book I love, for fear of ruining the plot. (Example: Interview With a Vampire. Haven't seen it, will NOT see it, I fart in it's general direction.) Train of thought hitting the next station...I think I will get'Monty Python- The Holy Grail' while I am at it. I also decided to join the forums at www.thereandbackagain.net just so I can 'talk' to others interested in Tolkien. I have been a lurker for quite a while, and have enjoyed thinking over the topics they have touched on. I don't see how anyone can be a casual reader of his work. For me, it simply is not the type of material you can "pick up, read it through, enjoy it,and leave it at that". I can go on and on and on and on about this, but I wil leave it up to your imagination. OK, there is your topic people. Discuss it amongst yourselves.