tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post5860969960844831056..comments2023-11-17T02:23:26.098-06:00Comments on A Penigma - a mystery, under a pseudonym: September 2nd in HistoryPenigmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-19175793668999357022010-09-02T12:52:32.000-05:002010-09-02T12:52:32.000-05:00For those not familiar with this secondary classic...For those not familiar with this secondary classic to Tolkein, a read of Bored of the Rings is worth the time. For those hazy on the details from reading it a lonnnng long time ago, Wikpedia does a good summary to jog one's memory:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_of_the_Rings<br /><br />(Not sure why this is showing up as pen, but this is in fact DG)Penigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-65649139016360652672010-09-02T12:16:15.000-05:002010-09-02T12:16:15.000-05:00I believe I read "Bored of the Rings" in...I believe I read "Bored of the Rings" in 7th grade, and then read "Return of the King" that same year. I saw the movie "The Hobbit" (animated) around that same time.Penigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-65639425334871104882010-09-02T09:36:50.000-05:002010-09-02T09:36:50.000-05:00I stipulate my question, 'first time' read...I stipulate my question, 'first time' reading Tolkein, as so many people I know who love the books have read them more than once.<br /><br />Perhaps i should also ask how many Penigma readers re-read Tolkein, and how recently?Penigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-62558663070359306992010-09-02T09:34:21.000-05:002010-09-02T09:34:21.000-05:00So..........here is a follow up question, indirect...So..........here is a follow up question, indirect trivia of sorts, which I hope you and other Penigma readers will answer. (I will add it to the 'today in history' post itself also).<br /><br />At what age did you first read Tolkein - and which books?<br /><br />I was introduced to the Ring books in the fall of seventh grade by my school librarian, and began at the sort-of-beginning, Penigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-91801013566085297532010-09-02T09:30:24.000-05:002010-09-02T09:30:24.000-05:00I hoped it wouldn't be a question so easy that...I hoped it wouldn't be a question so easy that it insulted your knoweldge. <br /><br />I remembered John, and Ruel, but misremembered Ronald as Robert, and since I was posing the trivia question, I looked it up as well, to be sure of the correct answer.<br /><br />I hope the image of hairy "Hobbit" feet in the middle of more (sometimes less) serious history items and photos gave Penigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-87298063356333338012010-09-02T08:37:50.000-05:002010-09-02T08:37:50.000-05:00John Ronald Ruel, and yes, I had to go look, I rem...John Ronald Ruel, and yes, I had to go look, I remembered John as James but did remember Ronald, didn't remember RuellPenigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.com