Is Lord of the Rings a children's book?

[lord of the mark]

No.

There are things tucked away in there that teens cant get either, that you can only really understand as an adult.

I read Fellowship of the Ring at 14, the rest of the trilogy in the next year or so.

Ive read the Silmarillion, and skimmed some other JRRT related material.

BTW, I do not suggest the Silmarillion for 14 yos.

[Japher]

I tried reading the Silmarillion and couldn't keep my mind in it... I was 28 at the time.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

He meant an emotionally mature 14. I still can't read it at age 42.

[Japher]

oh... boggerhead

[Nostromo]

Geeks hadn't been invented when it was written.

Maybe not the word, but the people it refers to existed. Anyway, you know what I meant...

[Kuciwalker]

I do not suggest the Silmarillion for 14 yos.

[Jon Miller]

I enjoyed the Silmarillion.

JM

[Kuciwalker]

Weirdo

[Winston]

A staggering 32 out of 36 people who took the poll have read this book!? Either some are not being truthful, or you're all way more lemming-like than I expected.

Our Queen read it when she was 13 and has often referred to it as being among her fondest childhood experiences.

It's a children's book. 'Cause the Queen said so. Case closed.

[Jon Miller]

I generally put childhood as pre12 or so.

JM

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Winston
Our Queen read it when she was 13 and has often referred to it as being among her fondest childhood experiences.

It's a children's book. 'Cause the Queen said so. Case closed.

And I read 1984 when I was eleven. So 1984 is a children's book. Case closed.

[Jon Miller]

I read War and Peace when I was 10/11, so War and Peace is a children's book.

JM

[Winston]

It's not the age at which it was read as such. It's the "fondest childhood experiences" part that settles the whole thing.

I must demand you show more respect of our Monarch than to selectively dismiss her wisdom in such a careless way.

[Winston]

By the way, I'm surprised and a bit disappointed there were no instant lemming + staunch Monarchist-taunts made following that post.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I enjoyed the Silmarillion.

JM

You are a sick puppy. The phone book has a better plot.

The only thing I took away from it was a surprisingly large elven vocabulary...which I'm sure will come in handy the day I run into a elf.