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Originally Posted by jimhelm
huh. Tolkein's books just came out on Audible. I just bought the Hobbit and started re reading it. The narrator is awesome. like a kids story reader. so comfy.
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That must have been done on the sly by Dads then.
He brought me home
The Lord of the Rings because I loved reading and it was the largest book he'd ever seen. I was 9-10, he worked as a printer (yes, it was half-inched from the re-pulp bin).
Then for my twelth birthday (well, just an excuse really) I got a Commodore 64 and
The Hobbit as a game. My 8 year old bro was obsessed with it, but simply couldn't fathom it out. So his bedtime reading became
The Hobbit - my dyslexic father making up the names he couldn't work out. He read me fairy stories in the same way.
I was hugely jealous at the time because Tolkien (and Daddy) were MINE. But I got over it very quickly and Ste now works in IT in London on a very healthy wage, so it all worked out okay.
Haven't read
The Hobbit in years. Spose I should get prepared - Mum won't want to see it and Dad will. Yay - I get Dads all to myself again!