I think also when you came to these books makes a huge difference to how you feel about them. My brother read them as a early teenager and it made a massive impact on his life, I read them in my late 20s and they're "just " a set of books I worked my way through as part of a effort to read some "classics"
someone just outed themselves as not the n00b they claimed to be…
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Do they give themselves a cringey name? Like Trekkies, Whovians or Potterites?
If not, may I suggest Tolkeenies?
The Tolkien Heads?
Do they give themselves a cringey name? Like Trekkies, Whovians or Potterites?
If not, may I suggest Tolkeenies?
Ringers?
BBC piece on the subject and the teaser trailer.
Why's it popular? That's a view that not many blokes wouldn't appreciate seeing:
I do hope that's pre-production CGI in the trailer as it looks like a dodgy video game or LOTR meets Twilight.
Teaser trailer looks a bit fantasy-by-numbers.
I'm guessing Wheel of Time will turn out to be better, when it's all done.
Did we do a Wheel of Time thread?
Why’s it popular? That’s a view that not many blokes wouldn’t appreciate seeing:
Huh? OMG my knob's gone a funny colour!
Brass monkeys.
Or something like that.