I remember that the empty slowness of the "chapters of walking" made Middle Earth seem huge when my dad read the books to me as a child. In stark contrast, Nar

I remember that the empty slowness of the "chapters of walking" made Middle Earth seem huge when my dad read the books to me as a child. In stark contrast, Narnia (also read to me by dad at about the same time) seemed so small as to be a shoe-box diorama. In my childhood imagination, Narnia was about the size of the Shire (perhaps with Bree thrown in for a sense of 'far off').