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In more context: > on the primitive level of wanting to know what happens next, The Fellowship of the Ring is at least as good as The Thirty-Nine Steps. That
by msla 3y ago
In more context:
> on the primitive level of wanting to know what happens next, The Fellowship of the Ring is at least as good as The Thirty-Nine Steps.
That is, it's an engaging narrative up there with a book that's been adapted into four films, a stage play, and enough radio dramas it would be tiresome to count them all. So, yes, high praise for Tolkien's ability to tell a story people want to continue reading.
- adrian_b 3y agoI certainly agree that it is an engaging narrative. When I was a teenager long ago and I have seen for the first time this book when I have borrowed it from a library, during a couple of days I did almost nothing else until I have finished reading the entire trilogy. For me this has happened very seldom with other books, and with none of this size.