tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post1625534010400554039..comments2024-03-05T14:28:49.011-05:00Comments on Tolkien and Fantasy: The Qenya Alphabet, Tolkien Studies 9, etc. Douglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-40058103585944690972013-11-27T01:57:03.627-05:002013-11-27T01:57:03.627-05:00It's a funny thing how we react to art (writte...It's a funny thing how we react to art (written or pictorial) as a child versus as an adult. I had read The Hobbit before the Rankin-Bass cartoon was done, and the latter appalled me. Yet I have met many fans (younger than me) whose first exposure to Tolkien's world was through that cartoon, and though they came to know that it didn't represent Tolkien's writings, it Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-2057162156966720922013-11-27T01:41:32.920-05:002013-11-27T01:41:32.920-05:00As a child the “Children’s Treasury of Literature”...As a child the “Children’s Treasury of Literature” represented my first exposure to not only fantasy literature, but also to Tolkien’s masterpiece. It’s sad to hear that Tolkien didn’t approve of these illustrations, because they really sparked my imagination as a toddler. When I became a teenager I picked up a non-illustrated version of the hobbit at my school library (not realizing that it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com