The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum


Visit The *EVEN NEWER* Barrow-Downs Photo Page

Go Back   The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum > Middle-Earth Discussions > Novices and Newcomers
User Name
Password
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Today's Posts


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-21-2007, 02:05 PM   #1
Lalwendė
A Mere Boggart
 
Lalwendė's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
Posts: 4,737
Lalwendė is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.Lalwendė is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
Tolkien Is Officially Good For Boys!

Finally a Tolkien book, The Hobbit, makes it onto a Government recommended reading list! This is from the scheme where all schools with at least 20 biys aged 11-14 will get a set of 20 books for free from a long and interesting list. Not only is The Hobbit one of these but there are loads of fantasy and sci-fi choices including Pratchett and Gaiman. Plus, the graphic novel version of The Hobbit will be available!

Boys Into Books

Quite pleasing that The Hobbit is not on a 'compulsory' list and will be one of many books freely available for leisure reading.
__________________
Gordon's alive!
Lalwendė is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-21-2007, 02:42 PM   #2
The Might
Guard of the Citadel
 
The Might's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oxon
Posts: 2,205
The Might is a guest at the Prancing Pony.The Might is a guest at the Prancing Pony.
And I thought that fantasy books like Tolkien or Rowling's books were not allowed because of the whole magic and pagan stuff...
Good thing though, who knows who'll became a fan due to this program.
__________________
“The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.”
Delos B. McKown
The Might is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-21-2007, 02:51 PM   #3
Legate of Amon Lanc
A Voice That Gainsayeth
 
Legate of Amon Lanc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 7,431
Legate of Amon Lanc is spying on the Black Gate.Legate of Amon Lanc is spying on the Black Gate.Legate of Amon Lanc is spying on the Black Gate.Legate of Amon Lanc is spying on the Black Gate.Legate of Amon Lanc is spying on the Black Gate.Legate of Amon Lanc is spying on the Black Gate.
Oh only let's hope they don't make them compulsory... this would cause thousands of innocent schoolchildren to hate them... or at least this is my experience on how it works...

However, I remember that some years ago one of my friends had it compulsory to have read The Hobbit at high school... well, he knew it before, so he couldn't just have started to hate it...
__________________
"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories
Legate of Amon Lanc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-22-2007, 02:42 AM   #4
Selmo
Shade of Carn Dūm
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom
Posts: 273
Selmo has just left Hobbiton.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Might
And I thought that fantasy books like Tolkien or Rowling's books were not allowed because of the whole magic and pagan stuff...
The reading list is intended for British schools. We don't have neo-Nazi Evangelical book-burners in the UK; that's an American phenominon.

With regard to making The Hobbit compulsory reading or not: I own my own introduction to Tolkien to the fact that my brother's school set it for compulsory study, back in the early 1960s. My brother brought the book home, I read it and was hooked.
.
Selmo is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:17 AM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.