fajrdrako | Michelle Segara

Talking about the Gathering of the FellowshipI mentioned that Toronto author Michelle Segara impressed me with her articulate comments on The Lord of the Rings, but I didn't mention what she said that impressed me. Among other things, she commented that when she first read The Lord of the Rings when young, she had loved the Elves: she thought it was all about the Elves, and was surprised on talking to other people that they didn't see it that way - some were more interested in Hobbit, or Men, or whatever.

On later stages of her life, reading it again, she saw other cultures being more interesting or significant than the Elves as her life and situation changed. Now she is married with a home and children, she said, she appreciates the Hobbits more.