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5/19/2007 5:08:00 AM sunshine
31 Posts

In the UK near Oxford there is a Tolkien community, where all of the members who live there are totally immmersed in the world of Tolkien, dress, language, affilliation and the, is this addiction or is it 'just something your really into'?

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5/20/2007 2:27:25 AM tblack
42 Posts

Its a tough call, its like the folk who are into battle re-enactement and get all gear made up and wifes who become camp followers - personally I would come down on the side of 'NO'

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5/25/2007 12:51:22 AM kheyanne
138 Posts

By Tolkien, do you mean Tolkien the author of the "Lord of the Ring" book sequels? Sorry for sounding so clueless. It's just that I'm not from the U.K. and I'm not familiar with the group. But I'm eager to know, though.

Re: Tolkien CommunityWell

5/30/2007 8:41:57 PM phaedrus
53 Posts

Well, one defination of addiction is:

"A habitual or compulsive involvement in an activity, such as gambling.:"

And by this I would say yes it is an addiction. But I also usually add this to the defination.

"A habitual or compulsive involvement in an activity, such as gambling.:" Which leads to severe negative consequences in other areas of the persons life.

EG: If someone in the tolkien group was so involved that they lost their job because they spent all their work time organising events rather than actually doing what they were paid for then yes it is an addiction. Otherwise no.

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6/13/2007 3:56:50 AM kraken
12 Posts

I like the sound of a Tolkein community, my first tatoo I had done is of the hard back cover of the Lord Of the Rings. I might read up some more on this community and give an update

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7/10/2007 1:52:01 AM hazephase
317 Posts

Its not a addictions then you would have to say that monks are addicted to there work cause all the do , full day is only work , and read books

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7/10/2007 8:04:07 AM etali
38 Posts

I used to be a part of a science fiction group a lot like the Tolkien
group described here. Most of the people were just regular people
who happened to do unusual things on the weekends. It was a way
to relax, and a lot of the stuff they did was to raise money for
charity. I think it's perfectly normal and healthy as long as you
keep grounded - everyone unwinds in different ways.

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7/13/2007 6:34:17 PM sacback1
192 Posts

There are Civil War reenact-ors, there are groups like the Society of Creative Anachronisms (SCA) that dress and act like medieval characters. What is wrong with a Tolkien society?

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