Neil Turner asked Neil Turner:

If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Neil Turner My immediate thought was Middle Earth from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, but that seemed a little too obvious, so I sifted through other fictional world options … and then I came back to Middle Earth. Why? I found Hobbiton and the Shire delightful; a familiar, tranquil setting transformed into something quite out of the ordinary. There’s also magic in Rivendell and Lothlórien, and what the Dwarves wrought under the mountains sounds majestic. I could easily picture the beauty of Rohan and Gondor. I’m certain I would be filled with awe and wonder while travelling Middle Earth, and I suspect the company of Frodo and his friends would be delightful. That said, I felt the utter desolation of Mordor as Tolkien brought it to life; I could hear, see, even smell the evil and rot in that dark land and the foreboding it inflicted on the world and its inhabitants. Thankfully, I would be my own tour guide on my visit to Middle Earth, so I’d give Mordor a pass, thank you very much. 😉

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