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From: smuga@mtuxo.UUCP (j.smuga)
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Subject: Re: Lord of the Rings on tape
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 15:54:05 EDT
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> However, I strongly believe that tapes are no substitute for reading aloud to
> your own children.  Or somebody else's children for that matter.  
> 
> L S Chabot   ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot   chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa

Agreed.  Oddly enough, I read The Hobbit aloud to my children some time ago.
The interesting thing (to me) is how much reading aloud enhances *my*
appreciation of a book.