[hobbit punk]

Books. Hands down. When I read the books for the first time, I read them without any knowledge of what they were about. I experienced all the shock and surprise of the characters as they did. Never has one literary work made me feel as though I was right there with them, then LOTR. I then went on to read more of Tolkien's books and have since then gained a much deeper and more detailed perspective of Tolkien and his works. The movies were good efforts but can never come to stand next to the original works.