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| View Poll Results: I've read Tolkien, for I have... | |||
| Found him on my own in a bookstore |
   
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4 | 3.77% |
| Heard about him from a friend/sibling |
  
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31 | 29.25% |
| Watched the movies |
  
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18 | 16.98% |
| Read exalted criticism in a paper/book and read his works to look for myself |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Read spiteful criticism in a paper/book and read his works to look for myself |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Found the books prohibited in my school/university and decided to have a go |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Been taught his works in school/university |
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4 | 3.77% |
| Been read his works by my parents as a child/read the books bought for me by my parents |
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28 | 26.42% |
| Enjoyed another artist (poet, writer, etc, please indicate) |
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3 | 2.83% |
| Other |
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18 | 16.98% |
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02-13-2006, 10:43 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2003
Location: The Party Tree
Posts: 1,042
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How did you come to read Tolkien? Was it a long road or short - have you been hesitant or eager to approach the books at all?
I saw the trailer to FOTR, a vague memory popped in my head of a cartoon that had a cute small person, a ring, a volcano and a frog that bit off finger of said cute small person. Shopped at Wal-mart a couple of days later, saw cheap books- bought The Hobbit and LOTR. Read them in 'bout 2 weeks. Been buying and reading Tolkien's works ever since and hanging around here. In a way, my journey was long and short. Long because that memory lied dormant in me for so long (oh the wasted years) and short 'cause when it was awakened well, I acted on it quick.
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