How were you introduced to Tolkien?

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My dad got me addicted to Tolkien very early on. He read the Hobbit to me the first time when I was maybe six, then I read it myself continually between the ages of eight and, um, well I'm still reading it constantly. Dad tried reading the Trilogy to me for the first time when I was eight, but I really didn't have the attention span to handle it then. When my dad found out that LotR was being made into a movie (movies, sorry), he insisted that I read the books. I had no objections; I had been meaning to read the books for ages. I was about 3/4 of the way through Fellowship for the first time when I saw the Movie. Then, when I got home, I cheated and read ahead into TTT to find out what happened to Merry and Pippin. As of currently I have read the Trilogy six times, and am on my seventh time through, and am half through the Silmarillion. After that, Lost Tales is next on my reading list!