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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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05-30-2007, 12:51 AM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Tumunzahar/Nogrod
Posts: 364
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I'm really surprised how many there were who got to know Tolkien from a parent. I thought I was the only one. My mother read the Hobbit to me (and later my sister) when we were younger. She had lots of Tolkien books sitting around the house. After that, I went to see the movie and then read LotR on my own.
Although it wasn't the main thing, Tolkien even influenced my choice of majors. I've gotten interested in languages and am doing a double major in linguistics along with Arabic and Hebrew.
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