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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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06-10-2007, 10:08 AM
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Mellifluous Maia
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth
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Embarrassing admission...
I read the LOTR for the first time (at age 8) because a 28 year old man I had a crush on was very much into Tolkien, and I wanted to see what it was he liked so much.
The subsequent 8 rereadings, however, were motivated purely by love of the book! Embarrassingly enough, I only completely read the Silmarillion this year, and it was for the same silly, childish reason that I first read LOTR. (Read the first half in '87, lost it, and never got around to finishing it - I don't really know why. There is no excuse.) I'm glad I finally did, though. I don't know why I am motivated best by curiosity about interesting men, but I guess I have to accept motivation where I find it. It seems to work out surprisingly well... Left to my own devices,I'd probably take LJ quizzes and listen to Radiohead all day until I died of boredom. Last edited by Rikae; 06-10-2007 at 10:16 AM. |
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