Tolkien survey

[Surveyor]

Okay, everyone. Here is the FULL survey questionnaire. It is very, very long. I’m posting it here because many of you seem to prefer answering it in the forum than on my blog.

But if you prefer the blog, the link again is Surveying Middle-earth.

SURVEY

Please answer the questions by either typing the answer after the question, or just the number or letter of the question followed by your answer.

I prefer anonymous participation. If I directly quote text from your answers, and you want credit in the articles and book, just write, "Yes, I give you permission to quote me." I will only use your username from this site. Please don’t give out your real names or e-mail addresses.

Answer all or just some of the questions. Answers can be any length. I will read and use every responses. Thank you for participating!

1) Gender

2) Country of residence

3) Language(s) spoken

4) Which of the following books have you read? Please list using the title abbreviations.

a. HOB: The Hobbit
b. LOTR: The Lord of the Rings
c. SIL: The Silmarillion
d. UT: Unfinished Tales
e. TOM: "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil," from The Tolkien Reader
f. RG: The Road Goes Ever On
g. BIL: Bilbo’s Last Song
h. BLT1: The Book of Lost Tales I (The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 1)
i. BLT2: The Book of Lost Tales II (HoME, Vol. 2)
j. LB: The Lays of Beleriand (HoME, Vol. 3)
k. SME: The Shaping of Middle-earth (HoME, Vol. 4)
l. LR: The Lost Road (HoME, Vol. 5)
m. RS: The Return of the Shadow (HoME, Vol. 6)
n. TI: The Treason of Isengard (HoME, Vol. 7)
o. WR: The War of the Ring (HoME, Vol. 8)
p. SD or ETA: Sauron Defeated (or the shorter version, The End of the Third Age) (HoME,
vol. 9)
q. MR: Morgoth’s Ring (HoME, Vol. 10)
r. WJ: The War of the Jewels (HoME, Vol. 11)
s. PME: The Peoples of Middle-earth (HoME, Vol. 12)

5) Which of the following movies have you seen? Please list using the title abbreviations.

a. HOBA: The Hobbit, animated television film, dir. by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. (1978)
b. LTRA: The Lord of the Rings, animated theatrical film, dir. by Ralph Bakshi (1979)
c. RTKA: The Return of the King, animated televised film, dir. by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. (1980)
d. FRM: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, dir. by Peter Jackson (2001)
e. TTM: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, dir. by Peter Jackson (2002)
f. RTKM: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, dir. by Peter Jackson (2003)

6) Which radio dramas or books on CD or tape have you listened to?

7) Which book, movie, or recording did you first read, watch, or listen to?

8) Were these works in English or in another language?

9)Do you prefer the books, movies, or audio recordings?

10)Which books do you like the most? Why? Which do you dislike the most? Why?

11)Which movies do you like the most? Why? Which do you dislike the most? Why?

12)Which audio recordings do you like the most? Why? Which do you dislike the most? Why?

13)What do you like or dislike most about Tolkien’s works?

14)Why do you like or dislike Tolkien’s works? What do they mean to you?