Tolkien survey

[Surveyor]

Originally Posted by The Gaffer

And yes, who IS this mystery quiz type person and what does S/HE think?

Well, kids, what do you want to know? You want I should answer my own survey? Yikes. I'll answer some of it, as I'd ramble on ad nauseam with the "Why do you like this book or that movie and what does Tolkien mean to you" questions.

1) Male
2) USA
3) English

4) Books: HOB, LOTR, SIL, UT, TOM, RG, MR, WJ, PME, Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major, Leaf by Niggle, The Letters of JRR Tolkien (what--you haven't read ALL of his books?)

5) Movies: HOBA, LTRA, FRM, TTM, RTKM

6) No recordings

7) I saw the animated Hobbit when I was 14. Then I read HOB and LOTR after that. I wish I hadn't seen the film because until I saw PJ's films I imagined hobbits as fat little curly-headed goofballs--kind of like the "It's Pat" character on Saturday Night Live. And orcs were all fat bipedal pigs with horns.

8) Everything in English

9) I like the books the most. PJ's films annoyed me more than they enthralled me. So it goes.

I'm going to hold off on why I like the books, Tolkien, etc. I'm still working that out. I know, I know--the surveyor won't/can't fully answer his own survey.