Fun Hobbit Poll - Page 4

Goldberry1 · 10-19-2002, 06:10 PM

1. Well, yes and no. I heard about The Hobbit and started to read it but I just couldn't get past the first chapter! So then I saw the FOTR movie, read LOTR, and then finally read The Hobbit!
2. My brother, dad, mom, cousin, and uncle all told me I should read it!
3. Yes! Once I finally finished The Hobbit I thought it was great! But I still prefer LOTR.

Linarryl · 10-27-2002, 03:12 PM

1.Yep.

2. I found it by accident in a library.

3.Of course! But my favorite was the LOTR series. I don't like Bilbo a lot. I thought The HObbit was very sad how Fili and Kili died. I cried then because Fili and Kili were so nice.

Blackboar · 11-20-2002, 01:38 PM

1) Yep

2) My mum got it from the libary for me when I was about 7.
My teacher was reading it in class then too.

3) When I first read it I got confused and kept skipping paragraphs so I didnt get the whole story. Then I read it again after I read LotR and really enjoyed it.
I think after theyve done all the LotR movies they should do a hobbit one.

Silverstripe · 11-20-2002, 05:36 PM

1. Yes
2. 6 years old. In fact The Hobbit was the first chapter book I read. My father the semi-Tolkienite got it for me at age 5, but I didn't read it right away

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3. Yes -- I was obssesed with the book for a time, but that ended as soon as I read LotR.

L@ur@y Elven Warrior · 02-02-2003, 05:06 AM

1) Yes The Hobbit was my intorductio to Middle Earth

2) My sister Kiwi got the LoTR books so I started to read THe Hobbit while she read FoTR.

3) Yes I did like THe Hobbit when I started the book I just couldn't stop reading it.

The Lady of the Wood · 02-04-2003, 07:58 PM

1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?
Yes
2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit?
i dunno i had just heard about it and decide to check it out
3) Did you like the Hobbit?
yes, but i was kinda confused (especially because of all the songs n history)but i undertsand it better

SonOfSamWise · 02-05-2003, 10:10 PM

1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?

technically yes, but my interest in it stemmed from my dad telling me that the lyrics from his favorite rock group, led zeppelin, were inspired by tolkien.

2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit?

i read it in search of the mordor and the gollum that the band was singing about.
my dad also wanted me to find out what scenes in both the hobbit and lotr were being recreated by certain led zeppelin songs.

3) Did you like the Hobbit?

yes, the hobbit and ME is a fortress of anglo-saxon culture.

Lady of Rohan · 02-08-2003, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by webwizard333
1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?
2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit?
3) Did you like the Hobbit?

1) Was the hobbit your first introduction to middle earth?

Yes.

2) How were you first introduced to the hobbit?

My dad said it was a really good book and told me what it was about. I said it sounded interesting so he read it to me.

3) Did you like The Hobbit?

Yes. I thought that it was quite good. I thought it was more funny the LotR (probably because the story line isn't as serious) and I liked Bilbo's character a lot.

Anérith · 02-23-2003, 02:46 PM

1) Was The Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?

Yes

2) How were you introduced to The Hobbit?

My dad gave me a copy of the book when I was six - the edition with the illustration of Smaug on the cover, if I recall correctly he was wrapped around his pile of gold.

3) Did you like The Hobbit?

I adored it. I still have that copy somewhere though I have read it so many times that it is in several pieces. I re-read it every now and then.

~Anérith~

Elvengirl · 02-23-2003, 03:37 PM

1) Yes

2)My brother recommended it when I was 10

3)Loved it! I couldn't put it down and it changed my whole genre of books.

Amandil · 02-23-2003, 04:17 PM

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1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?

Not really. I saw the Hobbit movie when I was a tween (although nobody called us tweens back then) and liked it. My parents watched Bashki's flick in the same era, but I wasn't allowed to watch it once the Dark Riders came on the scene. I ended up picking-up Fellowship of the Ring in Grade Nine and that was the real introduction to Middle Earth for me. It was more or less a random/curiosity sort of encounter in the library bookshelves.

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2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit?

I read it after I read the Lord of the Rings, which was of my own doing.

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3) Did you like the Hobbit?

Not as much as the Lord of the Rings, at first, but after a second or third read I appreciated it a lot more.

Bunnie_Queen_1146 · 02-23-2003, 05:54 PM

1) yes

2) my brother

3) it was ok.

Pimpernel · 02-24-2003, 08:59 PM

Was The Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?
yes, but 'first introduction' doesn't make sense. can there be a second introduction?
How were you introduced to The Hobbit?
When I was in third grade, I found it in my parent's bookshelf and I was interested in the cover picture (of Bilbo and Gollum), so I read it with help from my mom.
Do you like The Hobbit?
Of course, I've read it millions of times (you know I'm exaggerating there, but oh well) and I love the laid-back mode of the story. I actually think I like it just as much as LotR!

***Jonathan*** · 03-18-2003, 03:50 PM

1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?
Yes
2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit?
I was introduced to the book when I was twelve years old. In school we were going to read books together. We had to choose from The Hobbit or a book by some Swedish author. I chose The Hobbit, thus was the world of Middle-Earth opened for me
3) Did you like the Hobbit?
Yes, I loved it. I had never read such a good adventure novel. The book made me interested not only in Tolkien's world, but in the worlds of other famous novelists who wrote adventure stories (like R.L Stevenson and his classic The Treasure Island).

If it weren't for The Hobbit, I would not have read LotR and the other books of Tolkien, nor would I have joined Entmoot

Melko Belcha · 03-18-2003, 03:59 PM

1. Yes
2. As far back as I can remember The Hobbit animated movie was one of my top favorite cartoons, and I really liked Return of the King also.
I never even knew about the books until I heard of LOTR being made. I hated reading when I was young but swore that I would read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings before I saw the movie.
3. It blew me away. I got so big into Tolkien that I read The Hoddit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and all 12 volumes of The History of Middle-earth three times before I saw Fellowship in the Theater.

TheWhiteRider · 04-09-2003, 07:55 PM

1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?

Yes

2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit?

My parent are big fans of tolkien, and they read a chapter every night to my brother.

3) Did you like the Hobbit?

I loved it. I was entranced by the imagery and was hooked on tolkien from then on. So far I've read it about five times.

TheWhiteRider · 04-09-2003, 07:59 PM

Correction: My parents read a chapter to me and my brother every night.

Indril Anarion · 04-09-2003, 09:59 PM

1) Yes

2) A Tolkien fan friend of mine told me about it...I checked it out from the library and read it, at first with the family, but I eventually finished it alone

3) Needless to say, I loved it! It was awesome and an excellent intro to ME, especially when I read LOTR. The day I finished it was the day I began to develop my Tolien addiction...lol...now I;m a full-fledged fan, and it was all thanks to my friend who was kind enough to tell me about it
Moral of the story: tell everyone you know about LOTR!!! (The results may surprise you

) lol

Bombadillo · 04-09-2003, 10:58 PM

1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth?
I think so. I honestly don't remember. I was asleep.

2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit?
I was really really young and my dad read it to me and my older brother all the time. I always fell asleep and so heard it in my dreams and later grew up around my dad and brother both being obsessed. I was brainwashed.

3) Did you like the Hobbit?
Of course!

gimli7410 · 04-09-2003, 11:53 PM

1)yes
2)my brother let me read his copy
3)yes

10-19-2002, 06:10 PM	#61
Goldberry1 Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: DC or Delaware, depending on the time of year Posts: 244	1. Well, yes and no. I heard about The Hobbit and started to read it but I just couldn't get past the first chapter! So then I saw the FOTR movie, read LOTR, and then finally read The Hobbit! 2. My brother, dad, mom, cousin, and uncle all told me I should read it! 3. Yes! Once I finally finished The Hobbit I thought it was great! But I still prefer LOTR. __________________ Oh, your collegiate grief has left you dowdy in sweatshirts, absolute horror!

11-20-2002, 05:36 PM	#64
Silverstripe Empress of the Writewraiths Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Running around somewhere inside my head. So what are YOU doing here?! Posts: 1,546	1. Yes 2. 6 years old. In fact The Hobbit was the first chapter book I read. My father the semi-Tolkienite got it for me at age 5, but I didn't read it right away. 3. Yes -- I was obssesed with the book for a time, but that ended as soon as I read LotR.

02-02-2003, 05:06 AM	#65
L@ur@y Elven Warrior Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Halkirk Posts: 208	1) Yes The Hobbit was my intorductio to Middle Earth 2) My sister Kiwi got the LoTR books so I started to read THe Hobbit while she read FoTR. 3) Yes I did like THe Hobbit when I started the book I just couldn't stop reading it. __________________ Ni melme legolas

02-04-2003, 07:58 PM	#66
The Lady of the Wood Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: the dark side of the moon Posts: 89	Re: Fun Hobbit Poll 1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth? Yes 2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit? i dunno i had just heard about it and decide to check it out 3) Did you like the Hobbit? yes, but i was kinda confused (especially because of all the songs n history)but i undertsand it better

02-05-2003, 10:10 PM	#67
SonOfSamWise Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ered Nimrais Posts: 34	in the darkest depths of mordor, i met a girl so fair 1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth? technically yes, but my interest in it stemmed from my dad telling me that the lyrics from his favorite rock group, led zeppelin, were inspired by tolkien. 2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit? i read it in search of the mordor and the gollum that the band was singing about. my dad also wanted me to find out what scenes in both the hobbit and lotr were being recreated by certain led zeppelin songs. 3) Did you like the Hobbit? yes, the hobbit and ME is a fortress of anglo-saxon culture. __________________ Bilbo cheated. The Old Took rules!! Last edited by SonOfSamWise : 02-05-2003 at 10:49 PM.

10-27-2002, 03:12 PM	#62
Linarryl Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 160	1.Yep. 2. I found it by accident in a library. 3.Of course! But my favorite was the LOTR series. I don't like Bilbo a lot. I thought The HObbit was very sad how Fili and Kili died. I cried then because Fili and Kili were so nice.

11-20-2002, 01:38 PM	#63
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	1) Yep 2) My mum got it from the libary for me when I was about 7. My teacher was reading it in class then too. 3) When I first read it I got confused and kept skipping paragraphs so I didnt get the whole story. Then I read it again after I read LotR and really enjoyed it. I think after theyve done all the LotR movies they should do a hobbit one.

02-23-2003, 02:46 PM	#69
Anérith Sapling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wandering Middle Earth Posts: 10	1) Was The Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth? Yes 2) How were you introduced to The Hobbit? My dad gave me a copy of the book when I was six - the edition with the illustration of Smaug on the cover, if I recall correctly he was wrapped around his pile of gold. 3) Did you like The Hobbit? I adored it. I still have that copy somewhere though I have read it so many times that it is in several pieces. I re-read it every now and then. ~Anérith~

02-23-2003, 03:37 PM	#70
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	1) Yes 2)My brother recommended it when I was 10 3)Loved it! I couldn't put it down and it changed my whole genre of books.

02-23-2003, 05:54 PM	#72
Bunnie_Queen_1146 90% angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Unknown>:) Posts: 243	1) yes 2) my brother 3) it was ok. __________________ Call me BQ orTiny. Since I can't change my user name.lol Don't you remember/ The fizz in a pepper/Peanuts in a bottle/At ten, two and four/A fried bologna sandwich/With mayo and tomato/Sittin' round the table/Don't happen much anymore /Back when a hoe was a hoe/Coke was a coke/And crack's what you were doing/When you were cracking jokes/Back when a screw was a screw/The wind was all that blew/And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu/I miss back when

02-24-2003, 08:59 PM	#73
Pimpernel Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: small town in NY...not where I wanna be.. Posts: 57	Was The Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth? yes, but 'first introduction' doesn't make sense. can there be a second introduction? How were you introduced to The Hobbit? When I was in third grade, I found it in my parent's bookshelf and I was interested in the cover picture (of Bilbo and Gollum), so I read it with help from my mom. Do you like The Hobbit? Of course, I've read it millions of times (you know I'm exaggerating there, but oh well) and I love the laid-back mode of the story. I actually think I like it just as much as LotR! __________________ And this is what I have said, so you shall shut up if you are opposed for I am Iluvatar and you must obey me..for I know all that is, was, and will be and you don't!! HAH just kidding, I only wish I was Eru...power is good..except I would get corrupted so know...and why am I writing all of this randomness that's popping into my head that you don't give a rat's tail about.....??

03-18-2003, 03:50 PM	#74
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth? Yes 2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit? I was introduced to the book when I was twelve years old. In school we were going to read books together. We had to choose from The Hobbit or a book by some Swedish author. I chose The Hobbit, thus was the world of Middle-Earth opened for me 3) Did you like the Hobbit? Yes, I loved it. I had never read such a good adventure novel. The book made me interested not only in Tolkien's world, but in the worlds of other famous novelists who wrote adventure stories (like R.L Stevenson and his classic The Treasure Island). If it weren't for The Hobbit, I would not have read LotR and the other books of Tolkien, nor would I have joined Entmoot __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

03-18-2003, 03:59 PM	#75
Melko Belcha Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Behind the Walls of Night Posts: 286	1. Yes 2. As far back as I can remember The Hobbit animated movie was one of my top favorite cartoons, and I really liked Return of the King also. I never even knew about the books until I heard of LOTR being made. I hated reading when I was young but swore that I would read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings before I saw the movie. 3. It blew me away. I got so big into Tolkien that I read The Hoddit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and all 12 volumes of The History of Middle-earth three times before I saw Fellowship in the Theater.

04-09-2003, 07:55 PM	#76
TheWhiteRider Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: On top of a white horse named Shadowfax. Posts: 114	1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth? Yes 2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit? My parent are big fans of tolkien, and they read a chapter every night to my brother. 3) Did you like the Hobbit? I loved it. I was entranced by the imagery and was hooked on tolkien from then on. So far I've read it about five times. __________________ "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle, and quick to anger." ~Gildor "Begun, the Clone War has..." ~Yoda "I can't see, as I'm facing your pitiful lies, don't have the strength, to carry your heavy load of lies." ~H.I.M.

04-09-2003, 07:59 PM	#77
TheWhiteRider Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: On top of a white horse named Shadowfax. Posts: 114	Correction: My parents read a chapter to me and my brother every night. __________________ "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle, and quick to anger." ~Gildor "Begun, the Clone War has..." ~Yoda "I can't see, as I'm facing your pitiful lies, don't have the strength, to carry your heavy load of lies." ~H.I.M.

04-09-2003, 09:59 PM	#78
Indril Anarion Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: My heart is forever in Mirkwood Posts: 429	1) Yes 2) A Tolkien fan friend of mine told me about it...I checked it out from the library and read it, at first with the family, but I eventually finished it alone 3) Needless to say, I loved it! It was awesome and an excellent intro to ME, especially when I read LOTR. The day I finished it was the day I began to develop my Tolien addiction...lol...now I;m a full-fledged fan, and it was all thanks to my friend who was kind enough to tell me about it Moral of the story: tell everyone you know about LOTR!!! (The results may surprise you) lol __________________ I'm a Jesus Freak and proud of it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody tosses a Dwarf." - Gimli, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save Ferris!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My true Elven name is Idril Anarion, but I misspelled in the username, and now I can't fix it... Oh, well...now you know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't be afraid of death....Be afraid of the unlived life- Tuck Everlasting

04-09-2003, 10:58 PM	#79
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	1) Was the Hobbit your first introduction to Middle Earth? I think so. I honestly don't remember. I was asleep. 2) How were you introduced to the Hobbit? I was really really young and my dad read it to me and my older brother all the time. I always fell asleep and so heard it in my dreams and later grew up around my dad and brother both being obsessed. I was brainwashed. 3) Did you like the Hobbit? Of course! __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

04-09-2003, 11:53 PM	#80
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