What books would the characters read?
 

I was just wondering what kind of books everyone thinks the characters from any of Tolkien's books would read? (sorry if it's been done before)

Here goes my ideas...

Gimli - physcology (sp?) books
Legolas - no books, magazines - Hunting magazines
Pippin - joke books
Aragorn - Being King for Dummies
Sam - cooking books
Frodo - How to destroy an evil ring in three days for dummies
Gandalf - The Study of Balrogs

Here's mine:

Pippin: How to overcome Stupidity
Frodo: This Present Darkness
Sam: The Cook's favorite
Gandalf: True Wisdom for Wizards


By the way, This present darkness is a real book. (By Frank Peretti)

Frodo: How to forge a ring to get rid of another ring.

Legolas: Romeo And Jullette (Pictureing himself as Romeo [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] )

Sam: Martha Stewrt on Cooking

Gandalf: The modern firework

Gimli: How to turn Blond hair green

pippin: Gracfullness for Ideiots

Saurmon: Anything Steven King

Aragorn: Romance for Dummies (That IS a real book)

Boromir: The Art of War

Aragorn: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

Gandalf: Dyanetics

Gimli: What Bike (British bikers mag.. we all know Gimli would own a Harley if he lived nowadays)

Frodo: Ghandi

Sam: Dependance/Co-dependace -or- Big Book of Baby Names

Merry and Pippin: Playboy most likely

Sauron: The Pit and the Pendulum

Saruman: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Eowyn: YM

Legolas: Orlando *shakespeare* (while listening to "Sail Away" by Enya)

Gollum: So Long and Thanks For All the Fish

Arwen: Doesnt have time to read. probably watches Oprah while stiching Aragorn's banner.

Elrond: The Joy of S...well we all know what the rest of that title is...

Galadriel: Ventriloquism made easy

Celeborn: I married Mrs. Right, I just didnt know her first name was "always"

Faramir: Life, The Universe, and Everything

[ September 18, 2002: Message edited by: elengil ]

LMAO elengil!!!

I could deffently see Legolas reading Shakespear wile listening to Enya...EVEN SINGIGN ALONG TO PARTS!!!

Frodo, Pippin, Sam& Marry: The Thjree little pigs and the big bad wolf, laying on thier stomach with thier legs up in the air...The thought just sprung into My mind.

And what was the rest of the tittle to Elronds book? I havent the fantist...The joy of sleeping? Scubadiveing? Swordfishing?

Elrond: Teaching Wisdom to foolish daughters
Eowyn: Swordfighting Digest
Saruman: Hypnotizing for dummies

Frodo: Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear... the cheery stuff.

Gimli. Weeklies: The boxing magazine, crafters magazines,

Aragorn: Machiavelli, Locke, crosswordpuzzles for relaxation in the bar

Boromir: Macciavelli, Clausewitz, military history, does not relax

Pippin and Merry: local daily, comics

(Galadriel: Does not read, she prefers to watch TV [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] )

Legolas: New age books, old hippie cult comics

Gandalf: Histories

Samwise Gamgee: LOTR

Everyone: Harry Potter

*runs away before anyone can thow anything at her*

Gandalf: Cliff's Notes (where do you think he gets all his wisdom?)

*throws a couple of Tomatoes at Rose Cotton*

Humf! Indeed!

Everyone: LOTR, the Hobbit (after they were written of corce.)

Gandalf: Sil and UT

Legolas: Beauty magazines [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Here are my pathetic ideas....
Gandalf: sexy, smart&magical- the autobiography of David Copperfield
Aragorn: the Greenpeace "Save the forests" monthly magazine; Romeo&Juliet if it comes to write Arwen a postcard
Legolas: Diana-her true story; Glamour; Elle
Eowyn: Bridget Jones Diary
Galadriel: Tarot for beginners
Celeborn: Your wife´s more powerful than you-100 ways to live with that
Saruman: Orc training for beginners
Sauron: beeing evil- intermediate level
Arwen: How I got my way&husband- the very secret autobiography of Lúthien
Elrond: When kids leave the house- exepting the fact your children are grown
Denethor: Mortally black- Get depressed in five easy steps
... yeah, that´s about it

I always thought of Gandalf as a Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic kinda guy.

Legolas: Crappy romance novels. Lots of them. The ones with the busty women on the covers.

Gimli: Beer brewing for dummies or Dealing With Grief.

Pippin: 1001 Bad Jokes

Sam-Cook book
Frodo- How 2 destroy a ring
Aragorn-How to speak elvish
Galdalf-How to defeat goblins
Pippin-1000 things to eat
Merry- How to use fireworks

Merry: 101 Sarcastic Comebacks

Boromir: How To Die Valantly and Haunt People

The Witch King: 10 Easy Steps To Become Fear

Actually the Witch-King always struck me as a Barbara Cartland sort of chap. Here are a few ideas:

Gollum: Venus in Furs

Saruman: Palantírs for Dummies by A. N. Natar

Sam: Demosthenes' Philippics

Frodo: Playhobbit

Aragorn: What Katy Did Next

Gandalf: The Beano

Melkor: Living With Rejection

Sauron: Winnie the Pooh

Fëanor: The Reader's Digest Guide to DIY

Eól: Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus

Mîm: Vogue

Galadriel: Keeping House on a Budget