<p>The 14 fans in this episode mention how Tolkien's works influenced, to varying degrees, their choice of career or academic study.</p>

The 14 fans in this episode mention how Tolkien's works influenced, to varying degrees, their choice of career or academic study.

Engrossed in their crafts

An arc of nine episodes released every other week.

Each episode consists of a selection of brief (up to 3-minute) responses by fans of English author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) to 3 questions: When did you first encounter the works of Tolkien? Why are you a fan? What has he meant to you?

The interviews in each episode center on a particular theme.

All interviews are drawn from Marquette University's J.R.R. Tolkien Fandom Oral History Collection

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An arc of nine episodes released every other week. Each episode consists of a selection of brief (up to 3-minute) responses by fans of English author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) to 3 questions: When did you first encounter the works of Tolkien? Why are you a fan? What has he meant to you? The interviews in each episode center on a particular theme. All interviews are drawn from Marquette University's J.R.R. Tolkien Fandom Oral History Collection

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