To me... evil as he is... Smeagol/Gollum is the best character in the book
If I were going to do a semi-spoiler moment, I would say that my favorite word from Gollum is the "sneaking" reply he gives to Sam. It cracked me up when I read it, and again as I recall it.
528 posted on 08/24/2002 10:07:04 AM PDT by GretchenEE