Tuesday Open Thread: Hobbit Edition
by PubliusToday, in 1937, J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published.

Today, in 1937, J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published.

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Bilbo Baggins journey can be seen as an apt analogy for the Tea Party's march to relevance. Much more so, than Jimmy Carter's career slide to oblivion .
I simply adored these books. The movies…ehh.
My son was looking for one of the dvd's and I was asking which title he was searching for, and he couldn't remember, so he described it thusly "the one where they all went on a really long walk…"…..okay, and so I said "including the trees?"
So now we, as a family, refer to the movie trilogy as "The Really Long Walk"
As I said…I really adored…the books ; )
“It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.”
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
J R R Tolkien
On September 21st,
- 1792, the French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy.
- 1897, the New York Sun ran its editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
- 1938, the hurricane dubbed "the Long Island Express" struck parts of New York state and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.
- 1964, Malta attained independence from the U.K.
- 1970, "NFL Monday Night Football" made its debut on ABC-TV as the Cleveland Browns defeated the visiting New York Jets 31-21.
- 1981, the Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
- 1982, the NFL players union began a midseason strike. The work stoppage would reduce the schedule from 16 games to nine.
- 1989, Hurricane Hugo, packing winds of up to 135 mph, made landfall in Charleston, S.C.
- 1999, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Taichung, Taiwan, killing 2,474.
Tolkien also said "Go not to the Elves for advise, for they shall tell you both Yes and No."
GREAT BOOKS!
'Nuff said.
"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!"
What Bilbo Baggins learns in the Hobbit, among other things, is to be brave. And to fight on, even when removed from his comfortable little burrow and placed in the most trying of circumstances. It's not long into the book when he is captured by trolls. He is about to be devoured but the trolls get to arguing and wouldn't you know it, the sun comes up and they turn to stone, allowing Bilbo and his friends to escape.
Tolkien wrote the story for a reason. You know, it only got more dangerous and scary for Bilbo on his adventure. But going out there enriched him, made him wise, and made him strong. We too should not be afraid to go out there and get organized, join a canvassing effort for our neighborhoods, and talk to the folks we might know that still think Obama stands for Main Street and not Mordor.
<sigh> Yes, it was 21 years ago that Hugo hit in South Carolina. I prayed very hard that day. God is great.
Obama would probably get a different perspective on the books, like its better to stay in your hole, chill out, let the gaffer do all the work while He sits at home smoking good Shire "leaf"
Isn't one of Bilbo Baggins descendants now the President of Iran?
I walked a lot and all I got was this lousy ring……. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmuT8UeTk4s
go ahead-get mad…admit it it is funny:)
Shhh…..
Maureen Dowd might hear you…..
" Chapter 1
An Unexpected Party
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. "
………So begins the Great Adventure so simple children love it, so profound scholars debate it………….
MAKE THE MOVIE ALREADY!
Carry on…
Not only have I read the book but also does anyone remember the animated movie the Hobbit? I do and it was poorly done.
Sept 21st 2010 will be famous as the day the senate passed the Dream "Amnesty" Act by attaching it to a defense bill, unless people light up the phones today!
Call your senators! Tell them NO!!!!!
Russia to cut 100,000 bureaucrats: http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-d...
Comon, we can't let the Ruskies have all the fun! Let's top them and cut 1 million.
USA!USA!USA!
I have soft spot in my heart for that movie. Cheesy? Yes…but its still The Hobbit.
I've heard you speak of that day and your circumstance pix,,, HE was especially great for YOU.
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I agree, but I also have a soft spot for "heavy metal" the movie so what do I know…
What are you doing here so early, huumm? Trying to rack up extra points, I assume?;-D
Mornin' Famous….. My, my you do have a competitive streak, don't you?
Have a nice day!
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It was outright weird watching Carter talk about his being a tea party election … It was no such thing for the closet segregationist, just more anti-war hate by the media blinding people to the truth.
Not going to happen again.
Jimmy Carter went off the cliff on his own … telling such whop[pers as the world will be out of oil, not one drop left, by the year 2000, ten years ago. So we had to have synfuels.
…..I decided that to catch you, I got to give up sleep, sex, scotch and cigars – I hope you're worth it !….
Buddy, In our earlier conversation I forgot to mention that the Regime is working to use USDA to
control Farm Sector Financing. We're getting solicitation letters from banks in our area now. I had
planned to do a piece for this open thread today but had other things come up this a.m.
May post it on this thread later today, if not on another OT later in the week.
Catch ya down the road…..
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….and "Fritz the Cat"……!
LOL……Gee Doc, That's a lot to give up, sure you don't to just call the whole thing off?;-D
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I do not know what a hobbit is, nor does it look like I will care.
Are they like Tele-tubbies, or Barney the Purple Dinosaur?
…..Well, I would, but I find I've become addicted to the adrenaline rush….!…. : O
That would be Gollum.
…..They are like jolly Danny DeVitos and Rhea Perlmans with furry feet……
Great books!
We lit trash can bonfires and danced in the rain up in Greensboro. College makes you do crazy stuff.
Perhaps if Barney boinked a Tella-tubbie?
Obama was born in the depths of Mordor: http://billstclair.com/blog/images/hope.eye.of.sa...
Good morning everyone.
I wonder what a trillion or 2 would buy?
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39271495
Here we go again. Fire up those presses.
Hmmm, great book openings.
"There once was a Martian named Michael Valentine Smith."
I'm with ya CB, I didn't read those books either.
….."Call me Ishmael."……
o'kay then, enjoy your high Dr…..
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Sorry to go off topic, but a muslim (?) planting fake bombs in Chicago, named Sammed Samir Samoud plus an unidentified shooter at Ft. Bliss in Texas.
Hows that hope and change workin' out for ya?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yFBapNOGEw
Funny Markowski video @ the tube
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I thought the movies were done incredibly well. My only problem with them was that they cut out the Hobbit's return to Hobbiton at the end of the movie. The fate of Saruman and Wormtongue were, IMHO, too important to leave out.
"It was a dark and stormy night…"
Oh, and if you haven't seen it, the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest:
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
Click on the 2010 contest results.
Hi-frikkin'-larious.
This is true. I went to a funeral at a Congregational Church. I had never met or even seen the departed. Instead of the Bible, the pastor did readings from Lord of The Rings and the Hobbit. You know how silly sounding the names are in the Hobbit, so when he started quoting characters, I burst out laughing. Did I mention I was in the center front row. I had to cover my face with tissues and act like I was overcome.
I saw that movie when I was 7 and was hooked enough to read the book. To this day, those books are my absolute favorite. When I read them, I literally do nothing else until I have finished the series. My kids have to cook their own food and the dog doesn't get walks. I am absorbed by them. Thank you JRR Tolkien!
Let's not forget the reason he was able to be brave was his thoughts of home, although that played a stronger role for the hobbits in LOTR. Knowing that their home was secure was enough to get them through some pretty scary places.
Quick thinking! I would've just sat there laughing and looked like a jerk.
I'm guessing it was a family request to do Tolkien readings at a funeral?
My sister had me read the books before allowing me to go to the movies with her to see them. She's a huge Tolkien nerd who didn't appreciate the fact that while I loved Tolkien's story, I was kind of annoyed by his writing style. (I was stuck for months on the Council of Elrond.) I need to go back and give the books another shot when I've got time.
I guess the family chose, but it made me think, if you're an atheist, what do you read? When we left I told my spouse I want the whole nine yards religious funeral.
If it weren't for Tolkien's paving the way for "little people" to be accepted by society, Tom Cruise would not have had an acting career.
BuddyTWD have read or heard the spoof on the LorTR titled Bored of the Rings. It was a great send up with characters such as….GoodGolf, Leg-O-Lamb, Gimpy and of course Dildo. I've lost my copy after several moves but look around you may find a copy.
Open thread means post whatever, right? OK. Would have been better yesterday with the open thread-tea party but whatever. Here goes. Know what the tea party reminds me of? The airborne drop into France on D-Day. The Germans had no idea how to respond. We were everywhere and nowhere. No supply lines, no bases, just a whole heck of a lot of people you did NOT want to pock with. Like the tea party today. Obama and Co. are now saying 'the tea party has no plan blah blah blah.' Well with no real leaders or any sort of hierarchy it is not surprising a clear platform has not emerged. Well, I've been thinking about it a bit, and I thought I'd throw my thoughts out there, see what you guys think. here goes: Repeal Obamacare. Dissolve the Federal Reserve. End the Great Ponzi Scheme known as Social Security. Reduce the EPA to research-only levels and make them go through Congress if they want to do something. Like anything. Now we are gonna pick up our axe and go have a talk with the following departments: Commerce, Education, Homeland Security, and Energy. Bye bye. There are way more departments to axe but that will do to start. Taxes. Strangely enough, no one knows exactly how many pages long the tax code is. Lets be conservative (har har) and say it is 7000 ages long. We can reduce that by about 6994 pages. Institute a flat tax at 11% for EVERYONE. Good, now we can reduce the IRS by 90%. Whats left of the IRS can start by auditing everyone who receives federal pay starting with the President, Congress, administration officials, down the line to all federal workers (more on taxes below). Encourage all lawyers to emigrate to Cuba (just kidding. well, kinda) Military. Now we will exchange our axe for a scalpel and make our military lean and mean. Get rid of the overabundance of pogue REMF desk sitters and bean counters. More teeth, less tail. We have over 700 bases worldwide in over 100 countries. 90% of our fighting men and women will be coming home. Re-open mothballed military bases. That means they will be spending their money HERE instead of THERE. With such a massive infusion of money into the economy, that will mean JOBS (out the ying-yang). Good. Now that our guys and gals are back home, patrol the border. No, excuse me. CLOSE the border. Tanks, infantry, helicopters, the whole can. Illegally entering this country is an act of war. Aim for center of mass. Sheriffs nationwide deputize Military Police units to aid in arresting all illegals (I was going to say send infantry to back up the MPs but the MPs actually have some SERIOUS firepower, more than they will ever need). Transfer illegals to the border. Have them build a wall. Pay them a one-time worker fee. Deport them after taking fingerprints and DNA. If you are caught in America again, you are going to a penal work camp for a loooong time. Put Sheriff Joe Arppiao in charge of the camp. Repeal the 14th and 17th Amendments. OK, good start. We just seriously reduced federal spending. Whew, I need a smoke. OK back. Next? Keep current tax rates for 2 years. With the drop in expenditures, the tax revenue should eliminate the national debt (actually I have no idea but it sounds good, amirite? Too lazy to crunch the numbers). Put our currency on the silver standard. Demand Congress pass a law that makes it illegal to spend more than we have (no deficits). Require all new legislation to cite its constitutionality.Then go to the flat tax (see above). Also eliminate the federal fees on your landline, cell phone, utility bill, and the other hundred fees we don't even notice. Eliminate the capital gains tax.
Oops, guess that post was a bit long, the end got cut off. I was pretty much done ranting anyways. I was painting with pretty broad strokes and I'm sure I forgot some things like end all non-military discretionary spending and foreign aid. Withdraw from the UN and boot their corrupt arses out of NYC. Turn the UN building into a VA hospital with the purpose of becoming the best medical facility in the world. Pass a law where the President, Congress, etc etc will have no better benefits than the lowest ranking member of our military. Hmph. Guess I wasn't done ranting…
I welcome all criticism, additions, subtractions (multiplications?) I am not thin skinned like some presidents I could mention.
I love the smell of Freedom in the morning. It smells like…Freedom.
Oh, and Tolkien rocks. FRODO LIVES!
See you in November.
edit: my first post says, in regards to the tax code, 'it is 7000 ages long'. Was going to correct it, but the way it is now has a nice ring to it lolz.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Thanks for that.
Did anyone hear about the dept transportation requiring states to change all street signs to we call in the software development trade camel case (upper case first letter + lower case for each word). 6 or 7 years ago they did the same thing, only then they required all upper case? The waste is criminal. You'd think the even the left would scoff at the waste to the environment. My question is, why do we even have a federal dept of transportation. The left always says what are you going to cut? Well how about all departments except defense.
http://cjonline.com/news/local/2010-09-13/column_...
Well, see, they did a study (it only cost 5 gajillion taxpayer dollars), the result of which showed that all upper-case letters made some people uncomfortable, like all caps was too in their face, and camel code was the was to go to be more sennnnsitive. Fast forward 6 or 7 years from now, there will be another study (and another 5 gajillion dollars) showing that camel code was discriminatory to all the letters besides the first one, and we will need to switch to all lower-case. /chuckle
Those on the left, including the media and Obama, who say The Tea Party doesn't have a platform, haven't been listening.
For Tea Party Members, a platform doesn't have to be pages and pages long.
What part of Don't Tread on Me do they not understand?
What part of Limited & Responsible Government do they not understand?
What part of Taxed Enough Already do they not understand?
What part of The Constitution do they not understand?
Four lines. A firm foundation. A Steady Platform.
This is probably O's idea of stimulus. Let the cities accross the nation tax everyone to pay for an unfunded mandate and then say you put a few sign makers to work. OR – maybe it's as simple as good old corruption. You know, the sign makers or suppliers donated a bunch to the Dems.
Read the 12 books his son put out that tell of unpublished tales, first drafts of the novels, notes and the making of the silmarillon. Its literally a peek into the mind of Tolkien himself and very gripping. Only for diehard Tolkien fans, though.
By the time Rankin Bass came out with the Television Special of the Hobbit, I was already deep in the world of The Shire and Middle Earth. I ran across The Hobbit in a department store, in a bookrack that was selling books at a reduced rate. I was looking for something that would continue my love of fairy tales, as I had devoured my Dad's copy of the Blue Fairy Book and all the children's books that were out in the 70s were boring, pedantic, condescending and simpleminded. I just didnt know that I wanted adventure and romance and fantasy until I stumbled upon The Hobbit and I read it 16 times in one week, so taken was I by Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf and the quest for treasure. Rankin Bass' production was indeed cheesy but for a 10 yr old little girl who wanted to more than cutesy little tales of horsies and the burgeoning writings of grrrlpwr! "literature", it was a dream come true to see my favorite story being told in the public sector. I wanted EVERYONE to fall in love with it the way I did.
Unfortunately, I remained a true Hobbit Freak for a long time before all of that happened. Now Hobbit Fans think they are so unique, but I remember being outcast because I craved more of what Tolkien offered in his "unconscious fairy tale". I was abnormal because I loved the underlying themes of bravery and courage and pain and growth and tragedy. I wanted a classical education while all others were happy with post-modernism.
Not a bad rough draft.
So…………………..who's your running mate there Johnny Quest?………………please don't say Hadji.
"It was a pleasure to burn…" (to be honest, I found Stranger in a Strange Land one of Heinlein's hardest to read books.. even with the fantastic opening.)
yeah.. but Im still trying to figure out what Tolkien was trying to write when he wrote Silmarion.. I found some of the unpublished stuff easier to read than that one was …. I have yet to actually to be able to get through Silmarion in its entirety before I want to pull my hair out.
NB: The Hobbit was written before WWII, and is much less dark and threatening than the post-war Lord of the Rings.
That would be Bandit
I agree with you 100% but here is what I mean. This is a quote from Pres. Obama via NYT:
“The challenge for the Tea Party movement is to identify specifically: What would you do?” the president said. “It’s not enough to say get control of spending. I think it’s important for you to say, ‘I’m willing to cut veterans benefits, or I’m willing to cut Medicare or Social Security, or I’m willing to see taxes go up.’ ”
off topic: i just read this on another page 'if the us government was put in charge of the Sahara desert, in 5 years there would be a shortage of sand.' It was said by some economist, i wish i could find it again to give him credit.
"All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which his long white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.
"Good morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain. If you have a pipe about you, sit down and have a fill of mine! There's no hurry, we have all the day before us!" Then Bilbo sat down on a seat by his door, crossed his legs, and blew out a beautiful grey ring of smoke that sailed up into the air without breaking and floated away over The Hill.
"Very pretty!" said Gandalf. "But I have no time to blow smoke-rings this morning. I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone."
"I should think so – in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them," said our Mr. Baggins, and stuck one thumb behind his braces, and blew out another even bigger smoke-ring. Then he took out his morning letters, and began to read, pretending to take no more notice of the old man. He had decided that he was not quite his sort, and wanted him to go away. But the old man did not move. He stood leaning on his stick and gazing at the hobbit without saying anything, till Bilbo got quite uncomfortable and even a little cross.
"Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off."
"Not at all, not at all, my dear sir! Let me see, I don't think I know your name?"
"Yes, yes, my dear sir – and I do know your name, Mr. Bilbo Baggins. And you do know my name, though you don't remember that I belong to it. I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me! To think that I should have lived to be good-morninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!"
"Gandalf, Gandalf! Good gracious me! Not the wandering wizard that gave Old Took a pair of magic diamond studs that fastened themselves and never came undone till ordered? Not the fellow who used to tell such wonderful tales at parties, about dragons and goblins and giants and the rescue of princesses and the unexpected luck of widows' son? Not the man that used to make such particularly excellent fireworks! I remember those! Old Took used to have them on Midsummer's Eve. Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight all evening!" You will notice already that Mr. Baggins was not quite so prossy as he liked to believe, also that he was very fond of flowers. "Dear me!" he went on. "Not the Gandalf who was responsible for so many quiet lads and lasses going off into the Blue for mad adventures? Anything from climbing trees to visiting elves – or sailing in ships, sailing to other shores! Bless me, life used to be quite inter – I mean, you used to upset things badly in these parts once upon a time. I beg your pardon, but I had no idea you were still in business."
"Where else should I be?" said the wizard. "All the same I am pleased to find you remember something about me. You seem to remember my fireworks kindly, at any rate, and that is not without hope. Indeed for your old grandfather Took's sake, and for the sake of poor Belladonna, I will give you what you asked for."
"I beg your pardon, I haven't asked for anything!"
"Yes, you have! Twice now. My pardon. I give it to you. In fact I will go so far as to send you on this adventure. Very amusing for me, very good for you – and profitable too, very likely, if you ever get over it."
"Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not today. Good morning! But please come to tea – any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Come tomorrow! Good bye!" With that the hobbit turned and scuttled inside his round green door, and shut it as quickly as he dared, not to seem rude. Wizards after all are wizards.
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, An Unexpected Party, The Hobbit, Or There And Back Again
Hilarious!!! I had forgotten about Star Wars vs. LOTR in Clerks II. You hit the nail on the head with this one buddy. Hilarious…
Its a "Creation Myth". Look at it as the "Bible" of Middle Earth. I too had a hard time when I first read it. But years later I went back and slowly read the book and found it absolutely amazing. If you read the Book of Lost Tales first, it helps make sense of the Silarillion
I agree with you and Mark S below on the Simirillion and some of the other unpublished tales. I've read most, but tend to get lost in the long geneologies and when he condenses stories into 2 or 3 paragraphs. It would have been easier if he had written the Sim as a series of 3 books like LOTR. Maybe then he could develop the characters and add more dialogue to make for a better story. They all read more like a history text than anything else. But I still love his works.
"I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large and stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off. They are inclined to be fat in the stomach; they dress in bright colours (chiefly green and yellow); wear no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads (which is curly); have long clever brown fingers, good-natured faces, and laugh deep fruity laughs (especially after dinner, which they have twice a day when they can get it). Now you know enough to go on with."
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, An Unexpected Party, The Hobbit, Or There And Back Again
Would that we had more clear thinkers these days like Tolkien.
Cowboy,
Hobbits in Tolkiens book represent ordinary people, people of no particular standing or expectation in the world who, by being willing to step outside of their comfort zone and do the right thing, change the course of history.
A very apropos read in times such as this.
Oh, I agree the movies were done well, no doubt of that- hence why I have the dvd's. I just prefer the books. This always happens if I read the book before I see the movie
My biggest…I guess, dislike about the movies compared to the books was the actor who did Frodo. I never saw Frodo as whiny in the books, more as innocent. And the actor couldn't get the innocence. It felt like every time Frodo was on screen, he was whining. Made the movie drag for me. Everyone else was well cast, however.
Very very true, my Texan born Corn Goddess
Guilford, UNGC, or A&T?
Funny how things turn out- guess where I'm from? LOL
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk about determination BAHAHHAHAHAHA
You forgot Greensboro College in the list, but it was at UNC G.
The campus is self powered, but the power went out during the night, but I don't think that stopped people from partying.
Ohh ye suffering gawds…"Hand Over Fist" and the ever popular "the loc nar's mine, you b!tch"
The things one never forgets (but probably should) LOL
maybe i'll try that gadsden… the book is sitting on my bedroom floor somewhere…
….Much better answer than mine, Bee, much, much better…. ; )
Well doc, you beat me at dropping the first line thing for this open thread post. But in keeping with the literary spirit of the day, I figured it best to let the work speak for and explain itself.
Bad me, I also forgot Bennett.
UNCG…yeah, the parties were epic LOL I never was enrolled there, but "went" there, if you get the distinction ; ) However, I did go there for all my exams and certs when I discovered what the word "responsibility" truly meant <snort>
Nice to "meet" you, fellow LogansRun fan
are you still in NC?
The extended edition of the two towers shows the fate of Saruman and wormtounge, granted it was not the original fate from the books.
I dare say that new fans (because of the movies) may not understand the depth and long memory of Mr. Tolkien in his writings. Although written for children as it were, The Hobbit delves very deeply into the history and lore of Middle Earth. This book truly exceptional.
Mr. Tolkien was already working on the Lord Of The Rings tome when he first published The Hobbit. Remember he went back and changed part of the Gollum story in The Hobbit in order to have congruity with the greater work. In a literary sense there is no pre- or post- war timeline in relation to European and world history.
Ah, the Hobbit. Excellent book. I love Tolkien's Middle Earth universe. Great books, The Silmarillion, Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings. My absolute favorite works of fiction ever.
Not to mention being attacked by a bunny in the middle of a lake!
And another, vertically challenged, is the leader over in North Korea!!!
Which one of the seven dwarfs is she BTW??? Oops wrong book or movie, sorry!!! NOT!!!
Nope, not worth giving up the simple pleasures in life especially during the current economic situation!!
In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth.
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Yes ,it was funny.
No, that was a good one, and I'm not even religious!
Sounds like it! The Middle Earth Tea Party!
Hey, I tried to read the books before the movies came out as well. But life happens. So then I tried reading them anyway. Made it half way through the second book. I will honestly try again some time soon, but they are very long winded and it's hard to keep track of all that stuff. But if I can get through Frank Herbert's stuff, I should be able to make it through this.
I did enjoy the movies though.
….You Win, Rabbi…!…. ; )
….Actually, Flame, the only one of the four I can afford nowadays is Sleep – and my worries about money and Cornpone's widening lead have robbed me of that…!….
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