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The Space Trilogy, 3 Volumes in 1. This beautiful, deluxe collector’s edition of “The Hobbit” will be one you’ll treasure. Encased in a green leatherette slipcase with front square illustration, the book cover features a border of imprinted gold and red runes on the same green leatherette, with a square illustration in the center matching the illustration on the exterior of the case.
The spine also features gold-and-red imprinted edging with the title and author spelled out in English and in Runes. The interior illustrations by Tolkien are presented in a two-tone, pale mint-green and black format, with five fully-colorized illustrations. Page edges are white and speckled with green; text pages feature black font with green accents. Book is 9. Related Products.
Have a question about this product? Ask us here. Ask a Question What would you like to know about this product? Connect With Us. Gandalf, if anything, is an excellent judge of character. The ending is just the beginning The ending of this book is undeniably rushed. Bilbo is unconscious for most of it, and we receive a post battle update.
There are off page deaths and victories. In this, I think Tolkien cements the message of the story; it is not about the tragic death of a dwarf who went slightly mad, and then redeemed himself; it is not about a boatman who slayed a dragon, and became a renowned hero: it is about a Hobbit. It is a story in which a Hobbit who had no courage and no bravery found it. It is a story about a hobbit who was too scared to leave his house without a hanky eventually evolved into a Hobbit that would trick a dragon.
I think you know why. View all 25 comments. From a hole in the ground came one of my favorite characters of all time, the very reluctant and unassuming hero, Bilbo Baggins. As a child, The Hobbit sparked my young imagination, causing wonderful daydreams and horrible nightmares. As a teen, the book made me want to become a writer of fantastical tales As an adult, Tolkien’s novel maintains within me a link to my childhood, safekeeping cherished memories and evoking everlasting emotions.
The From a hole in the ground came one of my favorite characters of all time, the very reluctant and unassuming hero, Bilbo Baggins. The troubles with trolls, those slinking spiders, the finding of treasure, cave exploration, riddles in the dark I would make many an ornate wooden sword in my father’s basement workshop, because of Sting. Funny I didn’t take to wearing rings though Being pint-sized, Mr.
Baggins makes the perfect magnetic character for a young person. He is about a child’s size, yet he is mature. Similar, yet something to aspire to. His diminutive stature made his implausible escapes and victories that much more satisfying.
Nothing bores me more than muscle-bound killing machines wielding swords the size of windmill blades. I have read this fantastic tale a number of times, watched the 70s cartoon movie version countless times and was counting down the days with unabashed eagerness until Peter Jackson’s new live action film came out.
I will continue to read The Hobbit again and again, for the road goes ever, ever on This is the one I can quote from start to finish and annoy the fuck out of my friends. Crazy-off-his-rocker Brother Theodore as Gollum still astounds me with the sheer depth of his guttural growl.
Sorry voice-straining Serkis, but this is the real Gollum, the creepy muthah that kept me up nights. Certainly it is truncated to absurdity during The Battle of Five Armies , but at least it’s not overblown, as appears to be happening with Peter Jackson’s unnecessarily long trilogy of this single book.
It includes screenshots taken directly from the 70s cartoon, plus where the movie skipped over parts of the book they’ve included extra illustrations, admittedly of mixed quality.
It’s a little strange to see the same characters rendered differently sitting side by side The Hobbit, a film version by Peter Jackson It’s never fun to see an artist tear the heart out of a work.
Peter Jackson was given too long a leash when New Line stretched this one book out to three separate movies. Instead of one movie packed with awesome, we get three that, so far I’ve yet to see the third and I’m not eager to , have been watered down and dragged out. Extra scenes are added and add nothing: Really, a sleigh ride chase scene with an incredibly minor character?
And honestly, can Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield act with any other part of his body besides his eyebrows? View all 38 comments. In certain crowds, my rating and the words I’m about to write well, type would probably get me shot.
But The Hobbit is still one of the most boring books I have ever read. Tolkien’s writing seems so dry and impersonal, though I can’t deny he had a lot of fascinating ideas. View all 43 comments. 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.
Tolkien is telling us a story, with an occasional soliloquy and off stage remark to us the reader. Generations of readers and dreamers have loved this story for its whimsical allure and for its role as a stage setter for its more epic later cousins. The Films. Thorin, the important Dwarf and company leave from the Green Dragon in May, accompanied by the wizard Gandalf and having employed Mr.
Baggins as their lucky number 14 and as a burglar. Certainly there had been wizards, magicians and sages in literature before , but Gandalf in many respects is THE wizard. Chapter 5 — Riddles in the Dark. After some fairly pedestrian undertakings Tolkien has Bilbo getting lost in a deep cave and introduces us to one of his and literatures greastest, most complicated, and strangely likeable villains, Gollum. Kurt Vonnegut mentioned that as soon as the science fiction label was affixed to his name many critics would not take him seriously.
The Hobbit is a great example that sometimes critics can be myopic and time will tell the true greats. The prologue to a great trilogy, simple and charming, The Hobbit is a great book by itself.
Finally, this review is of a re-visit to The Hobbit, after a hiatus of perhaps 30 years. I rarely will re-read a book, there are just so many great books and so little time — but The Hobbit is one of those special works that can be savored and enjoyed again and again. I need to reread this more often. This time around I focused on the details that I had missed before, and Tolkien has provided many, some nuanced within his excellent story and other subtle enough to be missed, but important spice added to the recipe.
In my memory, I sometimes forget what is actual canon and not artistic license. I had forgotten that the Master of Laketown left out of the film was from Tolkien. If you have never read this work, please do. I can highly recommend an enjoyable reread to the rest of us.
View all 40 comments. A reread in February , been a wonderful read! This book is a real delight, a must-read! These below lines recited by Bilbo are just beautiful:: Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By c A reread in February , been a wonderful read! These below lines recited by Bilbo are just beautiful:: Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains of the moon.
Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known View all 15 comments.
View all 8 comments. Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. Were it not for the irresistible allure of The Fellowship of the Ring , I’d start reading this book all over again right now. View all 27 comments. Not much more needs to be said about The Hobbit than that it is excellent!
Great storytelling, fun characters, humor, action — it has it all. Tolkien is rightfully one of the if not THE founding fathers of modern Fantasy. If you are looking to get into Fantasy, The Hobbit is a great place to start. One of the great things about The Hobbit is that I think it is easily accessible to a wide audience.
The Lord of the Rings is a much larger and more daunting commitment which might be too much for the casual Fantasy fan. Then, if you are really into lore and world building, I hear people talk about The Silmarillion as a great but very dense history of Middle Earth. One thing that has been bugging me about other Fantasy novels I have been reading lately is that there is a lot of wandering around without much action or story progress.
And, this wandering around can stretch for several books. Large chunks of progress are made without pages and pages of rambling dialogue. I appreciate how well The Hobbit gets to the point but does not leave you feeling cheated by it going too fast. Another thing that I love about this Fantasy book is that it does not bog down with complicated names, location terminology, odd magic systems, etc.
This is another thing that has been turning me off to other Fantasy lately because I cannot just escape and enjoy the book. Instead, I have to keep a notebook and a flowchart to keep everything straight! With The Hobbit, it was very organic and easy to follow — perfect for a relaxing Fantasy getaway for the brain. I did not yet see the recent movies they made from this book but was surprised at first that they made it into three movies.
After rereading this, I think I can see how they could expand on certain parts to make a movie trilogy. I will have to go and check it out now. The Hobbit — read it! View all 31 comments. Now I don’t remember all the names of those 13 dwarfs, but still I can legitimately say I enjoyed the book. The Hobbit the version rewritten by Tolkien is sophisticated enough to please adults and children alike. Initially, nobody knew how Gollum looked like. Seriously, just take a look at the various covers of the book and you’ll see diverse bodies as Gollum.
The Ring acquired by Bilbo is so quaint, so practical. Tolkien weaved his magic here and delivered a timeless classic. The adventures of Now I don’t remember all the names of those 13 dwarfs, but still I can legitimately say I enjoyed the book.
The adventures of Bilbo, especially those without Gandalf to bail him out, are very original. I hope the uninitiated don’t get deterred by the movie trilogy. That would be a tragedy.
I give this book a perfect five stars. View all 16 comments. Now the route Mr. Bilbo Baggins transverses to seek adventure and a pot of gold As our story begins the Hobbit is having a quiet, delightful time drinking his tea and a nice breakfast, steps out the door from his hole in the ground the unkind would say blows a wonderful smoke ring And is the last one for many moons An old man, a stranger appears the polite hobbit greets him, Bilbo later regrets it often but that’s further down the road.
The sociable Mr. Baggins invites the man who reveals himself to be the powerful, mystifying, lofty wizard Gandalf to tea The nervous hobbit, half the size of a human just wants to be left alone and enjoy his comfortable life which unfortunately doesn’t occur, on the other hand the reader is greatly rewarded.
Next day a dwarf arrives Dwalin, than another Balin, and still more, two in fact, Kili and Fili, five then, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, and Gloin, this will in a short while pun intended be thirteen, no I haven’t forgotten Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and last very appropriately , the leader Thorin, they are a superstitious bunch. The need for a fourteenth member is obvious you can’t count a wizard , these creatures are eating, drinking at poor Bilbo’s home Finally Gandalf comes and the purpose of the gathering disclosed, a bold plan to kill a huge dragon Smaug the Magnificent, take the vast priceless treasure, the winged fire breathing behemoth sits on, inside the very distant Lonely Mountain, the dwarves ancient home.
The reluctant Mr. Baggins agrees to go along, not too confidently , he can see disaster in his future Deadly monsters, goblins, wolves, unfriendly elves are between their goal, the sinister Misty Mountains, rivers to cross, lakes too, the dark thick forest Mirkwood, where evil giant spiders, sinister wizards, unfriendly wood-elves reside, with only a little stream to guide and follow , then Gandalf abandons them Still the frightened little hobbit becomes the leader, with the help of a magical ring.
The battle of five armies, a grisly fight where no quarter is given, an epic style end to this tale is the high point. This classic written in is the original, The Lord of the Rings are sequels and more magical than Mr. Bilbo Baggins band. If you wonder why someone would read a book for the third time all you need to do is get this title A trip in a world where you can forget your troubles and drop into one let’s face it, quite interesting View all 32 comments.
Peerless and beautiful, Middle England mash-up with Northern European mythology. Gandalf, Bilbo and a band of dwarves get caught up in dragon robbing plot A story made even that better, for its usage of Hobbits, its look at conformity and standing out in a crowd, and personal growth! View all 12 comments. I love the feeling of connectedness you get when you’ve wondered about something for a long time, and finally discover the answer.
I had a great example of that yesterday. I must have read The Hobbit when I was about 8, and even at that age I was fascinated by his made-up names. They sort of made sense, but not quite. Then, when I was 21, I learned Swedish, and suddenly there were many things in Middle Earth th I love the feeling of connectedness you get when you’ve wondered about something for a long time, and finally discover the answer.
Then, when I was 21, I learned Swedish, and suddenly there were many things in Middle Earth that came into focus! Of course, the Wargs get their name from the Swedish varg , wolf. But I never figured out why Bilbo was teasing the spiders in Mirkwood by calling them “attercop”.
Now I know. It’s an archaic English word related to the modern Norwegian word for spider, edderkopp. The Swedish word, spindel , comes from a different root. I’ve thought about that for over 40 years. See how much fun it is to acquire a new language? View all 53 comments. Maybe one day soon I’ll write a proper review of The Hobbit. In the meantime, I want to say this: If you are a child, you need to read this for Gollum’s riddles.
If you are an adult, you need to read this book to children if you don’t have children, rent borrow some for at least one opportunity to roleplay Gollum. See here, he even won an award!! Since Gollum features so strongly in this review, here is an interesting video on the acting and CGI genius t Maybe one day soon I’ll write a proper review of The Hobbit.
Since Gollum features so strongly in this review, here is an interesting video on the acting and CGI genius that went into the making of the screen Gollum. Update: commentary on the moviez below. Part 3 coming to a cinema house near you soon -ish. Ha, you didn’t think one copy would be enough did you?? If you get around used bookstores a lot, do look out for an illustrated version of the book! Update: About the 3 films by Peter Jackson: I didn’t find the first 2 films very memorable.
He seemed to draw it out almost unbearably, and it also felt to me as if he was embellishing the original story a bit. The whole thing seemed like actiony rubbish, though I personally actually quite enjoyed the swinging, shooting, swordfighting ninja elves and the bit of romance. I almost missed it on the big screen because of the mediocrity of the first two films.
But I was glad, oh so glad that I actually did go and see it. The cinematics, acting and editing was all very well done, but it was the screenwriting and directing that really shone. Here we saw a story of courage and cowardice; of generosity; of greed and avarice; of greatness of soul and of smallness of soul; of love; of selflessness; of brotherhood; of hatred; of humanity; of pain; of sacrifice; of struggle; of moral and spiritual victories; of sadness and loss, but above all, of triumph of the soul.
Yes, The Battle of the Five Armies is certainly something that does Tolkien justice at the very least, and what a joy it was to behold on the big screen. The movies also taught us that dwarves CAN be hot! View all 51 comments. I have an odd relationship with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings due to my feelings of the movie adaptations. As for The Hobbit , I was reluctant to read the book because I disliked the movie adaptation. Afte 2.
After finally reading this for the first time, I can safely say that I still dislike the movies, and I felt more or less indifferent about the book. This will be a short review; I have nothing new to offer. The Hobbit is a book targeted for kids and, in my opinion, it certainly read like one. Reading this for the first time, it felt like there was a complete lack of tension throughout the entire book.
The Hobbit is a classic and I can totally understand why it became one. I will definitely consider reading this to my kids one day. I have no idea whether the decrease in enjoyment of the book was caused because of me watching the movies first or not, it might be. But overall, I just felt more or less indifferent about The Hobbit , which I guess is arguably even worse than disliking it. Thankfully, this was a short read. You can order the book from: Book Depository Free shipping You can find this and the rest of my reviews at Novel Notions View all 50 comments.
Gosh, that last chapter. And you can start celebrating the updates are over. Oh I’m hilarious. Tolkien is a legend, The Hobbit is a legend and Bilbo Baggins is a legend. Hero, or as I said legend are words associated in our minds with pictures of smart strong characters, with someone who spent a life in training or maybe a chosen one destined to change the world. I think Bilbo managed to be this unusual yet relatable hero, because of how human he was in this inhumanly world, how nice he was or at least tried to be to Gandalf and the Dwarves even when they made him uncomfortable and how he saved them even when they needed saving from themselves.
The movies were darker, they were more about war but the book was more about the journey. This is probably the only time a movie has been bigger than the book but to be fair the movies built the story to be a prequel to The Lord of the Rings and they had a lot more than what was in this book to build upon.
I have to say that the cinematography and all the landscapes were exceptional and it reflects the beautiful world in the book. Every time I hear it, I want to grow a beard and go on an adventure. Unpopular opinion time: I don’t like The Hobbit. Before all of you start hating me forever, please, hear me out.
I truly respect J. R Tolkien. If I’m not mistaken, this was one of the first really popular fantasy books ever written. And fantasy just happens to be my favourite genre. So you can see why I really wanted to like this book. I wanted to like it so much, in fact, that I have tried to read it three times now. But each time, I have had to DNF it. I love The Lord of the Rings movies.
I Unpopular opinion time: I don’t like The Hobbit. I love The Hobbit movies. But I cannot, for the life of me, finish this book. I love beautiful descriptions in books, but when the description has been going on for more than four sentences, I’m out. I get it. It’s a really nice tree.
Just get back to the story. Not much seemed to be happening. A page book somehow managed to seem like an page book. It was tedious. After the supposed “third time’s a charm” attempt failed, I moved on to the films.
And I really enjoyed them. Well, I didn’t like how they stretched one book into three movies, but that’s a discussion for another time. The movies managed to keep everything I liked about the book, and cut out everything I didn’t. Lovable characters and awesome world? No overly-descriptive writing? If you’re one of those many people who adore this book with all of your heart and soul, great for you! I’m glad you liked it. It’s just not for me.
And no, I will not try to finish this book again. That’d make four failed attempts. I’ve got to draw the line somewhere. View all 52 comments. Buddy read with Fares and I could not be more excited! Edit after finishing: So I’m bawling right now.
Every time I have to say goodbye, I just can’t bear it. Full review to come. Since this is a buddy read with the awesome Fares , my review will be chapter by chapter, accompanied by appropriate gifs and quotes every two days. Chapter 1: An Unexpected Party. This is giving me such nostalgia! Underrated quote: The hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins.
The Bagginses have live Buddy read with Fares and I could not be more excited! The Bagginses have lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mine, and most people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected; you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him. This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.
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Or another gem: “Where did you go to, if I may ask? All jokes aside, it is the chapter where Bilbo discovers a lifelong connection with Rivendell, a place that will ultimately provide him with respite and comfort in his late years.
They stayed long in that good house, fourteen days at least, and they found it hard to leave. Bilbo would gladly have stopped there for ever and ever. Chapter 4: Over Hill and Under Hill When he peeped out in the lightning flashes, he saw that across the valley the stone-giants were out, and were hurling rocks at one another for a game, and catching them, and tossing them down into the darkness where they smashed among the trees far below, or splintered into little bits with a bang, Chapter 5: Riddles in the dark Gollum had no sword.
Gollum had not actually threatened to kill him. Or tried to yet. And he was miserable, alone, lost. A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up within Bilbo’s heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment, hard stone, cold fish, sneaking and whispering. All these thoughts passed in a flash of a second.
If it weren’t for Bilbo’s empathy at that moment and he had decided to kill Gollum, Frodo and Sam would have had Gollum to help them make it to Mordor on a more secret path. Bilbo’s empathy saved Middle Earth. Think about that. Deep stuff. That bromance is the best. This chapter has some great lines by the dwarves, especially underrated ones like Dori and Balin. There are wargs, goblins and of course, Eagles in this one. The Eagles are cool and neutral assholes as usual.
You know, as the saying goes, don’t risk a feather for a mortal. I totally made that up, but that’s how they are What did I tell you? Chapter 7:Queer Lodgings I love this chapter so much. I love Beorn. I can relate to him – he’s a vegetarian who loves nature, animals and plants.
And he’s a bee keeper! It’s as if Tolkien predicted our bee crisis and rise in vegetarianism. Beorn is the Tom Bombadil of the Hobbit – he doesn’t care for shiny things, rings and gems. He just loves his nature. I love how Gandalf introduces the hobbits! We get spoiled by Gandalf’s sharpened-by-a-whetstone-wit and Beorn’s hilarious sense of humour! There are some tantalising parts of this chapter where Beorn wants to know the story of the company’s journey thus far.
However, there are some weird bits like the dogs serving food on their hind legs and Bears dancing outside in the moonlight. This is the whimsical side of Tolkien I love! Gandalf leaves the dwarves to journey through Mirkwood alone.
Some of my favourites quotes: At any rate he under no enchantment but his own. He lives in an -oak-wood and has a great wooden house; and as a man he keeps cattle and horses which are nearly as marvellous as himself. They work for him and talk to him. He does not eat them; neither does he hunt or eat wild animals. Beorn was jolly for a change; indeed he seemed to be in splendidly good humour and set them all laughing with his funny stories; nor did they have to wonder long where he had been or why he was so nice to them, for hetold them himself.
He had been over the river and right back up into the mountains – from which you can guess that he could travel quickly, in bear’s shape at any rate. From the burnt wolf-glade he had soon found out that part of their story was true; but he had found more than that: he had caught a Warg and a goblin wandering in the woods. From these he had got the news; the goblins patrols were hunting with Wargs for the dwarves and they were angry because of the death of the Goblin King. Side note: I wanted to share something special with all my reading buddies.
This is the exact copy of The Hobbit my aunt gave me ten years ago for my 11th birthday. I’ve read it about eight times. It is the book that got me into reading and eventually got me two Tolkien tattoos and a lifetime of love.
What I love about The Hobbit is that the protagonist isn’t some young person with strength and energy to boot – he’s a middle-aged guy who finally lives a life of adventure.
It’s a message that anyone out there can have an adventure despite their age. View all 48 comments. Where there’s life there’s hope. I’ve been thinking a lot of how many stars giving to the book, since there were parts that I loved a lot, but there were others that I found tedious and even anti-climatic, but in respect to this great writer, J.
Tolkien, I think that the book deserves at least 4-stars rating with which I feel easy since I am not giving it a full rating but also I am not punishing it for things that maybe a future re-reading will solve. In a hole in the ground there live Where there’s life there’s hope. Anyway, it’s amazing how with this line It’s so fantastic to think how Tolkien felt the impulse to write down this line, and from it, a whole epic universe came into life. I loved to read when some book came up from a dream like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or from an unknown impulse, like in these case.
I watched at some moment a documentary abour Tolkien’s work and I learned how he was looking for a mythology, in the sense like the Nordic one or the Greek one, to call as own on England, and it was the trigger to creat such vast and appealing universe. And even more interesting to choose its point of development, since the core books like this one, The Hobbit and the following trilogy of The Lord of the Rings , are located in an time where the magic is leaving the Middle-Earth and the age of men is becoming the important one.
If you sit on the doorstep long enough, I daresay you will think of something. I think that certainly many people could love “more magic” in the main story, there would be others who enjoy the “more downed” tone with more “realistic” elements. In that way, everybody can like this story since there is a good balance of magic and “terrenal” stuff.
Thief, thief, thief! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever! Still, it was amazing how Tolkien could develop such impressive “sequel” from the book of The Hobbit with only editing one chapter, but definitely a key one. It’s wonderful how the mood of the book is at hand with the maturing of Bilbo Baggins, the main protagonist, since the story started quite innocent and even with such humoristic moments and step by step is turning more and more serious, in the same way as Bilbo is getting more serious about his role in the mission.
My Precious, my Precious. The two introductions about characters that I absolutely loved were the Elrond’s and Smaug’s About Elrond He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong, as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer.
I mean If you are not impressed about a character when he or she is introduced in such way, well, I don’t know what else you’d need. About Smaug My armour is like ten fold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death! Oh yes, right then, anybody without a ring of power on his finger should run like crazy and never NEVER stop to look behind.
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. Without spoiling anything really crutial, I think that my most favorite part were the moon-letters. I mean, secret messages that you can read only at certain position of the moon in the year Not with this moon.
Or something much like it I mean, it gives a promise that may that map has some other secrets in there, only to be revealed at the right position of the moon in the year.
Obviously, Gandalf is a great character, but I think that it was “too” great and Tolkien had troubles to think about challenges to put into the travelling group and they could mean a real risk having a powerful wizard in the midst. I understand. Gandalf rules! In here, about Smaug’s fate Thanks to a very convenient failure in his armour that a hobbit that he doesn’t know anything about warfare, he was able to deduce a weak point that many, many, many warfaring races weren’t able to deduce?
And so, this menace that it’s been spoken about along the whole book It’s killed with a single arrow and even the arrow is shot by a totally new character that you didn’t know anything about until that moment? Certainly, the first part of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations gave him a lot of credit and respect, presenting him as a powerful leader, where in the book, he doesn’t do anything useful. And in fact, I didn’t find out why so many dwarves in the story since nobody did something particulary memorable.
At some moments, you think that Balin will become something more in the story but no, Bombur is only remembered by his weight that I found something cruel how he is treated in the story and even I thought that since Gloin is the father of Gimli, he would do something awesome at some moment but no. So, why so many dwarves in the group if they won’t do something useful in the story?
I think Gimli, one single dwarf, did more to give a good name to the dwarf race in The Lord of the Rings , than 13 dwarves in the whole The Hobbit. I loved the trolls! Maybe some people didn’t get the most humoruous aspect of them. I don’t know but I found that such amusing, that they had such common and “modern” names in the middle of such “epic fantasied” names.
At the end, The Hobbit is a wonderful piece of writing where you find a totally new race in almost each chapter and not only you know the new race but also you get a “glimpse” realizing that behind of each race there is an extensive and rich history that you won’t be able to know in its entirely way, adding more mystery to the whole universe created here.
View all 37 comments. Finally I’ve read this ultimate fantasy classic. I really liked it, but can’t say I loved it. Maybe cos it’s lacking epic atmosphere, I’ve expected it would have. Bilbo’s adventures were funny and exciting but not unexpected thanks to the movie adaptation. Although it’s a definite must-read to all fantasy fans.
View 2 comments. Readers also enjoyed. Videos About This Book. More videos Young Adult. Science Fiction Fantasy. About J. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings , Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Oxford where he was a distinguished academic in the fields of Old and Middle English and Old Norse.
His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, p John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, poetry, illustration and invented languages and alphabets. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns — love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride — giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion , The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf , illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home.
After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. He died in and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life. Other books in the series. The Lord of the Rings 4 books.
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