Exploring Tolkien
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This is why Tolkien SHOULD have rewritten The Hobbit : The Hobbit #7
We weren’t huge fans of Tolkien’s changes to chapter 1 of The Hobbit in his abandoned 1960 rewrite–but chapter 2 surprised us with it’s pitch-perfect changes! Some of the things we discuss are:
- Want the first edition of The Hobbit? Get ready to pay!
- Middle-earth gains space–and is now the “character” we know
- Gandalf’s got a horse–and he’s AWESOME!
- Bilbo is more helpless and forgotten–and it’s better
- JRR Tolkien’s prose is more expertly crafted
- Listen to Tolkien Reading “Roast Mutton”
In our extended episode (available for our members) we talk about:
- Why does Tolkien refer to the Dwarves gold as “enchanted”
- And why is the gold “pale”? Does is have a greater meaning than just a color choice?
- The Hobbit film fan-edit — let’s watch it together!
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