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07-29-2003, 06:07 PM | #22 |
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I have read The Hobbit about ten times and I'd still enjoy reading it.
So, yeah, I like it a lot
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08-04-2003, 10:17 PM | #23 |
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I realy liked the hobbit. It was alot more lighthearted than the lotr books
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08-18-2003, 09:16 AM | #24 |
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who likes the Hobbit
My interest in Tolkiendom was aroused from having read The Hobbit at the age of 8 or 9.
In my opinion, The Hobbit has a place of its own in Tolkien's work and we should take it for what it is - a superb, funny and exciting book, written for children but without all the preaching and condescending air associated with a lot of modern children's fantasy literature.
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08-25-2003, 09:27 PM | #25 | |
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I like The Hobbit. It's a good book for getting out of the brooding and unhappy Frodo's mind and into happy and quirky Bilbo's. It's the first Tolkien book that I read and it's easy to re-read because it's not a complicated story with chapter long descriptions. |
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08-26-2003, 11:43 AM | #26 |
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I love the Hobbit! I've read it about 4 times.
I love LOTR too and Return of the King is my favourite i think well i'm reading it again for like the 5th time. I personally could never ever get bored of re-reading the Hobbit and LOTR! |
07-21-2008, 04:52 PM | #27 |
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iLOVE the Hobbit!!! i love it alomst as much as lotr!!!!!
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08-17-2008, 12:02 PM | #28 |
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i like the hobbit as it is some light reliefe to some of tolkien's more agressive and complex works or art. however it is less exiting and is not something i would read over and over again
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08-28-2008, 09:48 AM | #29 |
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I'll have to go with frodomerryandaragornrock's comment on it. Also, GO RED SOX!!!
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09-04-2008, 02:03 PM | #31 |
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09-23-2008, 08:44 AM | #32 |
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To me The Hobbit is like a primer to get a new reader ready for LotR. Decades ago I first enjoyed The Hobbit as an 11 year old and found it enchanting! The effect it had was to make me a Tolkien fan for life. When I was in my early teens I read LotR for the first time and The Hobbit certainly did prepare my future for LotR and other Middle Earth experiences.
Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone and not as intellectually meaty as other Middle Earth reads, it is ideal for multi-generational enjoyment. When my niece and nephew were young, we had a great time taking turns reading The Hobbit out loud to each other. We've all shared fond memories of this later. zilbanne |
09-24-2008, 10:01 AM | #33 |
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It is definitely great to read aloud.
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10-02-2008, 04:37 PM | #34 |
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I've been re-reading The Hobbit - in the Tengwar.
More precisely I transcribed the text of The Hobbit into Tolkien's Tengwar, the script he used to write the Elvish languages. Technically I'm just reading in English and only the letters are different - which is good because just that much is plenty challenging. While I'm getting faster, in comparison to 'normal' reading it's at a snail's pace. This dramatically slower pace of reading has made me realize: Tolkien is a fantastic writer. His sense of story, description and dialog are absolutely superb. Rather than gloss over pages, I'm catching details I would miss otherwise. 'Boring' descriptions of scenery are coming alive, the cleverness and depth of his dialog is just amazing. For example, right now I'm reading the part where they are caught by the spiders. Bilbo's effort to battle the spiders and free the dwarves is simply astounding, and equally gripping as The Battle for the Pelennor Fields ("Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red nightfall!") in LOTR - and more personal because of the smaller scale (literal and figurative). Before this I would have discounted The Hobbit as 'good, but not as good as Lord of the Rings'. But now I'm elevating The Hobbit from 'good' to 'incredible' It'll be interesting to read Lord of the Rings in Tengwar, and see if I have a similar experience. My only objection to The Hobbit is that some of the scenes are just too 'fantastic' and cute to accept. For instance, I disliked reading about the trained animals at Beorn's house, who set the table and wait on the party generally. It was too much like a child's fairy-story. The talking spiders are slightly more acceptable but still a reach. This is an odd standard since I'm fine with Goblins, Elves and Dragons and such, but there it is. The way I justify this reading to myself is that I accept the 'history' told in The Hobbit as Real (somewhere), but that this particular telling is geared towards children so contains passages that aren't 'Real' but just entertaining. Thus the many asides to the reader, and certain silly episodes such as the trained animals. I'd include the giants fighting in the pass during the thunderstorm here was well. Last edited by oakenstaff : 10-02-2008 at 06:11 PM. |
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From a literary point of view, Beorn's animals are from Gulliver's travels. As such, they reinforce Tolkien's theme of a pre-lapsarian, rather Owenist simplicity.
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10-11-2008, 10:28 AM | #37 |
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I love The Hobbit! Probably my single favorite book of all time, and also the one that made me love to read.
I have read it at least once annually for 23 years. I can honestly say that I never truly knew the wonder of the hobbit until I started reading it to my daughter as her nightly bed time story. |
12-12-2008, 09:33 AM | #38 |
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Same here, anarion. I read it before, of course, and liked it. But reading it aloud to my daughter gave the book new life and vigor. Wonderful. Since having a child, I've come to the conclusion that the best books are the ones that are best read aloud.
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08-15-2009, 04:52 PM | #40 |
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That sounds quite interesting and hat off to you for doing so. Where would one find the Tengwar?
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