Happy Birthday, Hobbit!
70 years ago today, The Hobbit was published. What began with "In a hole in the ground..." has become a worldwide phenomenon. It was not the first written of Tolkien's works, yet it paved the way for his masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Without the Hobbits, that could not have been what it became. More than that, The Hobbit itself is a worthy work to read and discuss.
Perhaps the best way to celebrate this occasion for for us to share our personal experiences with "There and Back Again". When did you read it? What did it mean to you then? And how has that changed - what does it mean to you now?
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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