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Nogrod · 01-30-2006, 02:38 PM

I voted for the Hobbit, even though it was first read to me by my father.

The first translation of the Hobbit in Finland went by a name "The Dragon mountain". It was considerably abridged and formed into a children's book: all the dwarves' had funny bedtimestory names and so on... The illustrations were nice though. They had been made by Tove Jansson, the author of the Moomin -characters with which some of you might be familiar with.

But still. Luckily we got a whole translation with more loyally tolkienish names & stuff at the 80's. Kind of missed the illustrations though.

View Poll Results: The first book by Tolkien I've read is:
The Hobbit	54	62.79%
The Lord of the Rings	31	36.05%
The Silmarillion	0	0%
Unfinished Tales	0	0%
History of Middle-Earth series	0	0%
Smith of Wootton Major	0	0%
Leaf by Niggle	0	0%
Farmer Giles of Ham	0	0%
Roverandom	1	1.16%
Other	0	0%
Voters: 86. You may not vote on this poll

01-30-2006, 02:38 PM	#5
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	I voted for the Hobbit, even though it was first read to me by my father. The first translation of the Hobbit in Finland went by a name "The Dragon mountain". It was considerably abridged and formed into a children's book: all the dwarves' had funny bedtimestory names and so on... The illustrations were nice though. They had been made by Tove Jansson, the author of the Moomin -characters with which some of you might be familiar with. But still. Luckily we got a whole translation with more loyally tolkienish names & stuff at the 80's. Kind of missed the illustrations though. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...