"Mr. Baggins" - The Hobbit Reinterpreted... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 05-29-2007, 01:34 PM

I am part way through Mr Baggins and am enjoying it so far - more than I expected since I find the Hobbit hard to read as an adult. I didn't pay that much for it since I got it discounted with the Children of Hurin. Gandalf being Bladorthin is nowhere near as odd as the Trotter / strider thing

davem · 05-29-2007, 02:07 PM

Rateliff's Blog entries on History of the Hobbit

http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-arrives.html

http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2007/05/fifteen-years.html

davem · 06-06-2007, 12:02 AM

More from Rateliff's blog - Errata he's picked up on http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2007/06/errata.html

05-29-2007, 01:34 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I am part way through Mr Baggins and am enjoying it so far - more than I expected since I find the Hobbit hard to read as an adult. I didn't pay that much for it since I got it discounted with the Children of Hurin. Gandalf being Bladorthin is nowhere near as odd as the Trotter / strider thing __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-29-2007, 02:07 PM	#2
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Rateliff's Blog entries on History of the Hobbit http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-arrives.html http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2007/05/fifteen-years.html __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

06-06-2007, 12:02 AM	#3
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	More from Rateliff's blog - Errata he's picked up on http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2007/06/errata.html __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."