Hobbit Article by Michael Drout - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 11-24-2012, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

The "75 reasons", LMP, refers to the entire project The Tolkienist has developed, not just this one article by Drout.

The Tolkienist is posting articles by major Tolkien critics, scholars, and writers who are arguing for reading the book before seeing the movie. He plans on having 75 contributions, hence, 75 reasons.

Ah! Thanks for the explanation.

Bêthberry · 11-24-2012, 09:31 AM

It helps that I know him, having finally met him at Return of the Ring last August.

He's quite an energetic Tolkien fan and very much involved in the online Tolkien community. It's worth following his blog.

11-24-2012, 09:31 AM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	It helps that I know him, having finally met him at Return of the Ring last August. He's quite an energetic Tolkien fan and very much involved in the online Tolkien community. It's worth following his blog. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.