Reddit reviews The Annotated Hobbit
We found 13 Reddit comments about The Annotated Hobbit. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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Reddit reviews The Annotated HobbitWe found 13 Reddit comments about The Annotated Hobbit. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
same here. LotR is nice but I'll always love the Hobbit more. BTW, if you haven't already, check out The Annotated Hobbit or any version of the book which contains the original text of the encounter with Gollum. Very cool to see what it was like before Tolkien changed it later to better suit the LotR.
This hardcover edition is really nice. If the ~$30 price tag is to high then I would go with this one. There is also an annotated edition which includes a lot of additional information in it.
It's an [annotated version.] (https://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Hobbit-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0618134700) 399 pages.
If you're just looking for the text, The Annotated Hobbit has the original text at the appropriate point in the story.
No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy
> My favorite birthday was my 21st because instead of going bar hopping like everyone recommended, my family and I went out to Florida to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We spent the entire day in Diagon Alley and enjoyed a feast there. We started to explore the castle, shops and rides, but the best part was Ollivander.
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> We waited in line for what felt like hours. It probably felt that long because it was just hot. We finally get into the room, which fits about 20 people or so, and the actor absolutely nails it. They always pick someone from the crowd to have their wand choose their witch or wizard, and it's usually a little kid. He picks the first kid he sees in the crowd and does the skit. Adorable, cute skit with magic everywhere! We're heading out, but Ollivander noticed my sister. He asked if she needed anything, and she said, "No, I don't. However, it's my sister's birthday!"
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> Ollivander did a fitting with just my family and me in the room. I told him I bought a wand already, but he told me what it was made of, its core and what it was best used for. Since he saw I was wearing some Slytherin colors, he assured me it can be used for "alternate forms of magic, good and evil."
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> As of right now, nothing can beat that birthday.
For The Hobbit, do yourself a favor and grab a copy of The Annotated Hobbit by Doug Anderson! Gives you a decent bio on Tolkien, the backdrop for how The Hobbit came to be, and a running commentary throughout that is pure awesome. A treasure you'll read multiple times guaranteed!
Not sure if anything like it exists for LOTR. If so, I'd love to know!
You could check out The Annotated Hobbit. Won't help you for LotR, but it will certainly make The Hobbit more interesting, not that it needs to be! ;)
Newer, if I had to guess. It was a library copy (I was just being brief). It was a while ago but I'm pretty sure it's this one; says 2002 in the Amazon details. It was great, it had all sort of details on his early drafts, inspirations, links with names to Norse mythology, alternate Gollumn's riddles chapter, illustrations from Tolkien and various other editions and of course the appendices with family trees and the Erebor bit.
This is $17.24!
The Annotated Hobbit https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618134700/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-BJSDbJBKK8FC
I'm not sure if this fits your guidelines, as they were pretty vague. The Annotated Hobbit is a great resource. Available on Amazon for $20.
Maybe The Annotated Hobbit? I have it but I haven't gone through the whole thing but there should be some interesting/useful stuff in there.
You could also listen to the Tolkien Professor podcast specifically the "Riddles in the Dark" series. Haven't listened to them myself but it has been recommended to me by a few people.
Sure thing. I first read it in the appendix of The Annotated Hobbit; http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Hobbit-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0618134700 and I thought I'd share it here