I have just recentley finished reading "The Hobbit" and thought it was **amazing**. The way Tolkien describes the surroundings of the Hobbit's adventure in such detail is also **amazing**. The book was lying around in one of mybookcases for ages and it's a pretty old printing of the boook (Has Smaug on a pile of gold and riches with Bilbo in the bottom right-hand corner bowing to the great dragon) so I decided to read it. I'm now reading "The Fellowship of the Ring", saw the movie and thought it was very good.
Any thoughts from anyone else who has read "The Hobbit"?

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Thats why he is considered a master of fantasy. The hobbit was an awesome book that I was very impressed with. So impressed I read the entire trilogy of the fellowship of the ring. If you liked that you should read the others as well because youll like those alot too.

It's cute, but I much prefered LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea as a child's fantasy novel.

<font color=orange>It's one of the best works of fiction ever written IMHO! Especially when you take "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring" together! I also enjoyed "The Silmarilion" and Unfinished Tales". They are a compilation of stories concerning the first and second age. Very good background to LOTR.</font>

I would also suggest reading the Silmarilion. It deals with the creation of the world, the 1st age, the 2nd age and the beginning of the 3rd age. Also, a lot of the relationships of the main characters involved in LoTR becomes much clearer then. And there is also another book dealing with middle earth, but this is edited by JRR Tolkins son and contains only text fragments. Unfortunatly, I don't know the exact english title. A tranlation of the german title wood be something like "news from middle earth"

The Hobbit Is an Excellent story and expertly told.

And I definatly recommend that you read lord of the rings especially if you have watched the film as the amount of story that has been missed out in the film is horrific (Tom Bombadil, any one?).

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Daniel:
(Tom Bombadil, any one?).<hr></blockquote>

<font color="lightgreen"> Ho Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo!!
By water, read and log; by the wind and willow,
By fire sun and moon; harken now and hear us,
Ho Tom Bomadil! For our need is near us.
</font>
<font color="goldenrod">
Old Tom Bombadil is a Merry Fellow,
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow,
None have caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master,
His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster.</font>

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Daniel:
The Hobbit Is an Excellent story and expertly told.

And I definatly recommend that you read lord of the rings especially if you have watched the film as the amount of story that has been missed out in the film is horrific (Tom Bombadil, any one?).<hr></blockquote>

That was my only gripe with the move it LEFT OUT TOM BOMBADIL [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] one of my favorite charecter!! Other than that the movie was great IMHO. And yes if you liked The Hobit you will love The Lord of The Rings.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Blade:


That was my only gripe with the move it LEFT OUT TOM BOMBADIL [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] one of my favorite charecter!! <hr></blockquote>

Any guesses as to why that was done? Do you think the speaking-in-meter thing may have just been too outside the American (and even modern British) experience?

<font color="gold">Yes, Tolkien is the king of fantasy books.
And if ya enjoyed "The Hobbit" that much, just wait tll you come a bit into "Lord of the Rings"!
And "Silmarillion" is also in a class for itself.
Btw, I get a feeling that this should be posted in the books forum...</font>


see ya!

Ok.... I got a qeustion..... Is LoTR better than the Hobbit???? or the other way round,,,, cause I havent got the Hobbit :(

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Glorfindel:
Ok.... I got a qeustion..... Is LoTR better than the Hobbit???? or the other way round,,,, cause I havent got the Hobbit :( <hr></blockquote>

It depends what you like. If you like short stories, the Hobbit is definately better. How ever, if you prefer long indepth stories that tells you everything and more, LOTR is by far the best! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Notheless, both novels are amazing work of art! [img]smile.gif[/img]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Ryanamur:


It depends what you like. If you like short stories, the Hobbit is definately better. How ever, if you prefer long indepth stories that tells you everything and more, LOTR is by far the best! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Notheless, both novels are amazing work of art! [img]smile.gif[/img] <hr></blockquote>

<font color="gold">Yeah, agreed.
Now, Silmarillion is also a VERY good book of Tolkien, so I suggest reading that one too.</font>


see ya!

Well I also just finished reading the Hobbit and I was sorely disappointed. Sorry, I thought the characters were shallow and 2 dimensional, the descriptions were not nearly detailed enough and the main character was unsympathetic, I also felt no emotion when the dwarf died. (whichever one he was, with the silver trim (cause you know all dwarves look the same but wear different colors)) The story itself was good and the monster creativity was cool, I really enjoyed the eagles and Beorn. But overall i would say not a book I would recommend. :(

oh btw, im currently reading the Lord of The Rings (in the middle of the fellowship) and have to say it is much better. [img]smile.gif[/img]