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The best way to find out what someone reads is to look at their books. Here is a copy Tolkien's The Hobbit. It is such a beautiful cover--and a beautiful copy. Brand-new. I bought it for my children since my other copy I had marked up. But that doesn't really tell you about my reading...
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A time distance graph of the journeys by Frodo and Bilbo in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings with descriptions for each day.
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This post is part of the Battle of the Five Blogs which connects the thoughts of five Tolkien-obsessed bloggers on the release of the final installment of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Other bloggers in this series are Sorina Higgins, Brenton Dickieson, Crystal Hurd, and Matthew Rettino. Follow...
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This week (and probably next) I want to talk a bit more Tolkien, but in a somewhat different vein from normal. Rather than discussing the historicity of Tolkien's world or adaptations of it, I want to take a moment to discuss some of the themes of Tolkien's work, which express themselves in the metaphysical architecture...
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