75 reasons: Dimitra Fimi
hy should one read The Hobbit before watching the film? Because, judging by the trailers and interviews, the Hobbit film adaptation will be presented as a coherent ‘prequel’ to The Lord of the...
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75 reasons: Douglas A. Anderson
n my view, when a work exists in a form that has been popular enough to precipitate a film being made of it, I’ve usually tried to experience the original before the adaptation....
75 reasons: Jonathan Fruoco
“In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.” This sentence is without any doubt the best reason why one should read The Hobbit, and the simple fact of quoting these magical...
75 reasons: Guglielmo Spirito
n the entrance hallway of that sumptuous home there was an enormous mirror, very old; acquired at least eighty years ago. A strikingly beautiful boy, a tailor’s assistant, (on Sunday afternoon, an...
75 reasons: Colin Duriez
75 shades of Hobbit hitherto unknown species was introduced into the world in 1937, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s opening sentence of 10 words, “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” A...
“The Lord of the Gaps”: How Tolkien’s mastery of a literary technique would make ten Hobbit films possible – and they still wouldn’t be enough
uch has been made of Peter Jackson’s decision to make three instead of two Hobbit films (a production company like Warner Bros which has crossed the billion-dollar-mark for eleven consecutive years will have...
Happy 75th Birthday, Hobbit
n September 21st, 1937, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was published and became an instant classic. Happy Birthday!
Tolkien: The Forest & the City. Tolkien Conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Sept 21-22, 2012
General information of the Trinity College Tolkien Conference of Sept 21-22, 2012
The Tolkienist is coming online …
hank you all very much for your patience. I have been horribly busy in the last couple of weeks, returning from Return of the Ring (I will be writing a review of this...