Thursday, January 30, 2003 04:34 PM - The Hobbit - Mine GO BOOM |
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Just finished reading The Hobbit by Tolkien (who also wrote The Lord of the Rings). I don't want to talk too much about the story, since in about a year, Shanky will finish reading The Lord of the Rings, and he may then read The Hobbit. Anyways, its a good story of how Bilbo meet Gandalf, then Gandalf forces Bilbo to go on his first adventure with 13 dwarves. Through the adventure, Bilbo finds the ring that Gollum lost. Bilbo and Gollum talk (well, ask each other Riddles) a bit, which is how Gollum knew who stole his ring (though he never told Gollum where he lived). Tells also about Sting (Frodo's glow-in-the-dark-when-orcs-near sword) being threaten against Gollum for the first time. Near the end, one of the dwarves gives Bilbo the mithril mail, though nothing ever was shot/hit Bilbo to show how strong it was, though they talked/threaten about it. Anyways, its a good book to read to pickup on some of Bilbo's history on his first adventure, and why the Sackville-Bagginses dislike Bilbo so much. Stupid Sackville-Bagginses stealing his spoons... |
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