Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! - Reading Group: The Hobbit

Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! - Reading Group: The Hobbit https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/ NarniaWeb Forum Discussion Board en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:51:43 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/paged/2/#post-242794 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:30:13 +0000 I think I might have read this comparison once upon a time. Or something similar, anyway.

Woah. Now I am going to have to watch the movie from the imagined perspective of someone who read the original only. Can't wait to have said watcher say "man they changed it" not knowing that Tolkien had been the one to do that change

.]]> Reading Group: The Hobbit Dinode https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/paged/2/#post-242794 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/paged/2/#post-242493 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:55:41 +0000 Reading Group: The Hobbit Eustace https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/paged/2/#post-242493 I'm a new fan of The Hobbit! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-236683 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:29:05 +0000 It's great, I thought the visual effects to the film were the best I've seen since the Narnia movies.]]> Reading Group: The Hobbit Purpleotter https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-236683 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224939 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:08:16 +0000 Reading Group: The Hobbit Varnafinde https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224939 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224899 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:41:09 +0000 As to authorized, I think back in the day there were pirate printings in America... There is the following on the back of my copy:

This paperback edition, and no other, has been published with my consent and co-operation. Those who approve of courtesy (at least) to living authors will purchase it, and no other. J. R. R. Tolkien

So, yes, I guess that answers for sure the issue of pirate printings. ;))

In fact, the "account that Bilbo told the dwarves" of the events is what appeared in the first edition of The Hobbit in 1937. When the character of Gollum was revised (and his history and motivations more extensively explored) for The Lord of the Rings, Chapter Five of The Hobbit was subsequently changed by Tolkien in later editions to reflect the version described in LotR.

I read somewhere that Tolkien sent in a changed version of Chapter Five to his publishers as a suggestion or possibly a first draft - and that they just printed it without further ado

]]> Reading Group: The Hobbit Varnafinde https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224881 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224802 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:20:53 +0000 How interesting!]]> Reading Group: The Hobbit ValiantArcher https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224802 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224799 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:13:34 +0000 this comparison once upon a time. Or something similar, anyway.

]]> Reading Group: The Hobbit Meltintalle https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224799 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224798 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:11:13 +0000 Pirate printings? :-o

That's kind of horrible, but actually not all that surprising. ;))

]]> Reading Group: The Hobbit ValiantArcher https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224798 Re: Welcome to the Hobbit Reading Group! https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224791 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:42:14 +0000 Lord of the Rings. As to authorized, I think back in the day there were pirate printings in America...]]> Reading Group: The Hobbit Meltintalle https://community.narniaweb.com/community/reading-group-the-hobbit/welcome-to-the-hobbit-reading-group/#post-224791