The Hobbit

or, There and Back Again

Paperback, 300 pages

English language

Published Aug. 13, 2012 by Mariner Books.

ISBN:
9780547928227
OCLC Number:
99399077

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4 stars (164 reviews)

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum. (back cover)

196 editions

A wonderful tale about a Hobbit.

5 stars

(Note: this review is about one of my many numerous re-reads of the book.)

"In a hole in the ground there lived ...", well, you probably know who.

A story that started out scribbled on the back of a piece of paper being marked by J.R.R. Tolkien has grown in the telling and now supports a whole mythology set out in the books "The Silmarillion" and "The Lord of the Rings" as well as a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry.

The story of Bilbo Baggins and how he got involved in a quest involving dwarves, a Wizard, elves, men, goblins, wargs (wolves) and, of course, a dragon, is set out in this tale that has been read multiple times by me.

The most important event in the book, almost trivial in its treatment (which it was, at the time) was the discovery of a seemingly innocuous magic ring by Bilbo deep …

The Hobbit

4 stars

What's to be said about this that hasn't already been said? I guess my personal experience was that I saw the Ralph Bakshi animated treatment of this before ever reading it. Then, I got this huge coffee-table style book out of the library with the story but printed around cels from the animation. So, my experience of the whole thing was very colored from the beginning that way. Eventually I got a box set of the paperbacks on loan from an uncle of the LOTR and struggled through them with long periods where they just sat on the shelf. Probably my first experience of executive dysfunction/guilt around something I felt I should read but just hadn't gotten around to yet and often didn't feel like wanting to read it. The Jackson movies are fine and a welcome visual palate cleanser for the Bakshi images. I don't think I've seen all …

Review of 'The Hobbit' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I read this to my son (4) over the course of several months and I'm not sure which was more delightful: the voice of Tolkien telling an excellent children's story in perfectly paced sections or my son's reaction to each chapter and the way he liked to go over the book when we weren't reading (his favorite part was section in Mirkwood Forest, particularly the spiders - truly my son, the kid loves horror).

I'm sure he'll have me reading this again soon.

Review of 'El Hobbit' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

Bilbo es un personaje entrañable. No es difícil darse cuenta por qué es tan menospreciado de primera instancia, siempre. Sin embargo, tal como el Mago lo hace notar, su valor se muestra en aumento. Siendo Tolkien católico y considerando el conocimiento de la tradición cristiana y de la Biblia, viene a la mente ese proverbio "la senda del justo es como la luz del sol, que va en aumento". Así es Bilbo. Me sorprendió la sencillez con que se narra y los pasos esenciales que están resumidos, pero esto puede significar que lo profundo viene con El señor de los anillos. Confieso que mi forma de llegar a esta saga fue porque adquirí Shadows of Mordor... El mérito de los videojuegos.

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