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  • Reread many many years after my first (and second and third etc...) reading and The Hobbit is still a wonderful read. It reads almost as if it was spoken, not written. Not as dense or detailed as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but sets in motion the events of that trilogy.

    

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  • This is the class prequel to the LOTR trilogy. I never made it through the trilogy because I just thought The Hobbit was so much better! I read this for the first time in 5th grade. Its a great story - so fantastic and brilliant. It really is another world. One day I'll read the Trilogy... after I r ... Continue

    This is the class prequel to the LOTR trilogy. I never made it through the trilogy because I just thought The Hobbit was so much better! I read this for the first time in 5th grade. Its a great story - so fantastic and brilliant. It really is another world. One day I'll read the Trilogy... after I reread the Hobbit :)

    

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  • lotr pb box set (mid 80's - 90's)

    

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• ― db's.books said on Aug 4, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • I just wanted to mention as a side note that The Hobbit is my favorite book, so the "reading progress" for this book is not correct--I have read this book more times than I can even remember. I always wish I could read it like I was reading it for the first time again though.

    

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• ― Laurenidas said on Jun 16, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • The Beginning of the Story!

  • The Hobbit seems a much lighter forefather to the Lord of Rings, though it not without danger. There are the giant spiders of Mirkwood, the goblins of the mountain and, of course, Smaug. But it is full of light-hearted moments too. It does seem to be more for children, but in this book Bilbo take ... Continue

    The Hobbit seems a much lighter forefather to the Lord of Rings, though it not without danger. There are the giant spiders of Mirkwood, the goblins of the mountain and, of course, Smaug. But it is full of light-hearted moments too. It does seem to be more for children, but in this book Bilbo takes possession of a seemingly harmless ring. Sixty years later, it will be a much more serious thing.

    

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• ― GLawson said on Mar 18, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • My oldest favorite...

  • I first read this with my dad when I was four or five and this book has been a favorite comfort read ever since.

    

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<반지의 제왕>영화를 보기 전에 <호빗>을 먼저 읽어야
재미가 열 배, 이해가 백 배!

1937년 처음으로 출간된 J.R.R. 톨킨의 <호빗>은 오랜 세월동안 꾸준히 사랑받은 판타지 고전이다.

호빗의 모험은 이미 <반지의 제왕> 이전에 시작되었다. 바로 <호빗>이 <반지의 제왕> 전편인 작품이기 때문이다. 외국에서는 <호빗과 반지의 제왕(The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)>이라는 이름을 가지고 4권 세트로 취급될 정도로 <반지의 제왕>과 뗄 수 없는 작품으로, 톨킨이 <호빗>을 썼을 때 사람들에게 반응이 좋자 거기에서 영감을 얻어 장장 12년간 계속된 <반지의 제왕> 집필에 들어갔다고 한다. 여기엔 마법의 반지가 어떻게 호빗의 손에 들어가게 되었는지에 대한 옛이야기가 들어있기 때문에 '호빗'을 읽은 후에라야 '반지의 제왕'을 더욱 수월하게 이해할 수 있다.톨킨의 '호빗'은 얌전하고 낙천적인 호빗, 빌보 배긴스가 마법사 갠달프의 권유로 열 세 명의 난쟁이들과 함께 난쟁이들이 빼앗긴 보물을 찾기 위해 여행을 떠났다가 진정한 모험가로 거듭나는 이야기이다. 그 여행은 위험으로 가득하지만 우여곡절 끝에 행운과 마법의 반지가 함께 하는 빌보가 보물을 지키는 무시무시한 드래곤 스모그와 맞서서 끝끝내 모든 어려움을 헤쳐 나간다. [모닝365 제공]

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