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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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• ― karattack said on Jan 3, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Okay, I've mentioned before that I felt this book was just too tedious, too much detail and not enough action, but maybe I'm being unfair. I read this is 5th grade. Maybe one of these days I'll give it another try.

    

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• ― Bashful said on Oct 11, 2008 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • What once was required reading is now a pleasure

  • This is the first of Tolkein's books regarding the famous "Ring". I loved this book when I was required to read it in grade school...and I loved it again when I re-read it when the movies "The Lord of the Rings" series came out. Awesome.

    

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  • one of the first books that made me love fantasy stories,so much better than the trilogy

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  • Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and wose unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo - alone and unaided - who ... Continue

    Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and wose unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo - alone and unaided - who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside!

    

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• ― meganzing said on Mar 2, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| Add your feedback

Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit, is a peaceful sort of  cozy hole in the Shire, a place where adventures  are uncommon and rather unwanted. So when the  wizard Gandalf whisks him away on a treasure hunting  expedition with a troop of rowdy dwarves, he's not  entirely thrilled. Encountering ruthless trolls,  beastly orcs, gigantic spiders, and hungry wolves,  Bilbo discovers within himself astonishing strength  and courage. And at the ultimate confrontation  with the fearsome dragon Smaug, the hobbit will brave  the dangers of dark and dragon fire alone and  unaided. Brilliantly conceived to evoke Tolkien's  richly imagined Middle Earth, this production features  an original score written for Renaissance era  instruments outstanding ensemble acting by the best  performers available to the BBC and innovative sound  techniques designed to present a hobbit's eye view  of Bilbo's adventures. A fitting tribute to the  centenary of J.R Tolkien's birth. The Hobbit will  captivate longtime fans and the newly initiated  alike.

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