who likes the hobbit

Kili Goldmoth · 07-19-2003, 07:05 AM

Do you like the Hobbit send a Thread

Spock · 07-19-2003, 11:03 AM

Actually I love The Hobbit. It is what got me started with Tolkein and I keep going back to it for an insight into what makes Hobbits tick. It's also a refreshing and relaxing book for me to read when all the worlds troubles are heming me in.

Read on.

Kili Goldmoth · 07-19-2003, 01:14 PM

Do you love it

zinnite · 07-19-2003, 07:52 PM

I Love The Hobbit. Mostly because it's a hilarious book (it's the only Tolkien book that makes me laugh out loud), but also because the writing style is so light-hearted and quirky.

It's also really fun to read aloud, especially when no one else is around.

Kili Goldmoth · 07-20-2003, 06:08 AM

I read It when I was sick

Radagast The Brown · 07-20-2003, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by Kili Goldmoth
I read It when I was sick

Fascinating.

Yeah, I liked the Hobbit. I think there's already a thread about that.

Kili Goldmoth · 07-21-2003, 05:48 AM

I love the Hobbit It is a great book

Lalaith · 07-21-2003, 11:44 AM

Hmmm, one thing is for sure and that is that I do not like the Hobbit as much as LotR. It is not that I don't like the Hobbit, but I just prefer LotR. It's more grown up and more my style. I didn't enjoy the Hobbit that much. Don't know why.

gollum9630 · 07-21-2003, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by Lalaith
Hmmm, one thing is for sure and that is that I do not like the Hobbit as much as LotR. It is not that I don't like the Hobbit, but I just prefer LotR. It's more grown up and more my style. I didn't enjoy the Hobbit that much. Don't know why.

i feel the same way. The Hobbit is a good book, but with LotR trhere is so much more going on that every time i read it i find something new that i missed before. I dont get as much of that when reading the Hobbit

durin's bane · 07-21-2003, 03:11 PM

I agree with Gollum and Lalaith. While I enjoyed The Hobbit, I didn't get as much out of it as I did with The Lord of the Rings.

Annabelle · 07-21-2003, 03:14 PM

I really enjoyed reading "The Hobbit", it was very different from anything else I had ever read.

Dreran the Green · 07-21-2003, 06:39 PM

The Lord of the Rings was much better, but ooh I love The Hobbit! The thing is that it is much more light-hearted, and for the most part all of the characters are actually happy. You don't get that all too much in the Lord of the Rings, so although I love LOTR much more, The Hobbit is also in my opinion wonderful and I read it whenever I'm feelin down. Hey...that got a Beatle song stuck in my head. Cool.

Tinuviel22 · 07-22-2003, 01:16 AM

I like the Hobbit because I could actually enjoy it. With the LOTR trilogy I was like Omygosh Whats gonna Happen to them? But w/ the hobbit it was a more happy book.(I don't know if killing dragons and fighting elves dwarves and goblins all at one time is considered a happy time, but oh well)

gimli7410 · 07-22-2003, 01:53 AM

*raises hand in air* i do i do. i liked all the dwarves believe it or not

but i enjoyed it much more then lotr because i had my own mental image of it rather then the movie in my head

Kili Goldmoth · 07-22-2003, 05:22 AM

I love Dwarves

Radagast The Brown · 07-22-2003, 09:31 AM

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Originally posted by Kili Goldmoth
I love Dwarves

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Yeah, LOTR is much better. (I think there is a thread like that too...) The Hobbit is just not as intersting, and you don't have time to know most of the characters 'cause it's short too.

Kili Goldmoth · 07-22-2003, 11:10 AM

I love Dwarves. I am one

hectorberlioz · 07-22-2003, 01:04 PM

I love lotr, but hobbit is the best! the writing style is vastly entertaining and bilbo is so funny! i also love the fact that the elve king of mirkwood has a flaw!gems!

so elves arent perfect after all. and radagahst was invented in the hobbit!

***azalea*** · 07-23-2003, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by Dreran the Green
! The thing is that it is much more light-hearted, and for the most part all of the characters are actually happy. You don't get that all too much in the Lord of the Rings, so although I love LOTR much more, The Hobbit is also in my opinion wonderful and I read it whenever I'm feelin down.

I'm not intending to argue, but just want to try to clarify what I think you mean by this. I think the characters in The Hobbit are equally as unhappy most of the time in the story as those in LotR are. I think the difference is that the quest undertaken in TH is optional; thus, they could all just forget it at any time, technically. Because of this, the reader feels a safe haven of sorts, whereas in LotR it's literally do or die. There will be no rich reward, and failure will be total failure.
The Hobbit has plenty of tense and richly somber moments, but we can always sense that light at the end of the tunnel (hey, get it? :P). I think that's what you mean when you say they are happy (besides the amount of humor in it, and the humor being more silly and overt than LotR).

Lalaith · 07-24-2003, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by gollum9630
i feel the same way. The Hobbit is a good book, but with LotR trhere is so much more going on that every time i read it i find something new that i missed before. I dont get as much of that when reading the Hobbit

I will never get sick of re-reading LotR but I have read The Hobbit twice and that's enough for me for some years.

07-19-2003, 07:05 AM	#1
Kili Goldmoth Sapling Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: I am every where Posts: 14	who likes the hobbit Do you like the Hobbit send a Thread

07-19-2003, 11:03 AM	#2
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Actually I love The Hobbit. It is what got me started with Tolkein and I keep going back to it for an insight into what makes Hobbits tick. It's also a refreshing and relaxing book for me to read when all the worlds troubles are heming me in. Read on. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Last edited by Spock : 07-19-2003 at 11:04 AM.

07-21-2003, 11:44 AM	#8
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Hmmm, one thing is for sure and that is that I do not like the Hobbit as much as LotR. It is not that I don't like the Hobbit, but I just prefer LotR. It's more grown up and more my style. I didn't enjoy the Hobbit that much. Don't know why. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

07-21-2003, 03:11 PM	#10
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	I agree with Gollum and Lalaith. While I enjoyed The Hobbit, I didn't get as much out of it as I did with The Lord of the Rings. __________________ Yada, yada, yada

07-21-2003, 03:14 PM	#11
Annabelle Sapling Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA Posts: 6	I really enjoyed reading "The Hobbit", it was very different from anything else I had ever read. __________________ "A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say." ~ Italo Calvino The Dusty Shelf

07-19-2003, 01:14 PM	#3
Kili Goldmoth Sapling Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: I am every where Posts: 14	Do you love it

07-19-2003, 07:52 PM	#4
zinnite Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA Posts: 195	I Love The Hobbit. Mostly because it's a hilarious book (it's the only Tolkien book that makes me laugh out loud), but also because the writing style is so light-hearted and quirky. It's also really fun to read aloud, especially when no one else is around.

07-20-2003, 06:08 AM	#5
Kili Goldmoth Sapling Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: I am every where Posts: 14	I read It when I was sick

07-21-2003, 05:48 AM	#7
Kili Goldmoth Sapling Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: I am every where Posts: 14	I love the Hobbit It is a great book

07-21-2003, 06:39 PM	#12
Dreran the Green Lady of Legends Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Missing. Reward if found. Posts: 1,083	The Lord of the Rings was much better, but ooh I love The Hobbit! The thing is that it is much more light-hearted, and for the most part all of the characters are actually happy. You don't get that all too much in the Lord of the Rings, so although I love LOTR much more, The Hobbit is also in my opinion wonderful and I read it whenever I'm feelin down. Hey...that got a Beatle song stuck in my head. Cool. __________________ The end justifies the means, thought Aziraphale. And the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.* *This is not actually true. The road to Hell is paved with frozen door to door salesmen. On weekends many of the younger demons go ice-skating down it. ~Good Omens

07-22-2003, 01:16 AM	#13
Tinuviel22 Sapling Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 12	I like the Hobbit because I could actually enjoy it. With the LOTR trilogy I was like Omygosh Whats gonna Happen to them? But w/ the hobbit it was a more happy book.(I don't know if killing dragons and fighting elves dwarves and goblins all at one time is considered a happy time, but oh well)

07-22-2003, 01:53 AM	#14
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	raises hand in air i do i do. i liked all the dwarves believe it or not but i enjoyed it much more then lotr because i had my own mental image of it rather then the movie in my head __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

07-22-2003, 05:22 AM	#15
Kili Goldmoth Sapling Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: I am every where Posts: 14	I love Dwarves

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Kili Goldmoth Sapling Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: I am every where Posts: 14	I love Dwarves. I am one

07-22-2003, 01:04 PM	#18
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I love lotr, but hobbit is the best! the writing style is vastly entertaining and bilbo is so funny! i also love the fact that the elve king of mirkwood has a flaw!gems! so elves arent perfect after all. and radagahst was invented in the hobbit! __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide Last edited by hectorberlioz : 07-22-2003 at 01:06 PM.

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