My fellow Tolkien dorks!

[fearsomefour]

The only hobbit that looked husky in LOTR was Sam. The rest of them were rather svelte. In the books they were all similarly fluffy though, I think.

Yeah, I was gonna by the book description.

 

[fearsomefour]

All this Tolkien talk is good right now this Super Bowl morning--keeping me from pacing all over the house like a neurotic idiot.

We've already moved one bed out, moved a new frame in, put the frame together, moved furniture in the room about, vacuumed, dishes, laundry....off to Costco. Haha.

 

[IE Rams]

I read Tolkien for the first time when I was about 12, and I reread the entire series every few years. When I saw The Fellowship of the Ring in the theater, the opening scenes of Hobbiton literally brought tears to my eyes; it was EXACTLY how it appeared in my minds eye. Years ago, I told my son the Hobbit from memory, while we were on a long drive. Ya, I'm a Tolkien geek

I was maybe 17 when I read it all. But never the Silmarillion, tried a few times, but could never finish--like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance .

BUT, instead of reading LOTR or Beowulf, which I normally read most every winter, I decided to give the Sil another go. Already past Beren and Luthien. I'm gonna make it this time.