C.S. Lewis reviews The Hobbit, 1937
"To define the world of The Hobbit is, of course, impossible, because it is new. You cannot anticipate it before you go there, as you cannot forget it once you have gone."
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 22 Sep 2017, 15:42,
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Meh. Think I'll wait for the film.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 22 Sep 2017, 16:35,
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My understanding is that they were good friends on that level.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 22 Sep 2017, 17:16,
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Yeah, they were friends
My mate's book is great and my mate will say my book's great. Only, these books really were great
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The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Fri 22 Sep 2017, 18:57,
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That last sentence
"Prediction is dangerous: but The Hobbit may well prove a classic."
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 22 Sep 2017, 19:10,
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He would have upset Tolkien by repeatedly saying 'dwarfs' instead of 'Dwarves'
He was a stickler for that I understand.
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presferatu, Fri 22 Sep 2017, 16:48,
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Tolkien actually said that he should have used "dwarfs".
"No reviewer (that I have seen), although all have carefully used the correct dwarfs themselves, has commented on the fact (which I only became conscious of through reviews) that I use throughout the ‘incorrect’ plural dwarves. I am afraid it is just a piece of private bad grammar, rather shocking in a philologist; but I shall have to go on with it."
https://jakubmarian.com/dwarves-or-dwarfs-which-spelling-is-correct/
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"I can envisage Liv Tyler in this role with lovely, milky white breasts and a cracking arse. Her lips should be the colour of blood and I would. I really would. So hard. Twice".
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Fri 22 Sep 2017, 22:35,
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