The HobbitThere and Back Again
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
I’ve read “Hobbit” for the first time back in high school, and then again years later with my kids. It was one of the first fantasy books I ever picked up-not exactly my favourite, but definitely a solid introduction to the genre.
There were things that puzzled me at the time, like the difference between dwarfs and gnomes, or why “elfs” are called “elves” here. Luckily, I had friends who introduced me to the arcana of “Hobbit”,“The Lord of the Rings”123 and even the world of Forgotten Realms4. Thanks to them, I started to see the bigger picture and the connections between these universes.
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