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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: What Went Wrong with Tolkien's 1960 Hobbit Rewrite : The Hobbit #4
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When Tolkien set out to rewrite The Hobbit in 1960, much was lost, but much was gained… Do the gains outweigh the losses? We review his rewritten 1st chapter of The Hobbit, newly title “A Well-Planned Party”.
We discuss:
* Fairy Rabbit’s are NOT Hobbits… but AI can still imagine them.
* Fairy Rabbit #1
* Fairy Rabbit #2
* Fairy Rabbit #3
* Fairy Rabbit #4
* Fairy Rabbit #5
* Fairy Rabbit #6
* Tolkien’s grammatical error that created an entirely new word.
* The overall tonal and stylistic changes in the 1960 rewrite.