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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: This is why Tolkien SHOULD have rewritten The Hobbit : The Hobbit #7
Description: We werenāt huge fans of Tolkienās changes to chapter 1 of The Hobbit in his abandoned 1960 rewriteābut chapter 2 surprised us with itās pitch-perfect changes! Some of the things we discuss are:
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Middle-earth gains spaceāand is now the ācharacterā we know
Gandalfās got a horseāand heās AWESOME!
Bilbo is more helpless and forgottenāand itās better
JRR Tolkienās prose is more expertly crafted
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