February 2012
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“Thag you very buch.”
– Bilbo Baggins (via how-what-why-huh)
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Stop whatever you're doing and check this out: the... →
samwisethebrave:
This complete family tree of all the creatures in Tolkien’s world was idealized and created by Emil Johansson (click here to view his incredible tumblr with statistics about LOTR) and includes 646 characters so far. Let’s support him!
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“I am Bard, and by my hand was the dragon slain and your treasure delivered. Is...”
– The Hobbit; there and back again chapter XIV (via scarreddreams)
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“There was the usual dim grey light of the forest-day about him when he came to...”
– The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via allshallfade)
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“Sing we softly, and dreams let us weave him!
Wind him in slumber and there let...”
– A excerpt from song in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via juleahkaliski)
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“Their clothes were amended as well as their bruises, their tempers and their...”
– The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
(via toneptunewithlove)
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Announcing The Middle-earth March Madness... →
In the US, tournament frenzy hits every March with the onset of the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball March Madness tournament. We thought this year would be a good opportunity for the entire Tolkien community to participate in a special tournament of our own. So without further delay we are announcing the Middle-earth Madness Tournament! The goal is to settle, once and for all, which character is...
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“Well, well! it might be worse, and then again it might be a good deal better. No...”
– Gandalf, The Hobbit (via shaysasa)
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“‘Go back?’ he thought. ‘No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward?...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (book 12)
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“Knowing the truth about the vanishing did not lessen their opinion of Bilbo at...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit (via Sami Husain)
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makingupachangingmind:
Gandalf: I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone. Bilbo: I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!
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“The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind,...”
– The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (via allshallfade)
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“‘You are come to the very edge of the Wild, as some of you may know....”
– Chapter 3, pg. 46
The Hobbit Notes & Quotes
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“No great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark. Straight over Gollum’s...”
– Chapter 5, pg. 86
The Hobbit Notes & Quotes
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The Middle Earth Beer Festival 2012 →
The 4th annual Middle Earth Beer Festival, located in Hurst Green, Lancashire UK looks to be a Hobbit’s dream, with an extensive range of beers and ciders (including Completely Legolas, a traditional English ale, and Ent Draught, a ruby red bitter), local food, and live music.
Professor Tolkien was a frequent visitor to Hurst Green, and the surrounding countryside is thought to be the...
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“There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; a thrumming came from his...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Chapter XII, “Insider Information,” page 233
(via lillianwu)
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What exactly DOES Bilbo's contract say? →
annathepiper:
I love this! A fan’s trying to decipher all the words visible on Bilbo’s contract based on some high-resolution shots that’ve escaped into the wild. I’m giggling and giggling at “I, the undersigned [hereinafter referred to as Burglar]…”
Hat tip to TheOneRing.net for linking up to this!
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