Quel Hobbit re! Happy Hobbit Day!


Today is Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday, observed by Tolkien fans across the globe.

While modern readers need not be reminded of Tolkien’s contribution to the fantasy genre, they may be interested to learn more about the master’s stance on myth-making. Tolkien’s creative philosophy is most vividly outlined in Mythopoeia, a poetic manifesto addressed to C.S. Lewis some fifteen years before Narnia.

Tolkien's legendarium was expanded in 2007 with the posthumous publication of The Children of Húrin. The introduction of a new cast of credible female characters can be counted as The Children of Húrin's chief literary breakthrough: such characters were arguably absent from the other episodes of the Ring saga.


Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey should make its theatrical debut in early 2012.

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