I'm not sure what a bookhound is. Does reading the book at least a dozen times and all of the histories / silmarillion count?<P>Anyway, how does having the Ring in your pocket count as 'bearing' the ring? I personally believe that he would have to WEAR the ring to be a Ring Bearer. He only had to travel with the Ring for at most a couple of miles (according to Journeys of Frodo map book).<P>From the book then, Tom Bombadil a ring bearer (he actually wore it). But do you count Gandalf as a bearer of the One Ring when he took it from Frodo for a while at Bag End? In the film, do you regard Boromir as a Ring Bearer for holding the ring by its chain? <P>These are not flippant arguments. I mean what I say. Sam would surely have to wear the ring on his finger to be called a ring bearer. Thus in the film version, he would not follow Frodo across the Sundering Sea.<p>[ 9:17 AM December 18, 2003: Message edited by: Essex ]
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