Concering Bilbo Bagginses... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 04-25-2002, 11:58 PM

Thanks, C.o'7.A! I knew that Tolkien had "updated" the Hobbit, but had no idea that he had changed so much!

I'm going to have to pick up a copy of the Annotated Hobbit. (I love annotated novels!)

I can't think of another author who has gone back and changed major parts of a story like that. Just shows the respect (or fear?) that the publishers must have held for Mr. Tolkien, that they would allow him to do that.

Or perhaps no other author has cared enough about his characters that he would want to go back and "correct" an earlier work so it would mesh with a later story?

04-25-2002, 11:58 PM	#6
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Thanks, C.o'7.A! I knew that Tolkien had "updated" the Hobbit, but had no idea that he had changed so much! I'm going to have to pick up a copy of the Annotated Hobbit. (I love annotated novels!) I can't think of another author who has gone back and changed major parts of a story like that. Just shows the respect (or fear?) that the publishers must have held for Mr. Tolkien, that they would allow him to do that. Or perhaps no other author has cared enough about his characters that he would want to go back and "correct" an earlier work so it would mesh with a later story?