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Fiction

shenmue

(38,550 posts) Sun Aug 3, 2014, 12:59 PM Aug 2014

1968 interview with Tolkien

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140801-tolkien-why-i-wrote-the-hobbit

Enjoy!

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1968 interview with Tolkien (Original Post) shenmue Aug 2014 OP

Thank you for sharing that, shenmue! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #1

You are very welcome shenmue Aug 2014 #2

Is it just one paragraph? TexasProgresive Aug 2014 #3

Interesting! NSFfan78 Nov 2014 #4

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

1. Thank you for sharing that, shenmue!

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 04:54 PM

Aug 2014

shenmue

(38,550 posts)

2. You are very welcome

Reply to Enthusiast (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 05:30 PM

Aug 2014

Huge Tolkien fan since I was a kid.

TexasProgresive

(12,586 posts)

3. Is it just one paragraph?

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 06:14 PM

Aug 2014

I don't see a link to more just a trailer video for the latest installment of The Hobbit.

NSFfan78

(20 posts)

4. Interesting!

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 09:10 PM

Nov 2014

That was interesting. I am a big LOTR fan.

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