Comments on: You need to brush up your toes young Hobbit!

You need to brush up your toes young Hobbit!

owhydididoit — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:45:30 -0800

The Thain's Book is an online encyclopedia of Middle-earth in the Third Age. Oh, you're an expert? Take the Middle-earth Challenge and prove it!

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:45:45 -0800

A sampling of my quiz scores Weapons & Wielders: 12 / 15 = 80.0% Good Work! Concerning Hobbits: 5 / 16 = 31.2% You need to brush up your toes young Hobbit! Valar & Maiar: 9 / 15 = 60.0% Not bad! Rings & Things: 9 / 15 = 60.0% Not bad! Creatures, Great & Small: 8 / 15 = 53.3% Not bad!

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:55:14 -0800

What the Hell? Now it's Tolkien Day?

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:57:32 -0800

Coincidence, truly.

By: chimaera

chimaera — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:24:54 -0800

The Encyclopedia of Arda is equally thorough (if not more so), covers all ages, and is considerably more user friendly.

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:28:29 -0800

In related news: Is it Tolkien, or isn't it?

"Houghton Mifflin's decision to publish an unfinished work by J.R.R. Tolkien next year is prompting such questions. The book is the epic 'Children of Húrin,' begun in 1918 by the legendary author of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' Unfinished at the time of Tolkien's death in 1973, the book has been 'reconstructed' from his drafts by Christopher Tolkien, the author's 81-year-old son."

By: Guy Smiley

Guy Smiley — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:44:14 -0800

Of special interest: Oliphaunts

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:46:43 -0800

Only 31% on the hobbit quiz? I missed only two, without needing to think about it much...

By: moonbiter

moonbiter — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:46:58 -0800

ericb: It's Tolkien of some sort, just maybe not J.R.R.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:24:40 -0800

I'm pretty sure the Childrin of Húrin was publishing in Unfinished Tales, no? I don't have a copy nearby.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:05:27 -0800

ericb writes "In related news: Is it Tolkien, or isn't it?" Well then that would go for a whole lot of books: The Silmarillion*, The Lays of Beleriand, the various Book(s) of Lost Tales.. * Which was written in its final form by Toronto's own Guy Gavriel Kay, tyvm!

By: Chrysostom

Chrysostom — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:13:14 -0800

Yes, Narn i Chîn Húrin is included in Unfinished Tales. Sounds like Christopher has done some more extensive filling in the blanks, a la the Silmarillion.