The Annotated Hobbit shows how Tolkien worked as a writer, what his influences and interests were, and how these relate to the invented world of Middle-earth. Tolkien's original line drawings, maps and color paintings are also included, making this the most lavishly informative edition of The Hobbit available. Integrated with Anderson's notes and placed alongside the fully restored and corrected text of the original story are more than 150 illustrations showing visual interpretations of The Hobbit specific to many of the cultures that have come to know and love Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Anderson's The Annotated Hobbit is the definitive explication of the sources, characters, places, and things of J.R.R. Newly expanded and completely redesigned, Douglas A. There’s no way for me to be objective about it, and I won’t try.For readers throughout the world, The Hobbit serves as an introduction to the enchanting world of Middle-earth, home of elves, wizards, dwarves, goblins, dragons, orcs and a host of other creatures depicted in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion - tales that sprang from the mind of the most beloved author of all time, J.R.R. Even reading it for a class didn’t get in the way of that. For me it’s an old favourite, warm and comforting, like eating Werther’s Originals in a warm corner, inside, on a windy night. Tolkien’s wordplay in the chapter with the spiders, fully intelligible only to people with an enormous knowledge of different languages, including ancient ones. I especially loved the notes on the language - e.g. For me, as a fan and as a scholar, though, it was really fascinating. I wouldn’t recommend it for a first-time reader of The Hobbit. There’s notes on practically every page, many of them lengthy - you might have to turn two or three pages to find the relevant note, as they don’t all fit in beside the text - and they aren’t all of interest to the casual reader. I didn’t realise Tolkien originally did his own illustrations.įor a casual reader, though, it’d be more distracting than not. It also contains a lot of illustrations from different editions of the book, including Tolkien’s own - most in black and white, but with an insert in full colour. It’s full of useful annotations, including the references to Tolkien’s sources and inspiration, and the history of corrections to the book (particularly the ones bringing it in line with The Lord of the Rings geography and canon).
The Annotated Hobbit is a really great edition of the book for fans of Tolkien, or anyone studying Tolkien’s work.
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