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re: Some interesting thoughts on the Silmarillion
by Cennwyn on 2012/12/18 8:14 am
The Silmarillion came up briefly during book club transcripts, and it seemed to me that some folks might be interested in knowing a bit more. I highly recommend this guy's blog, specifically this post, for some fascinating information and ideas about the book we know as The Silmarillion.
The post also talks a great deal about the two principle editions of the Hobbit; something else that came up in book club and that folks might be interested in.
Quick excerpt about the various stages The Hobbit went through:
Draft: "It had always been said that long ago some or other of the Tooks had married into a fairy family (goblin family said severer critics); certainly there was something not entirely hobbit-like about them."
First edition: "It had always been said that long ago one of other of the Tooks had married into a fairy family (the less friendly said a goblin family), certainly there was still something not entirely hobbit-like about them."
Second edition: "It was often said (in other families) that long ago one of the took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife. This was, of course, absurd, but certainly there was still something not entirely hobbit-like about them."
Proposed revision: "It was often said (in other families) that the Tooks must have some elvish blood in them: which was of course absurd, but there was undoubtedly something queer about them..."
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