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Announcing the September Series: Tolkien’s Lesser Tales

Last year, for the month of September, I did a little blog miniseries, focusing on The Hobbit and some of its less-appreciated themes and aspects.  And, since I really enjoyed writing those posts, and having a theme to work towards…I decided to do it again this year! So, over the next few weeks, we’re going to be looking at three stories by Tolkien…stories which, actually, aren’t under-appreciated in the same way that The Hobbit is.  But they’re also stories that a lot of Tolkien fans might not pay much attention to, or even know about…and that’s a great shame, because…

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Triskaidekaphobia and fortune in ‘The Hobbit’

It’s been a moment between posts, alas, the end of the year’s always a hot mess for me and completely killed the momentum I was slowly building in posting – and I’ve been completely unmotivated to do anything extracurricular at all for quite a while, blog writing included. I did notice a little detail that can be covered relatively quickly, though, and figured that I might as well jot it down and that it might get the creative juices flowing again!  Namely, the detail of Bilbo being chosen (at least in part) to join Thorin’s Company to avoid their number…

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