Summer

Summer 2012

In three weeks time  Númenórean Exile will have finished his final exams at University, therefore it is time for  Númenórean Exile to return West. When I return to the West I intend to catch up on some serious reading, thankfully I am now in control of my reading matter, rather than being subjected to the particular  whims and desires of tutors and lecturers.

First on the list is a book that comes highly recommended from a friend.

Fr. Seraphim Rose, "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future" (California: Saint Herman Pub: 1997)

Concerning Hobbits !

German poster advertising the forthcoming movie of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.

I consider myself a fan of the Tolkien genre, I also consider myself to be a bit of a Lord of the Rings nut, hence the reason why I changed my blog, to make it more Tolkienesq. I read The Lord of the Rings on a yearly basis, and I have left The Hobbit on the book shelf for to long. Now I intend to reread the book as I am afraid that I have become caught up in Hobbit mania, (thank you Peter Jackson).

I have not read The Hobbit since I was a young lad of 14, now I want to reread it as I can't remember much about it, the only thing that ever stayed with me was the meeting of Biblo and Gollum, everything else is an abstract blur. I think today I will find a cheap copy of it and give it a stab. I never really considered it to be the best of Tolkien's work, indeed I prise the Lord of the Rings and The Simirillion above all his works.

I am now prepared to reread The Hobbit, I hope that I will be presently surprised, perhaps deep down I always considered it to be a book for children, and this snobbishness has prevented me from taking it seriously.