There And Back Again

In this session, we arrive in Bree, spend some time at the Prancing Pony, and meet the man they call Strider!

In this session, we discuss the importance of blue jackets and yellow boots, and journey with the hobbits through the Barrow-Downs!

This week, we cover chapter five and six of The Fellowship of the Ring, and discuss Buckland, Sam's heroism, and the nature of the Old Forest.

This week, we cover chapter four of The Fellowship of the Ring, and discuss Sam's first encounter with elves, short cuts and beer, and the goodness of Farmer Maggot.

This week, we cover chapter three of The Fellowship of the Ring, and discuss hobbit-style urgency, leaving Bag End, encounters with Black Riders, and elves, sir! Elves!

This week, we cover the second half of the second chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, and discuss Frodo's choice, the location of the Three Rings, and Sam Gamgee!

This week, we cover the first half of the second chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, and discuss what Gandalf knew and when, the history of the ring, and the darkening world.

This week, we begin The Fellowship Of The Ring, and discuss hobbit culture, the influence of the ring, and how much Gandalf really knows.

This week, we open The Lord of the Rings and discuss the prefatory material, including Tolkien's discussion of allegory and applicability.

This we look back on The Hobbit and catch our breath before moving into The Lord Of The Rings next week!

This week, we conclude The Hobbit as Bilbo bids farewell to Thorin and the dwarves, and returns home from the Mountain to the Hill.

The clouds gather as we approach the end of The Hobbit, and the Battle of Five Armies.

This week, the narrative takes a turn as Bilbo burgles the Arkenstone, and Smaug meets his watery doom.

This week, we battle illness and technical inconvenience as Bilbo arrives at the Lonely Mountain, and finally meets Smaug.

This week, Bilbo rescues the dwarves from the halls of the Wood Elf King, and the company arrives in Laketown in the ninth and tenth chapters of The Hobbit !

This week, Bilbo ventures into Mirkwood and becomes a hero in the eighth chapter of The Hobbit !

This week, Bilbo meets Beorn in the seventh chapter of The Hobbit !

This week, Bilbo emerges from the Misty Mountain and moves into the Wild in the sixth chapter of The Hobbit !

This week, Bilbo meets Gollum and finds a curious magical ring in the fifth chapter of The Hobbit !

This week, Bilbo reaches Rivendell and delves beneath the Misty Mountains in the third and fourth chapters of The Hobbit !

This week, Bilbo begins his adventure and runs right into trolls in the second chapter of The Hobbit !

This week, we meet out hero, our wizard, and many, many dwarves. Welcome to the first chapter of The Hobbit !

This week, we begin our journey through the works of JRR Tolkien by looking at his manifesto for fantasy literature, On Fairy Stories !

In 2017, we're going on a grand adventure through the pages of The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings !