What Bilbo’s Journey Would Look Like Today
What follows are speculative plot highlights from the The Hobbit, imagined if Bilbo had undertaken his “there and back again” adventure in AD 2014 instead of 2941 of the Third Age.
Though Bilbo may be in possession of extensive IT expertise, his skills fail him in the parsing of such obtuse and legalistic language.
When at last Bilbo comes to, and sees that the battle is over, and that he has lost many friends, he quickly decides that he’s had quite enough of travel for a while, thank you very much.
This post was originally published in December of 2012.
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