November 16, 2013 — You still have time!

The Desolation of Smaug, the second movie in Sir Peter Jackson’s Trilogy of The Hobbit is due out in about 27 days.  I say about, because it’s sooner or later, depending what part of the world you live in.

I have since found out there are people in the world who still haven’t read The Hobbit, although it was written in 1937.  They are basing all their knowledge of J.R.R. Tolkien on Sir Peter’s movies.  I have his movies on DVD.  I have the Rankin/Bass cartoon on my computer.  I also have the books in print and on my Ebook.  In fact I have all of Tolkiens’ books on my Ebook.  That includes The Children of Hurin, The Silmarillion, and the 12 volumes of the Lost Books.  On another day I’ll take you on a journey of the Lost Books.  They are a blog all their own.

Today I want you to know you can still get The Hobbit to read before the Desolation of Smaug comes out.  You can find it here:

For a mere $250 you can “Buy It Now” on Ebay. (It may be a 1st Edition, but no,  thanks, anyway.)

$30 will get you an illustrated version at the Book Depository. (Maybe, depends on the illustrator.)

There’s a used 5 book boxed set with The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings for $2.40 at Barnes and Noble.  (They mention it’s in fairly good condition.)

Target has a Spanish language version ‘El Hobbit‘ for $21.80.

So there’s still time to read The Hobbit before you jump into the fray!  Some of  us Tolkien fans think Sir Peter has done a great job with The Hobbit.  Some of us Tolkien fans think Sir Peter has done not so great a job with The Hobbit.  I’m one of the fans who think Sir Peter …you know what, you should decide for yourself.