The History of the Hobbit (HarperCollins, one-volume hardcover)Ĭarpenter, Humphrey, ed. The Annotated Hobbit (HarperCollins, hardcover) The Hobbit Facsimile First Edition (HarperCollins, hardcover) The Hobbit (Mariner Books, paperback) pp. Email barliman (at) theprancingponypodcast (dot) com.Listen to the episode here, on YouTube, or in the player below:Ĭomments or questions for Barliman’s Bag: Our thanks to Trotter for these spectacular finds!) Our listener Trotter located an image of the illustration by artist Torbjön Zetterholm, which we’ve included below:Īs well as this other unsettling depiction of Gollum by illustrator Tove Jansson from a 1950s edition of The Hobbit: (EDIT: In this episode, we mentioned an illustration in a 1947 Swedish edition of The Hobbit depicting Gollum as four times the size of Bilbo. Also, we look to the Professor’s own words for context about the newly announced Amazon series in a new segment: The Tolkien Quote of the Day. We begin to discuss the changes made to this chapter during the composition of The Lord of the Rings, as Tolkien’s understanding of Gollum and the ring changed. After the long jump, take the wooden platform on the left, near the trunk, to continue.The first of three episodes on Chapter 5 of The Hobbit. Bilbo wakes up in the darkness below the mountains, and soon finds himself in a life-or-death riddle-game with one of Tolkien’s most infamous creations: Gollum.
When Gollum reminds himself to be careful, take a running jump off the end of the branch to reach the next one. Jump along the bare branches counter-clockwise, being careful not to fall - you can't grab hold of any ledges here.
Walk out onto the large branch that's bare of bark, then turn around you'll see the next set of ledges above you.Ĭlimb up, jumping backward at the top to a platform that will let you jump to another bare branch, which in turn will help you reach the next platform, above you and to the right. Turn right and jump to the platform on the next branch over, then again to a third platform. Look for a ledge in the trunk of the tree when you reach the end of the path, and continue climbing upward. Be careful of the well-hidden drop just past the fork it will take you back to the bottom of the tree, forcing you to climb up again. At the fork, go left to collect the Garland there, then return and take the right-hand path. Go up and to the left until you come to a wooden path.
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