Exploring Tolkien

123. Nightmare in Moria : The Hobbit #12

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The goblins of Moria grab the dwarves (and Hobbit) who decided to camp out on their “front porch”, leading to some real terrifying moments!

  • Does Gandalf use gunpowder?
  • How Tolkien subcreates his world with a few simple phrases.
  • The importance of the Goblin song, and the elves, dwarves, and goblins are all introduced with song!
  • Where Tolkien’s prose is almost poetic in an Olde English kind of way.
  • How Tolkien loves those swords!

    • In our extended episode (available for our members) we talk about:

    • What we would change if Tolkien had continued with his rewrite.
    • Our members’ reactions to the differences between goblines and orcs
    • The genius of Tolkien to allow us to subcreate the goblins/orcs.

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