Posted: January 10, 2000 at 17:36:20: by Michael Martinez
: My only regret I had was that she did not take a crack at
: recreating my favorite scene from The Hobbit, where Gandalf
: tells his story to Beorn in such a way as to gradually let on
: the fact that he is travelling with a dozen (or so) dwarves.
: That, to me, is the funniest part of the book.I like that part of THE HOBBIT as well, but I felt she sort of blended that part with entrance of the Dwarves at Bilbo's home when the Farr Clone started showing up at Bailey's asteroid. Whups! Here comes another one! It's a pity we don't see more of that in light-hearted fiction, but then I guess it would become trite and overused.
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