0394: The Lord of the Rings » Foreword & Prologue » Mailbag

What did Tolkien Road listeners notice in the Foreword and Prologue that deserved a second look?

In Episode 394 of The Tolkien Road, John opens the Do Not Be Hasty mailbag to discuss Tolkien’s creative inspiration, allegory, Hobbit ancestry, the Great Smials, the Thain, pipe-weed, Bilbo’s reliability, and more.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 — Introduction

00:42 — Opening the Mailbag

00:46 — Correspondence on the Foreword

00:56 — Tolkien, Inspiration, and King Crimson

03:19 — Tolkien’s Humility

04:29 — Allegory vs. Applicability

05:41 — Moving Into the Prologue

05:57 — What Kind of Hobbits Were the Bagginses?