Help me out with a project:
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dreamflowerIt's interesting that there is very little LotR fanfic on the internet prior to PJ's movies coming out in December 2001, although I am sure that there are a good many in 'zines that I have never seen.
Most of the stories have been written after the movies came out, and even those whose authors were concerned with mostly the book-verse version of events, show some sorts of influences from the movies—even if the influence was a negative one (deliberately setting out to contradict the movie-verse version).
But the explosion of LotR fic due to the movies also meant lots of fic was also being written concerning the characters and events of other times than those of the War of the Ring, including The Silmarillion and The Hobbit. Since these events were never included in the films they were, pretty much of necessity, book-verse based stories.
That means that there are a lot of stories out there about The Hobbit that are not going to be influenced by the movies! I think it would be useful to start collecting up links to such stories now, so that when there is an influx of new blood into the fandom due to PJ's version of The Hobbit, we can point people wanting stories about Bilbo or Thorin or Kili or Beorn or the attack on Dol Goldur in the direction of those stories!
Of course, this will not help those who want stories about Tauriel, but I am sure there will be plenty of those afterwards.
Here is a start, with the links I've already collected behind the cut.
(My apologies for the number of my own stories, but they were the easiest to locate.)
Stories about Bilbo set prior to events in The Hobbit
Fell Winter by rabidsamfan
When Winter Fell by Lindelea [WIP]
The Research Project by Larner
A First Meeting by Shireheart
One Fine Autumn Day by Dreamflower
A Little Hobbit's Big Birthday by Dreamflower
A Mother's Work: Belladonna by Dreamflower
The Knight Has Been Unruly by Dreamflower
Learning Curve by Dreamflower
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Dreamflower
A Young Hobbit's Fancy by Dreamflower
The Dwarf Dagger by Dreamflower
An Appeal to Family by Dreamflower
Stories about the Dwarves of The Hobbit prior to the events in The Hobbit
Questing by Thundera Tiger
Stories about Gollum prior to events in The Hobbit
Desiring Peace by Enros
Mountains by Citrine
Lullaby by Citrine
Stories about other characters of TH from the coming of Smaug to just prior to events in The Hobbit (since some of the Elves have been around since the First or Second Age)
A Creature of Fire by daw the minstrel
The Haven of Rivendell by sindarinelvish
The Goblin: The Calm Before the Storm by CaitSith113
Stories about the planning of the Adventure
Questing by Thundera Tiger [See above]
Gapfillers for The Hobbit
The Final Firework by Elinde
Bilbo Baggins by LibraryGirl25
A Brief Visit by Cleo Calliope
The Pale Enchanted Gold by Dreamflower
Drabbles for The Hobbit
King Under the Mountain by Aranel Took
Father to Son by Azalais
There and Back Again by Azalais
Planned Snack by Larner
Final Considerations by Larner
Legacy by Elana
The Hobbit, Chapter 18 – The Return Journey by Elana
Claws by Elena Tiriel
The Fourth Attempt by Forodwaith
The Pale Enchanted Gold by Dreamflower
There And Back Again by Dreamflower
Alone and In Bear's Shape by Tanaqui
An Unexpected Party by Marta
Roast Mutton by Marta
Anniversary by Marta
Mercy by Marta
Expert Treasure Hunter by tanaqui
Surprise Visit, S.R. 1349
Snapshots of the Battle of the Five Armies by Elinde
AUs for The Hobbit
The Eagles Are Coming by Thundera Tiger
A Treasure Retrieved by Larner
Dragonsblood by Dreamflower
Five Things that NEVER Happened to Bilbo Baggins
What Might Have Happened by Dreamflower
I realize there are quite a few of my own on here, but that's because it was easiest for me to find the links to those, LOL! Please help me out by leaving comments with links to any such stories you know of that I've missed out on. And there were a number of stories I would like to have included, but either have lost the links or the links I had were broken.
If you know of any stories set during the time frame of The Hobbit, or of stories concerning Bilbo's life before that time, or the Dwarves, or Smaug, or even of the relevant Elves if it relates to The Hobbit (e.g. how the Mirkwood Elves reacted to Smaug's arrival or how Elrond knew to prepare for the Dwarves) or the attack by the White Council on Dol Guldur, etc. please comment here.
I have started comment subject lines for the different categories, so all you have to do is to reply to that particular thread.
Once I've collected enough links, I will post them so that people can find these stories. It will be especially helpful to people who may want to read some fanfic before the first movie comes out in 2012.
Most of the stories have been written after the movies came out, and even those whose authors were concerned with mostly the book-verse version of events, show some sorts of influences from the movies—even if the influence was a negative one (deliberately setting out to contradict the movie-verse version).
But the explosion of LotR fic due to the movies also meant lots of fic was also being written concerning the characters and events of other times than those of the War of the Ring, including The Silmarillion and The Hobbit. Since these events were never included in the films they were, pretty much of necessity, book-verse based stories.
That means that there are a lot of stories out there about The Hobbit that are not going to be influenced by the movies! I think it would be useful to start collecting up links to such stories now, so that when there is an influx of new blood into the fandom due to PJ's version of The Hobbit, we can point people wanting stories about Bilbo or Thorin or Kili or Beorn or the attack on Dol Goldur in the direction of those stories!
Of course, this will not help those who want stories about Tauriel, but I am sure there will be plenty of those afterwards.
Here is a start, with the links I've already collected behind the cut.
(My apologies for the number of my own stories, but they were the easiest to locate.)
Stories about Bilbo set prior to events in The Hobbit
Fell Winter by rabidsamfan
When Winter Fell by Lindelea [WIP]
The Research Project by Larner
A First Meeting by Shireheart
One Fine Autumn Day by Dreamflower
A Little Hobbit's Big Birthday by Dreamflower
A Mother's Work: Belladonna by Dreamflower
The Knight Has Been Unruly by Dreamflower
Learning Curve by Dreamflower
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Dreamflower
A Young Hobbit's Fancy by Dreamflower
The Dwarf Dagger by Dreamflower
An Appeal to Family by Dreamflower
Stories about the Dwarves of The Hobbit prior to the events in The Hobbit
Questing by Thundera Tiger
Stories about Gollum prior to events in The Hobbit
Desiring Peace by Enros
Mountains by Citrine
Lullaby by Citrine
Stories about other characters of TH from the coming of Smaug to just prior to events in The Hobbit (since some of the Elves have been around since the First or Second Age)
A Creature of Fire by daw the minstrel
The Haven of Rivendell by sindarinelvish
The Goblin: The Calm Before the Storm by CaitSith113
Stories about the planning of the Adventure
Questing by Thundera Tiger [See above]
Gapfillers for The Hobbit
Bag End
Colorful Company by Rhapsody
The Party Next Door by Acacea
Bilbo Baggins, Kidnapped by raspberry blue
There and Back Again(WIP) by Eruanna Undomiel
An Unexpected Perspective by bright flame
Journey to Rivendell
Roast Mutton by Gandalf's Apprentice
A Critical Matter by clodia metelli
A Merry Old Inn by Dreamflower
Roast Mutton Revisited by Dreamflower
Rivendell
Chance Meeting in Rivendell by Aunt Dora Baggins
Estel and the Hobbit by Eledwhen
A Short Rest by Jay of Lasgalen
The Hobbit and the Dunadan by Wordweaver
A Little Hope by Dostoevsky's Mouse
The Haven of Rivendell by sindarinelvish
Crazy Is by CrackinandProudOfIt
An Extremely Short Rest by Nolitari
From Rivendell to the Misty Mountains
"Misty Mountains" by Hawki (poetry)
In the Goblin caves
Sucking Eggses by Marta
No Going Back by Larner
One Is the Loneliest Number by Dreamflower
Vairë the Tricksy by PowerOfFail
Hobbit Poems by Uldaren Bardaniel (Poetry)
Gollum's Hobbit Problem by Serenity Snow412
Escape from Goblin Caves to Beorn's House
The Rumor of Him by Dreamflower [poetry]
Bilbo and Dwarves in Mirkwood
Tangled Web by daw the minstrel [See also below]
Not Lighting the Way by PipoftheBT
Captivity by the Elves
Tangled Web by daw the minstrel [See also above]
Escaping by the Dozen by Thundera Tiger
Hobbit Stew by Kara's Aunty
Captain of the Guard by Arandil
At the Last It Biteth by Mercurie
Bilbo's Favorite Kitchen by SilverCat63
A Sinda's Pain is a Hobbit's Bliss by Elinde
In Thranduil's Halls: The Hungry Ghost by Anonymist
Gandalf and the White Council Attack Dol Guldur
Tangled Web by daw the minstrel
Mission to Dol Guldur by Jay of Lasgalen
The Unwilling by Thundera Tiger
The Valley is Jolly by Canafinwe
From Lake Town to the Lonely Mountain
X: Like Excruciating Exertions on the Way to That Crucial X on the Mouldering Map by Dreamflower
"Where the Moon Walks" by Adonnen Estoniel (poetry)
Bilbo and Smaug
Smaug's Fall by Kalima Idina
Fire in the Night by PurpleArmadillo
Death of Smaug to the Battle of Five Armies
The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor by Jael
The Return of the Kingdom by Larner
Trust in the Right by Dreamflower
Hidden Fears by Elinde
Settling In by Elinde
Sense of Doubt by Elinde
Battle of Five Armies and the Aftermath
Deadly Was the Wrath of the Hands That Held Them by Nieriel Raina
Not Speak or Whisper by PeppyPower
The Adventure by WargishBoromirFan
The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor by Jael [See above]
The Finest of Vintages by Regina
Concussion by Dreamflower
The Journey Home and Bilbo's Homecoming
Elf-root by Soledad
Yule-tide in Beorn's Hall by Pearl Took
What Should Come From a Quest by Liliwen
Lobelia's List by just_ann_now
Tall Tales by Misty
A Favor Asked by Larner
An Unexpected Homecoming by jMac
What We Can by Dreamflower
Yule Among the Beornings by Dreamflower
A Case of Silver Spoons by Elleth
"Gundabad" by Lindariel
"Unexpected Homecoming" by llembas
Another Adventure in the Forest by Charming Gilmore Girl
The Hobbit Who Went Up a Mountain by Sevilodorf
A Dozen Means Twelve, Lobelia by Phillipa (WIP)
What Has It Got In Its Pocketsss? by Sevilodorf
Bilbo's Adjustment, post-Adventure
A Hobbit's Tale by Pearl Took [poetry]
Home At Last by Dreamflower
Sheathing Sting by Celandine Brandybuck
Curses Fulfilled by Larner
Reunion by Dwimordene
The Final Firework by Elinde
Bilbo Baggins by LibraryGirl25
A Brief Visit by Cleo Calliope
The Pale Enchanted Gold by Dreamflower
Drabbles for The Hobbit
King Under the Mountain by Aranel Took
Father to Son by Azalais
There and Back Again by Azalais
Planned Snack by Larner
Final Considerations by Larner
Legacy by Elana
The Hobbit, Chapter 18 – The Return Journey by Elana
Claws by Elena Tiriel
The Fourth Attempt by Forodwaith
The Pale Enchanted Gold by Dreamflower
There And Back Again by Dreamflower
Alone and In Bear's Shape by Tanaqui
An Unexpected Party by Marta
Roast Mutton by Marta
Anniversary by Marta
Mercy by Marta
Expert Treasure Hunter by tanaqui
Surprise Visit, S.R. 1349
Snapshots of the Battle of the Five Armies by Elinde
AUs for The Hobbit
The Eagles Are Coming by Thundera Tiger
A Treasure Retrieved by Larner
Dragonsblood by Dreamflower
Five Things that NEVER Happened to Bilbo Baggins
What Might Have Happened by Dreamflower
I realize there are quite a few of my own on here, but that's because it was easiest for me to find the links to those, LOL! Please help me out by leaving comments with links to any such stories you know of that I've missed out on. And there were a number of stories I would like to have included, but either have lost the links or the links I had were broken.
If you know of any stories set during the time frame of The Hobbit, or of stories concerning Bilbo's life before that time, or the Dwarves, or Smaug, or even of the relevant Elves if it relates to The Hobbit (e.g. how the Mirkwood Elves reacted to Smaug's arrival or how Elrond knew to prepare for the Dwarves) or the attack by the White Council on Dol Guldur, etc. please comment here.
I have started comment subject lines for the different categories, so all you have to do is to reply to that particular thread.
Once I've collected enough links, I will post them so that people can find these stories. It will be especially helpful to people who may want to read some fanfic before the first movie comes out in 2012.