Bilbo's original encounter with Gollum

Well, most of us are familiar with Bilbo's Gollum encounter as it now appears in The Hobbit. And I think, most of us know that what we have now is a revision of what originally appeared. When JRRT came to write LotR, he "ret-conned" TH, altering the Riddle Game and giving it a more sinister tone than it first had, and changing the character of Gollum in the process...( Read more... )

Bilbo's original encounter with Gollum

Well, most of us are familiar with Bilbo's Gollum encounter as it now appears in The Hobbit. And I think, most of us know that what we have now is a revision of what originally appeared. When JRRT came to write LotR, he "ret-conned" TH, altering the Riddle Game and giving it a more sinister tone than it first had, and changing the character of Gollum in the process...( Read more... )