Appendix where Gandalf and the hobbits discuss their adventure - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Melilot Brandybuck · 09-28-2007, 05:41 AM

Some time ago someone here at BD posted a link to an appendix written by JRRT where Gandalf and the hobbits are discussing the aftermath of their adventures. I believe Merry asks him what caused him to choose Bilbo to accompany the dwarves to Erebor and Gandalf goes on to explain some of the decisions he had to make leading up to their quest.

Could someone please tell me in which book this appendix can be found, and perhaps the link also?

Thank you.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-28-2007, 06:01 AM

Don't know about the link, but a part of the discussion is (briefly) included in LotR itself; in Appendix A, III: Durin's Folk, and in larger length in the Unfinished Tales - the whole chapter "Quest of Erebor".

The Might · 09-28-2007, 07:00 AM

About the link, I guess its illegal to post links to copyrighted works on the net...I mean I don't care about other authors, but at least in Tolkien's case you could go buy the book.

William Cloud Hicklin · 09-28-2007, 08:05 AM

You're referring to the text "The Quest of Erebor" of which there are four known versions, three of which are in print. As said above, the last, very condensed, version is in Appendix A. A longer narrative was printed in Unfinished Tales (with descriptions of the variant versions); and yet a third appears in the 2nd Edition of Doug Anderson's "Annotated Hobbit."

davem · 09-28-2007, 11:07 AM

Don't confuse this 'appendix' with the Epilogue Tolkien wrote for LotR but also left out, which is a whole other, er, thing......

CSteefel · 09-28-2007, 11:46 AM

I'd say the one to look at is The Quest of Erebor in the Unfinished Tales...

09-28-2007, 05:41 AM	#1
Melilot Brandybuck Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 35	Appendix where Gandalf and the hobbits discuss their adventure Some time ago someone here at BD posted a link to an appendix written by JRRT where Gandalf and the hobbits are discussing the aftermath of their adventures. I believe Merry asks him what caused him to choose Bilbo to accompany the dwarves to Erebor and Gandalf goes on to explain some of the decisions he had to make leading up to their quest. Could someone please tell me in which book this appendix can be found, and perhaps the link also? Thank you. __________________ The original and best Mel B

09-28-2007, 06:01 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Don't know about the link, but a part of the discussion is (briefly) included in LotR itself; in Appendix A, III: Durin's Folk, and in larger length in the Unfinished Tales - the whole chapter "Quest of Erebor". __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-28-2007, 07:00 AM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	About the link, I guess its illegal to post links to copyrighted works on the net...I mean I don't care about other authors, but at least in Tolkien's case you could go buy the book. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

09-28-2007, 08:05 AM	#4
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,321	You're referring to the text "The Quest of Erebor" of which there are four known versions, three of which are in print. As said above, the last, very condensed, version is in Appendix A. A longer narrative was printed in Unfinished Tales (with descriptions of the variant versions); and yet a third appears in the 2nd Edition of Doug Anderson's "Annotated Hobbit." __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

09-28-2007, 11:07 AM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Don't confuse this 'appendix' with the Epilogue Tolkien wrote for LotR but also left out, which is a whole other, er, thing...... __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

09-28-2007, 11:46 AM	#6
CSteefel Wight Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 204	I'd say the one to look at is The Quest of Erebor in the Unfinished Tales... __________________ `These are indeed strange days,' he muttered. `Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass.'