From: tybbguy@aol.com (Tybbguy) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Report on The Hobbit Lines: 8 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder07.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 05 Sep 1999 21:24:12 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <19990905172412.17162.00004657@ng-fe1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.northeast.verio.net!howland.erols.net!portc02.blue.aol.com!audrey01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Anyone know if there is a synopsis of the Hobbit or an old book report of the hobbit somewhere on the net. If so please e-mail me the address. Thanks Nick ---------------------------------------- DMOZ.ORG <---Search Directory "Humans Do it Better" ###### From: agunn@seattleweekly.spam-me-not.com (Angela Gunn) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Report on The Hobbit Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 21:49:29 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 15 Message-ID: <37d2e501.21506163@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <19990905172412.17162.00004657@ng-fe1.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stl-wa41-05.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Sep 05 4:49:40 PM CDT 1999 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!feed2.news.luth.se!luth.se!news-peer-europe.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!netnews.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!ix.netcom.com!news On 05 Sep 1999 21:24:12 GMT, tybbguy@aol.com (Tybbguy) wrote: >Anyone know if there is a synopsis of the Hobbit or an old book report of the >hobbit somewhere on the net. If so please e-mail me the address. > >Thanks >Nick Trying to get us to do his homework, not bothering to check back to the newsgroup (email-only), AND posting from AOL? Ladies and gentlemen, we have a trifecta! AG (who put her mom on AOL, but also doesn't encourage her mom to do Usenet). ###### From: josiecaat@aol.com (Josie Caat) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Report on The Hobbit Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder06.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 05 Sep 1999 23:13:27 GMT References: <37d2e501.21506163@nntp.ix.netcom.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <19990905191327.21757.00004437@ng-cf1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!uunet!ams.uu.net!do.de.uu.net!newsfeed.tli.de!newsfeed.enteract.com!news.compuserve.com!news-master.compuserve.com!portc03.blue.aol.com!audrey03.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Tybbguy (a.k.a. Nick) wrote: >>Anyone know if there is a synopsis of the Hobbit or an old book report of the hobbit somewhere on the net. If so please e-mail me the address. Thanks Nick>> AG wrote: >Trying to get us to do his homework, not bothering to check back to the newsgroup (email-only), AND posting from AOL? Ladies and gentlemen, we have a trifecta!> If the assignment is due tomorrow try: www.procrastinators.com If you have a few days try: www.domyhomeworkforme.com Cheers, Josie ###### From: orius@webtv.net (David Sulger) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Report on The Hobbit Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 02:42:18 -0400 (EDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 71 Message-ID: <9125-37D3624A-22@newsd-252.iap.bryant.webtv.net> References: <37d2e501.21506163@nntp.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhQXoO4j9pXOV6/64AQizpnV1IbBJAIVAKFluYOYm5hipUNyo98fdXWzMRdS Content-Disposition: Inline Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!remarQ-uK!remarQ.com!supernews.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!do.de.uu.net!uunet!ams.uu.net!ffx.uu.net!webtv.net!not-for-mail Hope this will help: The hobbit playboy, Bill Huggins, who lives in a fabulous three-story mansion, feels bored with his pampered life, so he hires the wizard Gandalf to find him an exciting adventure. Gandalf reluctantly tells him about a group of dwarves who are trying to recover their ancient home from the evil dragon, Smog (so named because he breathes clouds of poisonous smoke instead of fire). When Bill happily accepts the adventure, Gandalf is distraught, knowing that the quest is one of almost certain death, and Gandalf promised Bill's grandfather, Jerry Took, to look after his wayward descendant. Bill greets the thirteen dwarves, Balin, Dwalin, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Ori, Nori, Dori, Sneezy, Dopey, Doc, and Thorin, and throws them a big party. Gandalf reveals a map and key he got from Thorin's father, Grumpy, at a party the wizard Saruman was holding at his tower, Barad-d=FBr. They next day they set out for the mountain resort and spa, Riverdale, the last stop before many miles of untamed wilderness. Before they can reach Riverdale, however, they are captured one night by three evil trolls, Tom, Bert and Mike. The trolls decide to cook and eat the dwarves, but Gandalf throws his voice, making Mike think the other two trolls are making fun of how ugly his common-law wife is. This makes the trolls argue all night until the sun comes up, when the trolls get stoned, and the dwarves are able to make their escape. After a weekend stop over in Riverdale, the party crosses over the Mountains of Myst, but are captured by goblins. The party escapes, but Bill gets separated from the group and finds himself at the back door of the Mines of Moria. There he meets the frog-man, Gollum, on the shore of a vast underground sea. They have a short joke-swapping competition, and at the end, Gollum gives Bill a magical ring that can make him invisible as a prize. Bill then forces Gollum to show him the way out of the mountains at sword point. Bill luckily finds the dwarves and they continue on their journey, until they reach the house of the evil werewolf, Bj=F6rn, who tries to kill them, and he sends his great pack of wolves out to hunt the dwarves down. The escape into the dark and magical forest of Mirkwood, although when the reach safety, the find out that Gandalf is no longer there. Afraid to go back and look for him, they continue on. As they travel through the forest, they come to a magical river (they can tell it is magical, because the water is pink.) Luckily there is a boat on the banks which they can use to cross, but Dopey decides to swim across instead. He promptly falls asleep. This really angers the dwarves, cause Dopey is a fat sack of dead weight, and they have to haul his ass through the forest for thirty miles or so before he wakes up. He tells them about the dreams he had of voluptuous dwarven women, and the dwarves become even more angry, because they haven't seen any women for weeks (and they must have been really desperate to want dwarven women, because dwarven women are bearded....). They are attacked by giant spiders, but the dwarves manage to kill the spiders. After killing the spiders, a group of elves arrest them for poaching (the spiders were part of a nature reserve, and elves are rabid environmentalists). The elves take them back to their king, Thingol, and he locks them in his dungeons in the elven city of Menegroth. Bill was not captured, however. He used his magical ring and eventually freed the dwarves, and they escaped through the sewers of Menegroth. They built a raft, and floated down river to the Lake-side town of Escargot. There they buy supplies and head to Mt. Erebus, the lair of Smog. Using the map and key of Grumpy, they find a back door into the mountain, and Bill pisses off Smog by stealing a beer stein from his hoard. Smog attacks Escargot in revenge, but is slain by the great warrior, Brad. Brad then marches north with an army to sue the dwarves for property damage, and Thingol decides to join him (he really liked those spiders). Thorin summons his cousin, Dain from the Steel Mountains, and just as a battle is about to break out, Gandalf appears unexpectedly, warning them that Bj=F6rn and his evil wolves are to attack. The elves, dwarves , and humans join togethet to destroy the evil shape-shifter, and his bloodthirsty pack of wolves, the Wargs. In the battle, Thorin is killed, and Dain is proclaimed king of Erebus. Peace is negotiated between the three races, and they all live happily ever after. Bill returns to his home in Wickshire, and after a few years Gandalf and Balin visit him. The book ends as they happily reminice about the adventures while smoking Cuban cigars. ###### From: agunn@seattleweekly.spam-me-not.com (Angela Gunn) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Report on The Hobbit Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 16:27:07 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 13 Message-ID: <37d3eac0.88376503@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <37d2e501.21506163@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <9125-37D3624A-22@newsd-252.iap.bryant.webtv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stl-wa41-05.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Sep 06 11:27:15 AM CDT 1999 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!ix.netcom.com!news On Mon, 6 Sep 1999 02:42:18 -0400 (EDT), orius@webtv.net (David Sulger) wrote: >Hope this will help: [reluctantly snipped] Bravo, bravo! Though my favorite scene is the one where Bill climbs up the tree in the company of his Maori lawyer, drops mesc, and sees the giant bats... No fear and loathing here, not I -- AG. ###### From: prembone@excitebitespam.com (Prembone) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Report on The Hobbit Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 17:16:30 GMT X-ELN-Insert-Date: Mon Sep 6 10:25:14 1999 References: <19990905172412.17162.00004657@ng-fe1.aol.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Organization: The Rescue Frodo SWAT Team X-Posted-Path-Was: not-for-mail Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: sdn-ar-004mnminnp089.dialsprint.net X-ELN-Date: 6 Sep 1999 17:20:55 GMT Message-ID: <37d3f688.41747440@news.earthlink.net> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newspeer.monmouth.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!feeder.qis.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!nntp.earthlink.net!posted-from-earthlink!not-for-mail On 05 Sep 1999 21:24:12 GMT, tybbguy@aol.com (Tybbguy) wrote: >Anyone know if there is a synopsis of the Hobbit or an old book report of the >hobbit somewhere on the net. If so please e-mail me the address. > >Thanks >Nick >"Humans Do it Better" Yes, they do. Write your own frickin' report, you lazy sack of... "I've better things to do with my eternity than further your prurient interests." -- Frodo's Ghost ~~~Woo-hoo!!!~~~ Beyond Bored http://nettrash.com/users/tolktrash ###### From: jonmeltzer@mindspring.com (Jon Meltzer) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Report on The Hobbit Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 22:48:02 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 12 Message-ID: <37d4447f.3215700@news.mindspring.com> References: <19990905172412.17162.00004657@ng-fe1.aol.com> Reply-To: jmeltzer@pobox.com NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.22.c6 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 6 Sep 1999 22:41:30 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!remarQ-easT!supernews.com!remarQ.com!news.mindspring.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail On 05 Sep 1999 21:24:12 GMT, tybbguy@aol.com (Tybbguy) wrote: >Anyone know if there is a synopsis of the Hobbit or an old book report of the >hobbit somewhere on the net. If so please e-mail me the address. > >Thanks >Nick Post your school and teacher's name, and we'll send the information directly there. ###### From: Dave Sulger Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Report on The Hobbit Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 04:24:12 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <7r2413$peb$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <37d2e501.21506163@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <9125-37D3624A-22@newsd-252.iap.bryant.webtv.net> <37d3eac0.88376503@nntp.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.240.200.61 X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Sep 07 04:24:12 1999 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/3.0 WebTV/1.2 (compatible; MSIE 2.0) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x33.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 209.240.200.61 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDorius Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail In article <37d3eac0.88376503@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, agunn@seattleweekly.spam-me-not.com (Angela Gunn) wrote:> On Mon, 6 Sep 1999 02:42:18 -0400 (EDT), orius@webtv.net (David Sulger) wrote:> > >Hope this will help:> > [reluctantly snipped]> > Bravo, bravo! Though my favorite scene is the one where Bill climbs upthe tree in the company of his Maori lawyer, drops mesc, and sees the giant bats...> Now, now, Angela, there's no need to confuse the poor boy. Everyone knows that passage was cut from the revised edition becuse it didn't fit in with the Lord of the Rings. Besides, there's never any questions about that part of the book on tests anyway....Wishing he could visit the Lake-side town of Escargot -- Dave Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.