...or sober and happy. Serious isn't synonymous with unhappiness!

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Right. Thanks for mentioning that, Nienor.

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The Hobbit is NOT meant to be a children's book. It was considered one though but Tolkien didn't want it to be one.

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It does come across as more of a children's book than LotR does, though.

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Well, the Hobbit never gets so despairingly grave and serious as the Trilogy, so it is more of a children's book than LotR.
Tolkien talked a lot to C.S Lewis, who was writing children's books, so he might have been inspired by his style.

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yeah that's right. You can't really say that the Hobbit is as serious and grave as LotR and I think it's more like a children's book than LotR. I guess it's one of the books that can be read by children as well as by adults.

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That's an interesting idea, Eä--I know that Tolkien and Lewis were close friends, but it had never occurred to me that Lewis might have influenced the writing style of The Hobbit. I think I'm going to spend some time thinking about that.

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I just said it wasn't MEANT to be a cildren's book. It may seem one though.
Was was the result of your meditation Aerandir?

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My meditation is incomplete, but it does seem likely that Clive influenced John's writing style.

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not C. and J.? they had no real names. just abbreviations.

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Lol, Eruhin. Clive Staples Lewis and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.

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I knew that. After all they're my favourite English authors. But have you ever read their full names on a book? or somewhere else(except in bios)?

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Nope. But still, calling JRR Tolkien "John" is better than calling him "J."

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I don't think so. Aren't abbreviations much cooler?

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Tolkien and Lewis must have read and revised each other's work, so they would be inspiring each other.
Umm.... darn... I had a point, but now it slipped...

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yeah I also think they must have inspired each other - not that they were copying each other.
to the abbreviation thingy - I always call Tolkien Ronald and Lewis I just call Lewis I guess.

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