Hobbits – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:07:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hobbits – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 About The Hobbit https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/12/16/about-the-hobbit/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/12/16/about-the-hobbit/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:07:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=18363 Continue reading About The Hobbit →]]> Usually when I mention The Hobbit I’m talking about the hominid, or something related to the hominid, or a book about the hominid. But here I want to point you to something related to the book by Tolkien and, of more immediate importance, about the science of the Hobbit and things related. You’ve certainly already read this important book about the Science of Middle Earth. But you may not yet have seen this blog post by my friend Matt Kuchta on the geology of the Lonely Mountain.

Like many of you, I saw The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug last weekend. Like many of you, I’ve read “The Hobbit” several times (and had it read to me many times before that). But how many of you have wondered what kind of mountain the Lonely Mountain really was?

So, click here to find out.

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