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He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some had suggested he was the spirit of "JRR Tolkien" placed into his own book

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bilbo is sort of covering for the professor too

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, certainly, as the writer of "There and back again"