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'''1957 "Carnival of Books" Interview''' is a [[Index:Audio recordings of J.R.R. Tolkien|recorded interview]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[15 January|January 15]], [[1957]], for the [[wikipedia:NBC|NBC]] radio show "Carnival of Books", hosted by Ruth Harshaw. An extract was published in ''[[The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition]]'' on page 210; in it, Tolkien mentions why he used [[spiders]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]''. | '''1957 "Carnival of Books" Interview''' is a [[Index:Audio recordings of J.R.R. Tolkien|recorded interview]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[15 January|January 15]], [[1957]], for the [[wikipedia:NBC|NBC]] radio show "Carnival of Books", hosted by Ruth Harshaw. An extract was published in ''[[The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition]]'' on page 210; in it, Tolkien mentions why he used [[spiders]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]''. | ||
==Extract == | |||
"I put in the spiders largely because this was, you remember, primarily written for my children (at least I had them in mind), and one of my sons in particular dislikes spiders with a great intensity. I did it to thoroughly frighten him and it did!" | |||
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Revision as of 19:52, 30 March 2014
1957 "Carnival of Books" Interview is a recorded interview with J.R.R. Tolkien on January 15, 1957, for the NBC radio show "Carnival of Books", hosted by Ruth Harshaw. An extract was published in The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition on page 210; in it, Tolkien mentions why he used spiders in The Hobbit.
Extract
"I put in the spiders largely because this was, you remember, primarily written for my children (at least I had them in mind), and one of my sons in particular dislikes spiders with a great intensity. I did it to thoroughly frighten him and it did!"
