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Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version by wolverine876 on Friday December 23, 2022 @04:52PM (#34111010)
> His biographer says that Allen & Unwin (his publishers) asked for "a new Hobbit book".

I wonder what the publisher's thoughts were about Tolkien's response: 'How about a six book, three volume epic, not suitable for much of the same audience (children), in essentially a new genre, with almost all new characters?'

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Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version by Someone1234 on Friday December 23, 2022 @05:14PM (#34111204)
Much like movies today, if the sequel comes out long enough after the original, and you want to target the SAME people, you go from children/YA to adult.

For example there was a 17-year gap between The Hobbit and LOTR's first two books.

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Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version by wolverine876 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:48PM (#34120945)
Great point. Interestingly, JK Rowling didn't do that.
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Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version by jfengel on Sunday December 25, 2022 @08:52AM (#34127223)
She did try. She just didn't handle it very well.
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