Background of the Writing of The Hobbit

The story of how The Hobbit came to be written and published is almost as interesting as The Hobbit itself. OK, maybe not, but it IS interesting, and serves as an interesting backdrop to a lot of discussions.

For more on how the Hobbit was retconned to fit Tolkien's broader legendarium, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbXfJ72j4c

When I publish the video on why the Hobbit movies are terrible, I'll link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kORh99ZRuZ4

You can find Tolkien's Essay on Fairy Stories here: https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Fairy-Stories-Verlyn-Flieger/dp/0007582919/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506874225&sr=8-1&keywords=on+fairy+stories+tolkien

And a video I did on his essay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMG5HhKK50