I started re-reading Fellowship this afternoon. ::coughs politely:: Yeah. So that's my story. Trying to put Hobbit terror tendencies aside takes great self control. I keep getting the urge to look over at my bookshelf and cringe. So here's the quote of the day:

'Tolkien appears in the fantasy universe in the same way that Mount Fuji appeared in old Japanese prints. Sometimes small, in the distance, and sometimes big and close-to, and sometimes not there at all, and that's because the artist is standing on Mount Fuji. He has had such an effect, even, if someone has said, "Bugger me, I'm not going to write like Tolkien!"'
--Terry Pratchett