Back when I mentioned this book on Twitter there seemed to be a fair amount of expectation of bloodshed. The news that Adam Roberts had written a book about The Hobbit seemed to inspire visions of Bilbo et al being eviscerated by Adam’s legendary wit. I hate to disappoint you, folks, but The Riddles of the Hobbit is a fine piece of literary analysis written by someone who is very fond of the book. What’s more, Adam even manages to recruit Tolkien to the cause of Postmodernism, sort of. I’m pretty sure that the book will be on my Hugo ballot for next year. If you would like to know more, you can find my review here.