Roverandom

This is a fantastically childish book that is thoroughly charming; it really captures the essence of Tolkien’s softer themes and humour. Not everything has to be constantly dark and foreboding for his writing to be successful. This is simple, imaginative and a good little bit of fun. The tale is qua......more

Rover was a living, breathing dog who gets transformed into a toy replica and must venture to the depths of the ocean and across the valleys of the moon in the hopes of returning himself to his former state and his previous owner. This little children's tale was as sweet as it was sad, as full of ad......more

A fun little tale. A little bit manic in parts but full of imagination and a bit of fun. Definitely one from the days when a kids book was supposed to challenge rather than mimic a childs vocabulary.......more

Roverandom is a novella by J.R.R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925, about the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a normal-sized dog.The bli......more

نمی‌خوام فقط چون اسم تالکین روشه به‌به و چه‌چه کنم، راورندوم داستان کودکانه‌ای سطحی و بی‌سروته بود. نیل گیمن زمانی گفت: «هرچی دلت می‌خواد بنویس، بعد توی بازنویسی داستان کاری کن این‌جور به نظر برسه انگار کل مدت می‌دونستی قراره پیرنگ چه جوری باشه.» خب این کتاب اصلا بازنویسی نداشت انگار. مدام ماجراها و......more