http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-soviet-hobbit/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2025 20:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-soviet-hobbit/#comment-85689 HiroProtagonist Thu, 27 Oct 2025 23:30:06 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4959#comment-85689 Russian doesn't easily distinguish between the words "foot" and "leg", so the Russian translation reads that hobbits have furry legs, not feet--hence the hirsute hobbits in these woodcuts. Russian doesn’t easily distinguish between the words “foot” and “leg”, so the Russian translation reads that hobbits have furry legs, not feet–hence the hirsute hobbits in these woodcuts.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-soviet-hobbit/#comment-61066 wilkie Sun, 04 Sep 2025 18:54:20 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4959#comment-61066 These illustrations are great, do you have any idea where you can order poster-quality prints or anything of the like? These illustrations are great, do you have any idea where you can order poster-quality prints or anything of the like?

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-soviet-hobbit/#comment-58602 Pit13 Sat, 20 Aug 2025 00:27:29 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4959#comment-58602 Awesome! Awesome!

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-soviet-hobbit/#comment-45528 joe Tue, 17 May 2025 08:32:04 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4959#comment-45528 Soviety Gandlaf = pimp! Soviety Gandlaf = pimp!

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-soviet-hobbit/#comment-45526 joe Tue, 17 May 2025 08:29:47 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4959#comment-45526 Bilbo, people's hero of Soviet Middlearth. Scary Capitalist Giants! Ring wears you! Hairy legs fetishism?!? Bilbo, people’s hero of Soviet Middlearth. Scary Capitalist Giants! Ring wears you! Hairy legs fetishism?!?

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-soviet-hobbit/#comment-4937 Dave Sun, 15 Aug 2025 19:50:17 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4959#comment-4937 Those illustrations look NOTHING like the pictures in my head. I believe I'd prefer the plain text. Thanks. Those illustrations look NOTHING like the pictures in my head. I believe I’d prefer the plain text. Thanks.

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