/lit/ - Literature

>>18514958
Why friends of Tom Bombadil, of course

>>16604537
>>16604608
The bizarre episode that is Tom Bombadil's forest, followed by the spookiest part of the whole trilogy in the Barrow Downs; a horror that is then dispelled all heroic-like by Tom himself. Definitely one of my favourite bits.

>>13268629

What are some worthwhile /phillit/ book series by academic publishers?
>Bradford books by MIT
>Synthese Library by Springer
>Boston Studies in History and Philosophy of Science by Springer
>Analecta Husserliana by Springer
>Cambridge Texts in History of Philosophy
>Oxford World's Classics
>Frauen in Philosophie und Wissenschaft by Springer
>Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
>Bloomsbury Revelations
>Oxford Philosophy Handbooks
>Springer Philosophical Studies
>Oxford Philosophy of Science series
>SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
>Elsevier Handbooks of the Philosophy of Science
>Springer Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
>Springer History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
>the redditor begins to chuckle
Ring a dong! hop along! Fal lal the willow!
>the redditor laughs out loud, spewing Cheetoh crumbs all over his book
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!
>the redditor can hardly contain his full bellied laughter
Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow;
>the redditor starts convulsing on the floor, gasping for air between spasms of laughter
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.
>the redditor's heart explodes and he dies

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
>the redditor begins to chuckle
Ring a dong! hop along! Fal lal the willow!
>the redditor laughs out loud, spewing Cheetoh crumbs all over his book
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!
>the redditor can hardly contain his full bellied laughter
Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow;
>the redditor starts convulsing on the floor, gasping for air between spasms of laughter
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.
>the redditor's heart explodes and he dies

>>11543565
You can tell brainlets from decent people by their dislike for Tom Bom Jolly Tom Tom Bombadillo. He is simply fantastic; I adore the chapters between the Hobbits leaving the Shire and arriving at Bree.