... in which Bilbo and company's adventures are annotated with notes about Tolkien's inspirations and the various changes between different editions of The Hobbit.
The Annotated Hobbit is a unique copy of The Hobbit because in its margins, writer Douglas Anderson has added in a plethora of notes and images to supplement the main text. Most of the notes are about Tolkien's various inspirations, both in terms of plot and linguistics. There are also various footnotes noting the different changes between various editions over the years, and illustrations are included throughout the book showing different artists' interpretations of the events from different international editions. I'm not going to bother to summarize the plot, because if you don't know the plot of The Hobbit by now, then you probably don't care.
