Many may not know (I didn’t) that yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the publication of “The Hobbit” by one JRR Tolkien. For the crowd who howled in disbelief when Peter Jackson’s screen adaptation of “The Lord of the Ring : The Fellowship of the Ring” ended abruptly with Frodo and Sam embarking on a boat to the Gates of Mordor, this is the start of it all. The prequel to the greatest story of the century.