Are Tolkein'z books the only hobbit/halfing stories?

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Are Tolkein'z books the only hobbit/halfing stories?

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guyz,

just curious, since I haven't read all of the Appendix N books: are they the only source of the midgets we call halflings/hobbits? Or are there sum other ones that use them?
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Re: Are Tolkein'z books the only hobbit/halfing stories?

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wower....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwellers_in_the_Mirage

it sounds like The Hobbit meets Call of Cthulhu :shock:
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dark cauliflower wrote:wower....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwellers_in_the_Mirage

it sounds like The Hobbit meets Call of Cthulhu :shock:
With just a little bit of Robert E. Howard thrown in for good measure. :twisted:
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