Corey Olsen Explains 'The Hobbit'

<p><a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/09/21/happy-birthday-the-hobbit-the-history-of-j-r-r-tolkien-s-book.html">Corey Olsen</a>, the author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-J-R-R-Tolkiens-The-Hobbit/dp/054773946X/" target="_blank">Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit</a></i>, talks to deputy books editor Jimmy So on why it's not so crazy for Peter Jackson to turn the beloved book into three movies. Plus, <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/09/21/happy-birthday-the-hobbit-the-history-of-j-r-r-tolkien-s-book.html">read an excerpt</a> of Olsen's book on the afterlife of <i>The Hobbit</i>.<br> </p>