{"id":5349,"date":"2006-09-21T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2006-09-21T14:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2022-10-11T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T01:23:06","slug":"in-a-hole-in-the-ground-there-lived-a-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5349","title":{"rendered":"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a nasty, dirty wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.<\/p>\n

— first paragraph of “The Hobbit”, by JRR Tolkien<\/i><\/p>\n

On this day in history, 1937, The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again<\/a>\"\"<\/i> was published.<\/p>\n

Just for fun, and to celebrate (if you have, er, 10 hours to read all that crap) – here are some of the long-ass book excerpts and posts I have written about Tolkien:<\/p>\n

“It is no bedtime story<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Of course, The Lord of the Rings does not belong to me<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Frodo and free will<\/a><\/p>\n

“That noble northern spirit<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“The failure of Frodo<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“I am not Gandalf<\/a>…”<\/p>\n

Happy birthday, Bilbo!!<\/p>\n

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