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21 Sep 12
Today, "The Hobbit" turns 75: it was published on September 21st, 1937.
Tomorrow, September 22nd, is Bilbo's own birthday, and he will therefore be 75 as well. It's not quite eleventy-one, but still, good going for a character we only know because a 10 year old Rayner Unwin liked the book.
Richard
21 Sep 12
Originally posted by Shallow BlueWhen I was in Jr. High (in the mid-70s), I would walk by the Utica Cemetery on my way to school. One day on my way home I noticed a tattered paperback in a bush by the fence. I pulled it out and found it was something called 'The Hobbit'. That was the first time I had heard of Tolkein.
Today, "The Hobbit" turns 75: it was published on September 21st, 1937.
Tomorrow, September 22nd, is Bilbo's own birthday, and he will therefore be 75 as well. It's not quite eleventy-one, but still, good going for a character we only know because a 10 year old Rayner Unwin liked the book.
Richard
21 Sep 12
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Originally posted by rwingettDid you read it? Born in what, '61? You must be approaching old fartness then🙂
When I was in Jr. High (in the mid-70s), I would walk by the Utica Cemetery on my way to school. One day on my way home I noticed a tattered paperback in a bush by the fence. I pulled it out and found it was something called 'The Hobbit'. That was the first time I had heard of Tolkein.
