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jjasbo

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Has anyone seen in an early copy of The Hobbit a description of a house on "the slimy rock" that Gollum called home? My copy of 1972 doesn't , but I have an excerpt in a magazine from 1938 that has a house on it. __________________

Glorfindel

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Hmm, interesting. Haven't seen any myself but members like Galin, who often know more about older editions than others, might know. __________________ Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë! Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

ArwenLegolas

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In the edition I got says:" Actually Gollum lived on a slimy island of rock in the middle of the lake". So it doesn't say anything a House. __________________ Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, Jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

Galin

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I don't have much time of late (working on some stuff), but I very quickly checked the most likely chapter here, and so far no mention of a house.

If you could post the actual quote from the zine it might make things easier, as I can then pinpoint the text in the first edition for comparison.

Draft text for The Hobbit has now been made public too, but as you said 'early copy' (and the zine is from 1938) I assume you mean first edition.

-- Edited by Galin at 22:45, 2009-03-02

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