Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Interview with Don Hobbs


The theme of the inaugural Holmes in the Heartland speaker series is "A Curious Collection" and the word "collection" often makes Sherlockians think about Don Hobbs.  Don will be speaking at Holmes in the Heartland one month from now about his own Sherlockian collection.  

And you have just a little over a week to register!  If you haven't, time is running out to hear Don and a bunch of other great Sherlockians speak.  So get over to the Holmes in the Heartland registration page and sign up!


How did you become interested in Sherlock Holmes? 

I became interested in Holmes early on but moved on to other interest. I became a true Sherlockian in the mid 1980’s when I began collecting seriously.

What is your current involvement with Sherlock Holmes and Sherlockians? 

In Oct. 2017, I donated my entire collection (12,000+ volumes) to Southern Methodist University (SMU) and have been involved with the cataloging the collection. I still attend the annual BSI Dinner and visit Sherlockians around the world


Do you have a particular subset of the Sherlockian hobby that really interests you? 

The other Sherlockian and non-Sherlockians are always an interesting lot of people.

What is your favorite Canon story and why? 

Silver Blaze. I like it because it shows Holmes’ ratiocination at its best.
 Is there anything you would like to promote? 

Just for everyone to keep on keeping the memory green



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