In a Hole in the Ground

Here are five questions about the opening lines of books.

One

In a hole in the ground there lived a …. 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 …-hole, and that means comfort.

What one word has been omitted from the above opening lines which were first published in 1937?

Two

The story so far: in the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

The second book of an unusual trilogy begins with the above lines. What is the title of this book? How many books did the creator of this work write in the ‘trilogy’?

Three

It was a pleasure to …

In Ray Bradbury’ Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, the protagonist, was responsible for the opening sentence. What four-letter word completes it?

Four

Stately, plump … came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

Who was the subject of this opening sentence (the name has been removed from the above quote) from Ulysses by James Joyce?

Five

LOG ENTRY: SOL 6
I’m pretty much fucked.
That’s my considered opinion.
Fucked.
— The Martian by Andy Weir

The opening lines of The Martian are displayed above. Who was the American astronaut writing this log entry?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.