It's been pretty quiet around here...
Anyone any comments on the quality/format of the H/LR "Collector's Edition" boxset? Anyone noticed, or bought, the Hb "Film Tie-in Edition" (pocket) H?
BH
Anyone any comments on the quality/format of the H/LR "Collector's Edition" boxset? Anyone noticed, or bought, the Hb "Film Tie-in Edition" (pocket) H?
BH
EP have released a leather-bound 'Fall of Arthur'. Might be of interest to some. I don't personally collect American books, but I do have the EP releases (so I have ordered a copy). Note that international buyers need to ring them up to order (but the person took my order was very polite and helpful, and international postage was only $8 on top of the US price).
http://www.eastonpress.com/books/prod ... .aspx?cm_s=fall+of+arthur
http://www.eastonpress.com/books/prod ... .aspx?cm_s=fall+of+arthur
20 Jan, 2014
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2014-1-20 8:13:52 AM UTC
Edited by Urulöké on 2014-1-20 6:48:38 PM UTC
Edited by Urulöké on 2014-1-20 6:48:49 PM UTC
Edited by Urulöké on 2014-1-20 6:48:49 PM UTC
2014-1-20 8:13:52 AM UTC
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-Bo ... collsguid-21&linkCode=osi
Hardcover: 1472 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; 60th Anniversary edition edition (19 Jun 2014)
ISBN-10: 0007581149
ISBN-13: 978-0007581146
It seems as if HC will release the LotR boxed set with companion again as a 60th anniversary set.......
Hardcover: 1472 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; 60th Anniversary edition edition (19 Jun 2014)
ISBN-10: 0007581149
ISBN-13: 978-0007581146
It seems as if HC will release the LotR boxed set with companion again as a 60th anniversary set.......
Here is the (early link) for the forthcoming Alan Lee illustrated one-volume 60th Anniversary edition as well.
From the description provided:
From the description provided:
This new edition is housed in a special transparent slipcase and includes a brand new setting that features the definitive 50th anniversary text, which together with Alan’s beautiful paintings provides the reader with the ultimate edition with which to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the work’s first publication.
Urulöké wrote:
Here is the (early link) for the forthcoming Alan Lee illustrated one-volume 60th Anniversary edition as well.
From the description provided:This new edition is housed in a special transparent slipcase and includes a brand new setting that features the definitive 50th anniversary text, which together with Alan’s beautiful paintings provides the reader with the ultimate edition with which to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the work’s first publication.
"Special Transparent Slipcase". Ugh. Sounds astonishingly like cheap and nasty plastic packaging...
I'm definitely going to start skipping some of these "meaningless milestone" releases, I think (or at least will wait and see, rather than preorder).
Khamûl wrote:
It's been pretty quiet around here...
Anyone any comments on the quality/format of the H/LR "Collector's Edition" boxset? Anyone noticed, or bought, the Hb "Film Tie-in Edition" (pocket) H?
BH
Yes, I've got both. Apart from the words 'Now a major motion picture' on the front, I can't see anything that makes it a film tie-in version of The Hobbit. In all other respects, it's just another hardback issue.
The dust jacket is actually quite nice. It's based on Tolkien's original, but it uses a more naturalistic illustration. It's not immediately obvious, but when you open it out, you've got the Lonely Mountain in the centre, with a daytime scene on the right and night-time on the left - as per the original, but more in the style of a modern fantasy novel. I'm sure opinions will vary, but I quite like it.
I've now received the latest offerings from HC, namely the pocket Farmer Giles, and the paperback Fall of Arthur.
In the latter case, I was thinking that it would nicely complete a run of all the major works in matching B-format paperbacks, but sadly not. It just seems to be the pages of the hardback bound in a soft cover, so it stands nearly an inch taller than my other paperbacks. A bit of a disappointment really.
Farmer Giles is very nice, though.
In the latter case, I was thinking that it would nicely complete a run of all the major works in matching B-format paperbacks, but sadly not. It just seems to be the pages of the hardback bound in a soft cover, so it stands nearly an inch taller than my other paperbacks. A bit of a disappointment really.
Farmer Giles is very nice, though.
Easton Press has a new Tolkien-related offering, The Making of Middle-earth by Christopher Snyder. Anyone familiar with this title?
Karl wrote:
Easton Press has a new Tolkien-related offering, The Making of Middle-earth by Christopher Snyder. Anyone familiar with this title?
I'd also be interested as I haven't managed to find any particularly useful reviews of the book online. I got the email about the Easton press edition a few weeks ago, and it seemed a bit expensive (compared to the Fall of Arthur, for example). I'm also not really sold on the cover design, but it might look a lot better in real life than in the computer rendering.
http://www.eastonpress.com/books/prod ... OF-MIDDLE-EARTH_2919.aspx
Well, by now we've all already heard about it:
http://www.tolkienbeowulf.com/
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014 ... ulf-translation-published
http://www.tolkienbeowulf.com/
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014 ... ulf-translation-published