4-Book J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (Paperback): The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Movie Tie-in: The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King $12.25 + Free Store Pick-Up (expired)

Great Price. Would make a nice gift for a young reader who has never read this series.

i tried reading these books when the first movie came out but couldnt get into it but for this price ill give it another go... thanx OP!

I received a boxed set of these books when I was 12. They were mesmerizing. I stayed up all night reading with a flashlight.
Great gift for any reader who doesn't already have them.

The first few reviews talk about typographical errors. Sounds like these books were not checked very carefully before going to print :-/

Quote from loqshio : The first few reviews talk about typographical errors. Sounds like these books were not checked very carefully before going to print :-/

another, more recent (1/27/13) review states there are missing pages in his copy of "The Hobbit".

"Bilbo and the Dwarves are in Mirkwood on page 146. They just crossed the river. I'm dying to know what happens next. It's a wonderful story, really, no complaints there.

The next page is page 180. They're already in the barrels in the river. This is either a beat-poet dadaist trick by Ballantine Books, or I just got misprint-roll'd."

Quote from sheckaman : another, more recent (1/27/13) review states there are missing pages in his copy of "The Hobbit". "Bilbo and the Dwarves are in Mirkwood on page 146. They just crossed the river. I'm dying to know what happens next. It's a wonderful story, really, no complaints there. The next page is page 180. They're already in the barrels in the river. This is either a beat-poet dadaist trick by Ballantine Books, or I just got misprint-roll'd."

That reader is going to be quite surprised when they see the 2nd part of the Hobbit in the theaters

Reps to anyone who can suggest a better box set.

Oh, cool. They found someone to make a novel adaption of the movies, even the new Hobbit sequel.

It could even launch this Tolkien guy's career; I bet you he makes it big someday!

Books are a dying format, I read these "books" while watching the movie..... ***turns on subtitles***....

Quote from IE_dealfinder : Reps to anyone who can suggest a better box set.

I think this is a better box set: http://www.amazon.com/Plyometric-...t+of+boxes

I do think the films were really good, personally I can't imagine putting in over a dozen hours reading these books when I've already seen the films.

Quote from Genius4sho : Books are a dying format, I read these "books" while watching the movie..... ***turns on subtitles***.... I think this is a better box set: http://www.amazon.com/Plyometric-...t+of+boxes I do think the films were really good, personally I can't imagine putting in over a dozen hours reading these books when I've already seen the films.

Cool story

Don't buy this, get this instead: http://www.amazon.com/The-Lord-Rings-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0618640150/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1359656540&sr=1-1 It's even cheaper than this, as well as better.

The fiftieth anniversary edition is the definitive text. It doens't include the hobbit, but pay another $5 for that.

The best idea, BTW, is to buy the all-in-1 I linked above on kindle, if you have one, or a tablet (nexus 7, whatever). Not only for the usually convenience of digital content, but also because the very nice integration of the amazon "x-ray" feature. you can click on things to see where else they are mentioned in text, link to wikipeida articles, look up in dictionary (Tolkien was an Oxford professor of old english, and sometimes uses some wonderful, but obscure, vocabulary), and so on (you can highlight, leave notes, see what others highlight, etc). The only way to go IMO. And it's only $9, for the complete 3 books of text

By the way - to the poster who says it's not worth reading the books because he saw the movies, let me just say this: one of the main themes of the BOOKS was the evolution of the 4 hobbits from being creatures that just mind their own business, don't pay attention to the outside world, count on others to take the action & make the sacrifices to protect their country, etc, to becoming creatures that understand they have to take matters in their own hands, be able to depend on themselves instead of others. Tolkien did this by ending the books (the last hundred plus pages) with something called "the scouring of the shire." Jackson, because this got in the way of devoting more screen time to CGI battles and "cool" stuff like orlando bloom shooting arrows while sliding down a stairs while using a shield like a skateboard, totally stripped the movies of this central theme. That's just one thing of many that was twisted in order to appeal better to the 12-25 non-reading demographic ...

Quote from Genius4sho : Books are a dying format, I read these "books" while watching the movie..... ***turns on subtitles***.... I think this is a better box set: http://www.amazon.com/Plyometric-...t+of+boxes I do think the films were really good, personally I can't imagine putting in over a dozen hours reading these books when I've already seen the films.

Spoken like a true american