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The Lord of the Rings Illustrated Edition (Pre-Purchase, Hardcover)

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Note, this book is available for pre-purchase and is set to be released on October 19, 2021. You will not be charged until your product ships.

About this book:
  • This new edition is illustrated with J.R.R. Tolkien's own artwork, created as he wrote the original text. It will be packaged with the following features: shrink-wrapped for damage protection, a sewn hardback binding with a ribbon placemark, ink-sprayed edges displaying Tolkien's runes, two maps loosely tucked, and will be printed on FSC "forest-friendly" paper. The text will be printed in two colors with full-color illustrations, and the dustjacket will be stamped in two foils with a circular die-cut.

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I'm a little confused about the illustrations....they say they're Tolkein's (and the maps that are well know to any previous reader certainly are) but it also shows watercolor images in the Amazon reviews, that are decidedly NOT Tolkien's (they look like they're from a different edition, one that I have which is three hardbound volumes with art by (Alan Lee? Brian Froud? Someone along those lines), which were done after the movies (many are based on the visualizations created for the movies. As far as I know, Tolkien didn't do illustrations like these. I assume this is part of the usual issue with Amazon where they lump reviews for multiple related things into one glob of commentary. Just be aware.

*edit: yes, the watercolor illustrations showing up in the amazon reviews section are from the 2013 or earlier version, and are by Alan Lee, not Tolkien.**
YOU SHALL NOT PASS... on this deal if you loved the story.
Just want to point out if it isn't obvious to people, this is the three Lord of the Rings books bound into one book.

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b534202
07-26-2021 at 04:10 PM.
07-26-2021 at 04:10 PM.
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Ewwwww. Hard pass.
Agree, this is ok if you want to collect or display as a coffee table book but a 1200+ page LOTR in 1 volume is going to be terrible to handle and read.

I've got my 3 volume hardcovers and paperbacks and kindle version so I'll pass on this one.
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07-26-2021 at 04:18 PM.
07-26-2021 at 04:18 PM.
Quote from b534202 :
Agree, this is ok if you want to collect or display as a coffee table book but a 1200+ page LOTR in 1 volume is going to be terrible to handle and read.

I've got my 3 volume hardcovers and paperbacks and kindle version so I'll pass on this one.

I'm guessing you've never been a student? Books this size are quite common and can be rested on a desk to read for example.
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07-26-2021 at 04:28 PM.
07-26-2021 at 04:28 PM.
Quote from Californify :
And here I am, spending $170 on UK preorder, without thinking much how I'm going to justify having another (8th, I think) edition of LOTR in my dusty collection.

I only have three different different book versions but this will go real nice with my LOTR vinyl copies.
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07-26-2021 at 04:54 PM.
07-26-2021 at 04:54 PM.
Quote from Pualie :
Sweet! In 4 1! I just wish that the deluxe version was available in the U.S.
Order it from Amazon UK - 112£ + ~10 in shipping to US. I've done that for several special titles and it has always worked just fine.
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07-26-2021 at 04:54 PM.
07-26-2021 at 04:54 PM.
Quote from NetiK :
Just want to point out if it isn't obvious to people, this is the three Lord of the Rings books bound into one book.

Technically 6 books, broken into three volumes (2 each) with the appendices and accompanying stories being a debatable 7th book.
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07-26-2021 at 05:15 PM.
07-26-2021 at 05:15 PM.
Quote from I_slayed_Harambe :
He should have stuck to writing, these things are atrocious

that's why the morgan in new york ran an exclusive exhibit on his work couple years back that sold out. definitely atrocious. yup.
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07-26-2021 at 06:13 PM.
07-26-2021 at 06:13 PM.
The ring holds a great amount of power. The story is driven by the ring.
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07-26-2021 at 06:18 PM.
07-26-2021 at 06:18 PM.
Is it worth $170 vs $48 for a deluxe limited edition with a different binding? Everything else appears to be the same. Thats a big difference in price!
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timmyobama
07-26-2021 at 06:41 PM.
07-26-2021 at 06:41 PM.
Same price as in March, when I previously pre-ordered this, lol.
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07-26-2021 at 07:52 PM.
07-26-2021 at 07:52 PM.
Quote from Bargankiller :
YOU SHALL NOT PASS... on this deal if you loved the story.

And if you know that quote as, "You shall not pass," then please do buy this so you can find out that Gandalf actually (ackshually!) said, "You cannot pass!"

Now had you said "Fly, you fools" to this deal, we could be friends. 😂
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07-26-2021 at 08:53 PM.
07-26-2021 at 08:53 PM.
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Educate yourself:
"Although generally known to readers as a trilogy, the work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set along with The Silmarillion, but this idea was dismissed by his publisher.[3][T 2] For economic reasons, The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes over the course of a year from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955.[3][4] The three volumes were titled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Structurally, the work is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several appendices of background material at the end. Some editions print the entire work into a single volume, following the author's original intent." - Wikipedia
Hmmmm, what a TOME then!!!! Can't imagine resting that on my chest as a kid.
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07-26-2021 at 08:53 PM.
07-26-2021 at 08:53 PM.
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So this is the 8k remastered version I heard about
Nope. 16k, Pornhub edition.
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07-26-2021 at 11:30 PM.
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Quote from jared52 :
And if you know that quote as, "You shall not pass," then please do buy this so you can find out that Gandalf actually (ackshually!) said, "You cannot pass!"

Now had you said "Fly, you fools" to this deal, we could be friends. 😂

Read the books as a kid and watched the movies as an adult. The movie altered the line for artistic reasons. The original line just doesn't have the same impact on screen.


Judge for yourself.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrRyLmw3AEw
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07-27-2021 at 03:10 AM.
07-27-2021 at 03:10 AM.
When is the graphic novel?
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07-27-2021 at 03:12 AM.
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Quote from Bargankiller :
Read the books as a kid and watched the movies as an adult. The movie altered the line for artistic reasons. The original line just doesn't have the same impact on screen.


Judge for yourself.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrRyLmw3AEw

Yeah, that quote is a meme for a reason, Tolkien wasn't a god and improvements can be made to his writing. (It's also possible that the modern audience has changed to appreciate these combination of words as opposed to Tolkien's audience.)
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