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Heads up that alot of the books on sale were published posthumously and heavily edited by his son, Christopher. You can see a full list on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._...Posthumous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._...blications

Many of these were unfinished, and it's up for debate whether he would have necessarily wanted them published even if he had managed to complete them.
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BigErnieMcCracken
03-25-2024 at 11:41 AM.
03-25-2024 at 11:41 AM.
Quote from polymorphicdeal :
I don't think it includes Audible.

From the listing: Audio/Video content is available on Fire tablets (except Kindle Fire 1st Generation) and iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices.
That's what I am trying to figure out. I have opened the file on my iPhone and tablet, but it still seems to say "upgrade to audio" where I assume the audio is supposed to be included...
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03-25-2024 at 12:17 PM.
03-25-2024 at 12:17 PM.
Quote from BigErnieMcCracken :
That's what I am trying to figure out. I have opened the file on my iPhone and tablet, but it still seems to say "upgrade to audio" where I assume the audio is supposed to be included...
It may just be an audio special feature, but I am not sure.
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03-25-2024 at 02:00 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:00 PM.
All of Tolkien's stuff is on sale today.

https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings...%2Bw%3D%3D
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03-25-2024 at 02:01 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:01 PM.
Quote from AdmiralAsshat :
Heads up that alot of the books on sale were published posthumously and heavily edited by his son, Christopher. You can see a full list on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._...Posthumous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._...blications

Many of these were unfinished, and it's up for debate whether he would have necessarily wanted them published even if he had managed to complete them.
Thanks, this is helpful information for those who were not previously aware. Accepting that these are not fully written by JRR himself, does anyone recommend any of them? I know they probably won't be as enjoyable as Hobbit and LoTR, but if there are any that capture some of the magic, I might be interested in trying them out after avoiding them for the last 20 years.
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03-25-2024 at 03:19 PM.
03-25-2024 at 03:19 PM.
Are these discounts on google play books
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03-25-2024 at 09:33 PM.

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03-25-2024 at 09:33 PM.
Quote from AdmiralAsshat :
Heads up that alot of the books on sale were published posthumously and heavily edited by his son, Christopher. You can see a full list on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._...Posthumous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._...blications

Many of these were unfinished, and it's up for debate whether he would have necessarily wanted them published even if he had managed to complete them.

J.R.R. appointed Christopher as iterary executor and granted "full power to publish, edit, alter, rewrite, or complete any work of [his father's] which may be unpublished at [his] death or to destroy the whole or any part or parts of any such unpublished works".

I have never before seen anyone try to make the strange characterization that Christopher was ever going against his father's wishes by doing what he was appointed to do.
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J.R.R. appointed Christopher as iterary executor and granted "full power to publish, edit, alter, rewrite, or complete any work of [his father's] which may be unpublished at [his] death or to destroy the whole or any part or parts of any such unpublished works".

I have never before seen anyone try to make the strange characterization that Christopher was ever going against his father's wishes by doing what he was appointed to do.
The question I would consider is if Tolkien wanted them published, why didn't he try during his lifetime? LOTR came out in 1954-55--he had 20 years between that and his death that he could've tried to publish his remaining catalog of existing works. I'll grant that maybe he didn't think they would be accepted (I don't think The Silmarillion was successfully published until after his death), but I'd also invite that maybe he didn't think they were good enough, or he wasn't happy with them.

I would basically treat these writings like a band's odds-and-ends album--expect more along the lines of demos and outtakes rather than fully realized works.
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03-26-2024 at 06:18 AM.
03-26-2024 at 06:18 AM.
Many of these can be read free on the library website Internet Archive. Granted they aren't in as nice of a format as Kindle, but free is free.
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The question I would consider is if Tolkien wanted them published, why didn't he try during his lifetime? LOTR came out in 1954-55--he had 20 years between that and his death that he could've tried to publish his remaining catalog of existing works. I'll grant that maybe he didn't think they would be accepted (I don't think The Silmarillion was successfully published until after his death), but I'd also invite that maybe he didn't think they were good enough, or he wasn't happy with them.

I would basically treat these writings like a band's odds-and-ends album--expect more along the lines of demos and outtakes rather than fully realized works.

J.R.R. was a perfectionist and liked to continually tinker around. He didn't typically "finish" things until pushed to do so (CS Lewis pushed him with LotR). The short story 'Leaf by Niggle' is actually Tolkien's own semi-autobiographical answer to this question.

Christopher helped his father with his works throughout his whole life. If there was anyone qualified to publish J.R.R.'s works and best guess his intentions, it was Christopher.
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Quote from BigErnieMcCracken :
That's what I am trying to figure out. I have opened the file on my iPhone and tablet, but it still seems to say "upgrade to audio" where I assume the audio is supposed to be included...
There is a check box under the book to add audio for an additional cost. So the Hobbit is $1.99 for the ebook plus $7.99 for the audio.
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03-26-2024 at 11:38 AM.
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Seems there are so many iterations of these works. Why do authors always try to do so many iterations after the fact?

It's really confusing to know which one to buy and just want an easy to pick up defacto version.

Anyone have any suggestions or where to start for someone that has only seen the movies to start reading the books?

Which books and which edition?
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Quote from exharrison :
Thanks, this is helpful information for those who were not previously aware. Accepting that these are not fully written by JRR himself, does anyone recommend any of them? I know they probably won't be as enjoyable as Hobbit and LoTR, but if there are any that capture some of the magic, I might be interested in trying them out after avoiding them for the last 20 years.
From what I know, no one has ever complained about anything Christopher ever finished that JRR Tolkien started.

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03-27-2024 at 10:14 AM.
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Why aren't all these free?
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03-28-2024 at 03:49 AM.
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Why aren't all these free?

Okay I'll take the bait

Why would they be free?
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Why would they be free?
Because I got me my Obamas phone for free!
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