| 50th Anniversary One Volume LOTR [message #56796] |
Di, 07 Juni 2005 20:55 |
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Anyone who has this edition care to comment? I am contemplating its
purchase.
Thanks.
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| Re: 50th Anniversary One Volume LOTR [message #56808 ] |
Mi, 08 Juni 2005 00:26 |
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I own botht the UK and US releases of the volume. Although there is an
Amazon review which touts the UK volume as the preferred ed., I actually
prefer the US ed. I concede that the box on the UK edition may be a bit
more sturdy and pleasing to the eye, but the US edition has a drawing by the
prof on the box (Orthanc) and its gilt pages, paper color and overall design
are much more esthetically to my liking. The page numbering is the same, so
there is no prob on that score, but I find the UK's glossier paperstock and
half-sized maps to be a bit annoying.
IMHO, of course.
GRH
"David E. Cote" <david_e_cote [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone who has this edition care to comment? I am contemplating its
> purchase.
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> Thanks.
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| Re: 50th Anniversary One Volume LOTR [message #58759 ] |
Do, 09 Juni 2005 21:51 |
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In alt.fan.tolkien David E. Cote <david_e_cote [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
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: Anyone who has this edition care to comment? I am contemplating its
: purchase.
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: Thanks.
What are you interested in knowing about it?
I have only the USA edition (so don't know if the
plates are exactly the same or if the errors I
spotted in the USA edition are not in the UK)
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| Re: 50th Anniversary One Volume LOTR [message #58930 ] |
Do, 09 Juni 2005 22:44 |
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 15:51:24 -0400, Louis Epstein wrote
(in article <3tGdnerIFO4hADXfRVn-gQ [at] velocitywest.net>):
> In alt.fan.tolkien David E. Cote <david_e_cote [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone who has this edition care to comment? I am contemplating its
>> purchase.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> What are you interested in knowing about it?
> I have only the USA edition (so don't know if the
> plates are exactly the same or if the errors I
> spotted in the USA edition are not in the UK)
Does it indeed correct the errors that had crept into recent eds?
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| Re: 50th Anniversary One Volume LOTR [message #58938 ] |
Fr, 10 Juni 2005 00:32 |
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Louis Epstein <le [at] main.put.com> wrote:
> I have only the USA edition (so don't know if the
> plates are exactly the same or if the errors I
> spotted in the USA edition are not in the UK)
What errors? Wasn't this meant to be the definitive edition with lots of
the errors weeded out? Or did they rush it to print, thinking: "We can
issue another edition in a few years time, with more corrections"?
I haven't looked properly through my UK 50th edition yet.
I remember thinking the US 50th edition looked nicer.
But I had already bought the UK one.
Can't afford both.
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| Re: 50th Anniversary One Volume LOTR [message #60095 ] |
Sa, 11 Juni 2005 03:05 |
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In alt.fan.tolkien David E. Cote <david_e_cote [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
: On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 15:51:24 -0400, Louis Epstein wrote
: (in article <3tGdnerIFO4hADXfRVn-gQ [at] velocitywest.net>):
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:> In alt.fan.tolkien David E. Cote <david_e_cote [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
:>>
:>> Anyone who has this edition care to comment? I am contemplating its
:>> purchase.
:>>
:>> Thanks.
:>
:> What are you interested in knowing about it?
:> I have only the USA edition (so don't know if the
:> plates are exactly the same or if the errors I
:> spotted in the USA edition are not in the UK)
:
: Does it indeed correct the errors that had crept into recent eds?
An effort was made to do so.
Appendix C was expanded and both expanded pages introduce new
spelling inconsistencies;at least one index entry is mistaken;
the Note on the Text has a grammatical and a factual flub.
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The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
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| Re: 50th Anniversary One Volume LOTR [message #60096 ] |
Sa, 11 Juni 2005 03:07 |
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In alt.fan.tolkien Christopher Kreuzer <spamgard [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
: Louis Epstein <le [at] main.put.com> wrote:
:> I have only the USA edition (so don't know if the
:> plates are exactly the same or if the errors I
:> spotted in the USA edition are not in the UK)
:
: What errors? Wasn't this meant to be the definitive edition with lots of
: the errors weeded out?
Yes.
: Or did they rush it to print, thinking: "We can
: issue another edition in a few years time, with more corrections"?
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: I haven't looked properly through my UK 50th edition yet.
: I remember thinking the US 50th edition looked nicer.
: But I had already bought the UK one.
: Can't afford both.
Well,the new genealogical tables each spell someone's name
differently than on previous material,and I spotted one random
Index entry that was incorrect...I have not done a thorough check.
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