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Anybody own this? How are the illustrations? Anonymous Mon Jan 3 01:07:29 2022 No.19679133 [Reply] [Original]

Only read LotR on a pirated pdf, now I found this (and a cheaper, non illustrated version) and I'm really tempted to get this but this is expensive af, especially in the third world and on a tiny salary
Which should I get? If anybody has it, can you show me what the drawings are like?

Anonymous Mon Jan 3 01:12:07 2022 No.19679154
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Cheaper one and links
https://www.tolkien.co.uk/products/the-hobbit-the-lord-of-the-rings-boxed-set-illustrated-edition-j-r-r-tolkien-alan-lee-9780008376109/

https://www.tolkien.co.uk/products/the-hobbit-the-lord-of-the-rings-boxed-set-j-r-r-tolkien-9780261103566/

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 01:27:24 2022 No.19679245 >>19679133 Good morning sirs.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 01:32:03 2022 No.19679267 File: 42 KB, 500x493, 519fmkJEWKL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I've always been partial to the Harper Collins mass market paperback set.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 01:34:26 2022 No.19679276 >>19679245 Thanks very much nigger slave I've checked some sites for the illustrations and yeah, paying more than 300% is not worth the "70 watercolour paintings and numerous illustrations" I'll stick to the cheaper boxed set For now

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 01:40:39 2022 No.19679303 The all-in-one omnibus of LOTR may be even cheaper, get The Hobbit separately

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 01:43:51 2022 No.19679317 Get the vinyl box set. Love the paper in that one

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 02:57:59 2022 No.19679650 File: 58 KB, 1000x1024, pepe_tux.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19679133 I got this and all the other Harper Collins illustrated editions of Tolkien's books. I am from a first world country and I can afford them no problem.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 03:47:42 2022 No.19679840 >>19679650 Congratulations on working so hard to be born in the first world, you earned it frog

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 03:53:06 2022 No.19679859 >>19679133 I have it and they are very nice. It's just Alan Lee's illustrations though, which have been around for years now. If you're only getting it for the illustrations I wouldn't bother.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 06:40:10 2022 No.19680397 >>19679859 Can you show me a few drawings please

Anonymous Mon Jan 3 12:38:10 2022 No.19681587

>>19680397
Look it up yourself, dummy. I had a box set of the trilogy at one point with his illustrations (it might have been an older edition of this set) and I remember it being quite nice. Nice paper, binding seemed decent from what I remember, and I love Alan Lee's illustrations. his are my favorite, actually.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 12:43:38 2022 No.19681602 >>19679650 YES BUT WHICH ONE WOULD YOU RECOMMEND YOU FUCKING FROG

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 12:47:49 2022 No.19681613 >>19679154 I like the cheaper ones. The cover looks better and i dont particularly care about illustrations unless its a map

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 12:50:35 2022 No.19681622 File: 119 KB, 924x936, 71IhOXYyG-L._AC_SL1200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19679133 get this set instead

Anonymous Mon Jan 3 14:20:14 2022 No.19681941
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>>19679133
Just search for Lord of the Rings illustrations by Alan Lee and you'll see most of them. He's good and landscapes, bad at faces. This drawing of Luthien is one of his better ones.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 15:32:18 2022 No.19682297 >>19681622 Which publisher?

Anonymous Mon Jan 3 15:59:20 2022 No.19682444

>>19679840
>boohoo I was born in the wrong country it's not my fault
nigger, as long as you have internet it's the easiest time ever to become rich anywhere in the world
learn to draw (which again, for you only need a computer, which you have) and you can easily make first world salary drawing furry porn commissions

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 16:06:13 2022 No.19682481 File: 28 KB, 327x400, l_lord_rings_hom_2021_illustrated_ringinscription.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Get the one with illustrations by Tolkien himself or don't bother

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 16:42:13 2022 No.19682702 >>19682481 >single edition LOTR No

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 20:10:41 2022 No.19683691 >>19682702 Why?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 20:21:58 2022 No.19683737 >>19683691 It's unwieldy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 3 20:25:08 2022 No.19683748 File: 175 KB, 1200x900, MissMarple.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19683737 So?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 00:05:18 2022 No.19684708 File: 124 KB, 1351x1016, 1419241285966.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19682481 fuck why'd you show me that i don't want to buy a third fucking copy of LOTR

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 01:47:35 2022 No.19685021 >>19679133 I don't own those books but I can confirm that Alan Lee's Tolkien art is gorgeous.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 03:56:46 2022 No.19685480 http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_Alan_Lee Looks like I'm splurging boys May my wallet forgive me

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 04:21:45 2022 No.19685593 >>19685480 It is a really nice set. Some of the most solid feeling books that I own actually.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 05:17:59 2022 No.19685750 >>19679133 I have it, I'll send some pics in awhile

Anonymous Tue Jan 4 05:32:07 2022 No.19685793
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>>19681622
>>19682297
Juniper Books
https://www.juniperbooks.com/products/the-lord-of-the-rings-sets
Honestly, despite how beautiful many of these sets are, I think it's pretty dumb to fork out serious cash for a book which you're going to end up visualizing in your MIND anyways. The real pleasure from reading Tolkien should be from the immersed experience, not the bloody cover. If a PDF works and you're seated comfortably, that should be enough to get immersed in the story. Personally I like my Kindle, or rather I can't deal with reading a PDF on my phone and at least need to reading a .mobi file if not a real paper book. If it's a rare book not available digitally I guess it's ok to spend a lot of money, I admit.
>tldr buying expensive books is stupid in most cases

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 09:17:06 2022 No.19686605 >>19685750 i am waiting

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 12:36:11 2022 No.19687409 >>19679133 I bought the trilogy set of this (no Hobbit). Large, heavy books, beautiful to look at. The illustrations are also nice, but that probably shouldn't be the main reason why you buy them. If you have the money, you should treat yourself.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 17:10:03 2022 No.19688833 unironically try r/tolkienbooks, they're very (in a good way) autistic about these things

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 21:25:58 2022 No.19690155 >>19688833 Hmmm not gonna make a leddit account but definitely gonna lurk

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 4 21:28:47 2022 No.19690173 >>19685793 I agree but it's LotR man Not to mention I haven't bought a physical book in like 2 years

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