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Which LotR edition is best?

>> No.18968657

Any of the one-volume editions. It was written as a single novel and that is how it should be read.

>> No.18968739

>>18968657
i’d rather read a comfy handle-able volume that sits nicely in the lap alongside a nice cup of tea, than a 3000 page heavy monstrosity DESUA

>> No.18968785

>>18968587
the one you posted look way better than my movie cover versions, I already read them but if I would do a re read I would buy something cooler

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>>18968587
The originally unused covers that Tolkien drew himself. The Hobbit one was used, but the LotR covers were not issued until like 97 I think. He did draw the 1950s cover of the rings but it was a lot more minimalist and they all basically had the same cover.

>> No.18968832

>>18968806
c o m f y>>18968785

>> No.18968836

>>18968587
The old one my step dad gave me from the 70s.
Or maybe the one my mom took from the school library in the 80s.
Or maybe the one I bought myself from the 00s.
Why do I have so many copies of LoTR?

>> No.18968974

>>18968587
That edition is probably the best. It's not my favorite, but if you aren't a fan looking for a particular edition I'd recommend that one.

>> No.18969237

Special Book Club Edition

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>>18968587
I like this one.

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>>18969318
basically the original with inverted color

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I have the old Ballantine ones. The bottom two covers suck lol

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18969376

Folio edition.

>> No.18969388

>>18969369
Those are all Tolkien's art. The problem is they were never meant to be over art. The Two Towers cover art was actually from the Hobbit. I can't remember if it's Mirkwood or the Old Forest, but it actually has Biblo. The Return of the King cover was Baradur. He made watercolors for fun, but yeah it's not supposed to be a cover.

>> No.18969475

>>18968739
It's only about 1,200 pages

>> No.18970210

>>18968806
Looks good anon

>> No.18970576

I wouldn't mind having a nice set but I hate the idea of buying copies of books that I already have. I have mass market editions and I bend the shit out of them on rereads in the secret hope that they'll fall apart.

>> No.18970591

>>18968587
The edition in which I first read it because it brings me so many memories