[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 206 KB, 768x432, 1663615330407.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21013597 No.21013597 [Reply] [Original]

Which edition of The Lord of the Rings should I buy?

>> No.21013603

>>21013597
They're all the same shit. What drives the interest in different 'editions' is consumerism and collectors' obsession.

>> No.21013615

>>21013597
I got the entire collection for a couple bucks total from a couple different garage sales and thrift stores. The picture cover on the second one is of the movie actor for gandalf, its ugly compared to the original art, but hey like the other anon said its all the same shit. if you just like collecting pretty looking shit then come buy my art

>> No.21013635

>>21013615
Post your art and prove it's not gay and shitty. I might buy one if it tickles my fancy

>> No.21013659
File: 379 KB, 720x1480, Screenshot_20220919-153244_Brave.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21013659

>>21013635
I had a printer to print my digital art myself but I sold it. I'll get back on my art business shenanigans for good one day when I have extra moneys to spend on a screenprinter for t-shirts and another better printer. But for now I just have a redbubble.

>> No.21014200

>>21013597
The Extended Director's Cut

>> No.21014513
File: 22 KB, 468x60, doityourself.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21014513

>>21013597
You should kill yourself.

>> No.21014612
File: 70 KB, 400x381, the_lord_of_rings_boxed_set_vv.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21014612

>>21013597
Whichever you like, I bought this one a few days ago.

>> No.21014715

>>21013603
Fpbp

>> No.21014930

>>21014612
Is it good?

>> No.21014936

>>21014612
how much?

>> No.21014996

>>21013597
Is this really a question?

>> No.21016139

>>21014930
Yeah, it's pretty nice.
>>21014936
30 euros.

>> No.21016299

>>21014612
>Tolkien said he would never allow Lord of the Rings, his great work, to appear in 'so degenerate a form' as the paperback book.

>> No.21016303

>>21013597
>Which edition of The Lord of the Rings should I buy?
Kant Critique of Pure Reason

>> No.21016327

>>21014612
what year did this edition come out? have vivid memories of reading these in primary school, nearly 20 years ago.

>> No.21016519
File: 14 KB, 325x337, 41GE8Z9X0HL._AC_SY780_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21016519

Drop $200+ on the millennium edition

>> No.21016525
File: 461 KB, 1500x1500, 1636584268073.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21016525

People say pic related is the best one
Apparently it has great paper and great type setting

>> No.21016527

Get the most expensive one

>> No.21018163

>>21016299
Tolkien was weirdly snobby in a lot of ways, paperbacks were the only option a lot of poor people had for buying books

>> No.21018252

>>21016299
not only did I buy it in paperback, I bought that cheap ass all 3 in one book from amazon, for like 14 bucks.

>> No.21018262

>>21013597
4th edition rules are the best.

>> No.21018272

>>21018163
good. standards are a good thing. it makes things worthwhile.

>> No.21018273

>>21016527
Nice try, Tolkien Estate, but he will buy the most basic set AND 2nd hand.

>> No.21018294

>>21018272
That's meme standard.

>> No.21018300

>>21013597
The Folio Society one obviously: https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/the-lord-of-the-rings.html