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8635719 No.8635719 [Reply] [Original]

Is the 2007 anniversary edition of The Hobbit much different from the original?

I'm looking to get into Tolkien and I thought I'd start here

>> No.8635754

>>8635719
it has the same words more or less

>> No.8635786

>>8635754
except for the weird decision to translate chapter 8 into mandarin chinese

>> No.8635810

>>8635786
>weird

It's completely natural and conveys Tolkien's intention as good if not better as the original version. It's really not much different for it.

>> No.8636173

any version that has Alan lee illustrations is a good version

>> No.8636290
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8636290

I have the 50th Anniversary Edition.

>> No.8636298
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8636298

>>8635786
>>8635810
wat

>> No.8636312

>>8635719
Now that's a good looking book