Do they have the fold-out maps?
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
sumi - Nov 17, 2004 8:52:07 am PST #3144 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
beathen - Nov 17, 2004 9:09:42 am PST #3145 of 3902
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I like the one-volume paperback edition, since I can go from reading FotR to checking out something in the timeline or elsewhere in the appendices without trying to find my RotK book.
The separate volumes are smaller and easier to carry, though. The one volume feels like a brick when carrying or reading for extended periods of time.
I just have the cheap $7 3-volume set. I got them before the movies came out so they don't have movie pictures in them. But I also have the Complete Guide to Middle-Earth which is great. It's like a dictionary/encyclopedia for all the LOTR books and the Silmarillion. (It'll even tell you what page of what edition to look at for the actual text and gives definitions - i.e. "Galad" as in Galadriel = light)
Kathy A - Nov 17, 2004 9:14:30 am PST #3146 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, I'm saving up my pennies for the RotKEE gift set, for the Minas Tirith statue (with a hidey-hole in the base!) and bonus disc on the symphony. It's only one more month until the release date!
SuziQ - Nov 17, 2004 9:15:41 am PST #3147 of 3902
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I forwarded the Amazon notice about the EE to my clueless husband. Now I have to wait until Christmas to see if he will follow through on my blatant hint or not.
sumi - Nov 17, 2004 9:16:03 am PST #3148 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, I am not running out and buying the hardcovers anytime soon. Usually, I go to a bookstore and look at them and feel overwhelmed.
Kathy A - Nov 17, 2004 9:18:19 am PST #3149 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Waiting for Xmas? You have more fortitude than I do! I'm taking the day off work so I can pick up the gift set at Best Buy and spend the next four hours and ten minutes (!) watching it, followed by a probable viewing of at least a few of the documentaries and maybe even listening to the director's commentary track before going to bed. Yes, I will geek out on LotR Day!!
-t - Nov 17, 2004 9:22:20 am PST #3150 of 3902
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, I'm saving up my pennies for the RotKEE gift set, for the Minas Tirith statue (with a hidey-hole in the base!) and bonus disc on the symphony.
I just pre-ordered mine yesterday. That's why I'm paying down the credit cards, so they'll have room for important purchases like this one. Right?
SuziQ - Nov 17, 2004 9:29:39 am PST #3151 of 3902
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Unfortunately, with finances as they are, it will have to be a Christmas goodie. I'm even holding off on Buffy 7 though it is killing me.
sumi - Nov 17, 2004 9:42:20 am PST #3152 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
-t - exactly. It's like a cultural emergency, right?
Kathy A - Nov 17, 2004 9:46:56 am PST #3153 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Even more, it's a cultural imperative!!