History of Middle earth

History of Middle earth on e-bay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120754360485+&clk_rvr_id=250240425470

$2,400 - ouch

That's like a third of my nonexistent uni savings! If I had the money though I'd buy it!

To quote Pippin, i'm getting one (if i had the cash)

They were less costly in the 1900s

That real money they expecting at that price? Ive got that spare monopoly money! For that sort of cash I'd expect a medium to come round and channel the Professor to read it personnally.

Why don't rich people give me their money? What did I do to them that they neglect me this way?

Middle Earth Times, anyone subscribe ?

http://paper.li/KathrynDarden/1306952091

Was just wondering if anyone else thinks that Tom Bombadil and Gold Berry are actually Beren and Luthien?

INTERESTING ?

New one on me- cant say I see the thinking behind it. Tom and Goldberry are nothing like Beren and Luthien.

Very true, they're NOT

Straight from the horses immortal mouth. Well that settles that!

Wasnt actually me who thought that, i quoted somebody else. Of course if everyone had said what a brainwave of an idea
then i probably would have taken the credit for it. Sorry wasnt me i thought it was a stupid idea, Baren's feet are way to small for Toms boots.

Well one of the main problems is Tom is the oldest and fatherless. Bit of a problem if he is Beren would you not say? A mortal man with a father and mother who doesn't come into the world until long, long, long, after Tom is already there.
And Goldberry is a Water Spirit born of a River. Not say an elf maiden with an exquisite nose ME largest florist chain and its number one singer, and a father who is a King. My point being they are rather well attested to and so are Tom and Goldberry. Why anyone would think they are the same is beyond me I'm afraid (and I appreciate that was not you Chris-whoever they are they are truely deserving of the Scottish word 'numpty'*).


* someone whose words or actions are idiotic in a manner which makes them also look like a fool. The sound of the word also implies a touch of humour. (My own definition. Dictionaries never describe Scots words right-they just translate them into an Engish equivelant without all the subtleties and shades )

Middle Earth on radio.

http://mymiddle-earth.com/mme_online_radio.html

 Should I subscribe? I still can't make up my mind.

$2400???

Not bragging but I got the whole set for about £110 new (the three volume hardback editions admittedly they can be quite awkward to read/hold but it's the cheapest I've seen them in good nick)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-History-Middle-Earth-Part/dp/0007149158/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391033508&sr=1-1&keywords=history+of+middle+earth

etc


Were they never printed in the US or something?

I don't know. I must look out for a hard back edition of TH and LotR now we're talking about it. I gave away my hardback LotR (three volumes) about twenty five years ago in an act of rash kindness. What a dullard I was!  

I think the Alan Lee illustrated three volume set of LOTR is getting a reprint this year, and they are releasing a 60th Aniversary edition:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-Boxed-Set/dp/0007581149/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390205383&sr=1-13&keywords=tolkien

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007525540?tag=tolkcollsguid-21&camp=2902&creative=19466&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0007525540&adid=1NCQW72XQF9NNJ8KJH4D&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tolkienguide.com%2Fmodules%2Fnewbb%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ftopic_id%3D1500%26start%3D245

Expensive I know, but there are dozens of hardback editions of all of Tolkiens main books.

Is there a version with Tolkien's own paintings/drawings?

I've got one on my Kindle with Tolkien's drawings and recordings of him reading parts of the book, but I'm not sure if a physical version with his illustrations exist. It has to, surely. Anyone know?

There's this edition of The Hobbit with his own illustrations at least:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hobbit-70th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0261103288/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I had an old paperback edition form 1995 that had some of the drawings in Black and White.

You could always just buy one of the Tolkien Art books (I haven't read any of them):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Hobbit-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0007440812/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391119561&sr=1-1&keywords=the+art+of+the+hobbit

http://www.amazon.co.uk/J-R-Tolkien-Artist-Illustrator/dp/0261103601/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391119585&sr=1-4&keywords=artist+and+illustrator

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pictures-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0047410035/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391119462&sr=1-1&keywords=pictures+by+j+r+r+tolkien


http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Art_of_The_Hobbit

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien:_Artist_and_Illustrator

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Pictures_by_J.R.R._Tolkien

I wouldn't mind getting a good audio version of the book come to think. What would you guys suggest?

Rob Inglis' reading is a favourite of many: