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The Lord Of The Rings [Illustrated Edition] Hardcover $47.26 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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hamza23 on 21/10/2022 - 08:00 amazon.com.au (3162 clicks)
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Cheapest yet, $3.60 cheaper than last time ($50.86). Previous deals: May - $54.20/$52.50, March - $58.25.

There is also an eBay store that has it for $46.64 Delivered if you prefer, only 8 remaining. Which I noticed at Booko.

There is a third party seller on Amazon for $37.21 (Shopabroad), purchase at your own risk. Feedback is 86%, there is no prime delivery and the delivery time is about 1 month, indicating it will come from overseas.

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  • mwblink86 on 21/10/2022 - 08:04
    +1

    What’s the book about?

    • CookieJacker31 on 21/10/2022 - 08:28
      +52

      One woman's quest to find personal growth, acceptance, love and eventually marriage in the courts of Europe. When it turns out the lord who proposed is already married her life takes a tragic turn. But all is not as it seems..

    • The Wololo Wombat on 21/10/2022 - 08:45
      +5

      The power of friendship

    • free hot drink on 21/10/2022 - 08:54
      +1

      Its a bread review

    • jjcf on 21/10/2022 - 09:36
      +3

      poh. tay. tohs.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 21/10/2022 - 10:39

      Michael Flatley's Autobiography.

    • Candeal on 21/10/2022 - 14:39

      I can tell you if you can confirm you are over 18

  • ForkSnorter on 21/10/2022 - 08:10
    +15

    Wish I hadn’t read it already, would be great to read this beautiful volume.

    Having said that, the faded brown pages of the 1970s copy I read made it feel kind of magical and mysterious.

  • CookieJacker31 on 21/10/2022 - 08:45
    +16

    Anyone else think the cover looks like a front loader washing machine?

    • FireRunner on 21/10/2022 - 09:00
      +7

      Great, now I won’t be able to unsee that

    • MrSparkle on 21/10/2022 - 09:04
      +6

      The Eye of Sauron is a real prick for stain removal.

      • nobro25 on 21/10/2022 - 09:31
        -1

        Halbrand is hot though.

      • Yarkin on 21/10/2022 - 10:10
        +2

        I think that's the Eye of Samsung

    • Esplin on 21/10/2022 - 09:34
      -1

      looks more like a top down view of a sunny side up egg cooking on a frying pan

    • jjcf on 21/10/2022 - 09:48
      +5

      The Lord of the Rinse Cycle.

  • Andrew87 on 21/10/2022 - 08:59
    +1

    I am not one for fantasy, so have no real interest. But my closest friend LOVES fantasy/LOTR, and has just had his first kid. Would the illustrations in this make it easier for him to read to his son in a few years/and over a few years? I need to get him a bday pressie

    • Munki on 21/10/2022 - 09:08
      +3

      Who is reading LoTR to their toddler?!

      • Snape on 21/10/2022 - 09:12
        +3

        The illustrated Hobbit book is pretty fun to read to a ~4 year old, lots of interesting and fun conversations.

        • Munki on 21/10/2022 - 09:18
          +3

          Yeah that's the Hobbit, not LoTR…

      • Andrew87 on 21/10/2022 - 09:54

        It would more be a symbolic 'for when he is a little older' gift. I swear I've heard of people being read LOTR when they were primary school aged, but given the feedback so far, I'd guess they meant the Hobbit/I just lumped it all together in my mind.

      • treeman on 21/10/2022 - 12:36

        I have a friend that is reading it to their new born so getting it for him as a present!

      • GrueHunter on 21/10/2022 - 15:41

        “And they went forth into Glorgoranthianonan, and they walked, and they walked, and they walked. “I say,” said Calemboriancaladan, “it’s high time for a fifteen page poem about a walk once taken by my forebear Thraomduindolanur in the First Age…”

    • CookieJacker31 on 21/10/2022 - 09:13
      +6

      Not a chance. The Hobbit is one to start with and that is better suited to 8-12yo. If he's reading it maybe 5-6.

    • ForkSnorter on 21/10/2022 - 09:37
      +1

      I know adults who didn't make it through the first book of LOTR. There is quite a bit of background, history and poems that would put off a young child, especially when they arrive in Rivendell (book II, 2nd half of The Fellowship of the Ring). In my opinion, LOTR hits its stride in book III (the first part of The Two Towers).

      Reading The Hobbit around age 11-13 makes sense in my opinion, then LOTR a few years later.

    • Schmiddler on 21/10/2022 - 09:56
      +1

      I also love LotR (got into it via the movies that came out when I was a kid) but couldn't get through reading it until 15-17 years old. They're pretty dense… not really bedtime story for a child kind of stuff.

    • ju2au on 21/10/2022 - 12:39

      No, get the illustrated Harry Potter books instead.

      When I was a 9 years old kid, I came across a book called "The Hobbit". I read it, loved it and though that it would be a good idea to read other books written by the same author. Horrible mistake! Through sheer stubbornness as a kid, I plowed through the LOTR trilogy but the language and concepts were all beyond my understanding. I had a vague idea that it was about a quest around a ring, volcanoes, elves and an old wizard. It was only after watching Peter Jackson's movies that it all finally felled into place for me.

    • Hurg on 21/10/2022 - 18:26

      Definitely get The Hobbit if you're planning on doing this. I read it to my son's when they were 8 and 10 and it was an enjoyable experience all round.

  • CamM on 21/10/2022 - 09:16

    Not sure if it's just me, but showing as $86.95 now. OzBargained?

    Update: Found it. Amazon was showing me the 2021 published version for some reason. This one is Feb 2022.

  • nomadspartan on 21/10/2022 - 09:19

    Is this Hobbit + Trilogy or Trilogy only?

    • CamM on 21/10/2022 - 09:21
      +1

      Trilogy only.

      • JL1 on 21/10/2022 - 09:37
        +1

        Is hobbit a definite read?

        • CamM on 21/10/2022 - 09:40
          +2

          Opinion on that will be subjective, but both are considered literary classics. Whilst LoTR is the main show, The Hobbit is a classic in its own right.

          • JL1 on 21/10/2022 - 09:57

            @CamM: Thanks! Wish it included the hobbit illustrated too!

        • CookieJacker31 on 21/10/2022 - 10:06
          +1

          It is a much lighter book in tone, more accessible by kids but good for everyone. It is absolutely worth reading. The reading order imho is
          1 Hobbit
          2 Lotr
          3 (optional) The Silmarillion

          The nerdiest of the nerds will nerd on with the dozen or so books of unfinished stories and notes (very, very optional).

          • JL1 on 21/10/2022 - 15:01

            @CookieJacker31: Thanks for the information provided! Will read them in that order!

        • BrotherEstapol on 21/10/2022 - 11:10
          +1

          Hobbit is an excellent read, and way more accessible than the Trilogy. It's lighter in tone, and easier to read.

          Definitely read the Hobbit first.

    • jjcf on 21/10/2022 - 09:49
      +4

      Freezing cold take, my dude.

    • Ethan Bargain-Hunt on 21/10/2022 - 09:51
      +6

      Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass!

      • locosharko on 21/10/2022 - 09:59
        +3

        He was clearly a servant of Sauron hoping people wouldn't read about how his master got wrecked by two little dudes.

    • Schmiddler on 21/10/2022 - 09:57
      +5

      Good god, imagine thinking Harry Potter is better written than LotR.

      • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 10:03
        +6

        Imaging thinking the movies made LOTR famous

    • ForkSnorter on 21/10/2022 - 09:59
      +1

      Harry Potter is aimed more at children in my opinion. LOTR is extremely well written in my opinion. There is a bit of background to catch up on as you read along, but that's because the world building is so detailed and precise. It doesn't feel like a generic money grab like a lot of popular fiction. About halfway through LOTR, it doesn't feel like you're reading a crappy fantasy book. It feels like you're experiencing a place that actually exists.

    • morediscount on 21/10/2022 - 10:27

      maybe you work for amazon ? and prefer your own version of middle earth

    • Munki on 21/10/2022 - 10:31

      I'm perplexed that you think Harry Potter was actually well written.

  • cycloneaussie on 21/10/2022 - 10:09

    Is there a matching Hobbit edition?

  • morediscount on 21/10/2022 - 10:28
    +2

    I hope amazon hasnt changed the book version also

    • tre180 on 21/10/2022 - 11:00
      +5

      In this version Jeff Bombabezos tries to convice Frodo to give him the ring to help defeat the dark threat over middle earth, unionisation

      • morediscount on 21/10/2022 - 11:06

        well as long as they don't gender swap Frodo and make him into a warrior princess

  • Bverb on 21/10/2022 - 11:10
    +1

    Hi any owners of this please some advice:
    I love lotr just read it for upteenth time and I want an illustrated edition for myself
    Is this one sparsely illustrated here and there, or does it a lot throughout?
    I know the illustrations are done by Tolkein himself
    There is the other edition with illustrations by Alan Lee who has done lots of Tolkein art and also did concept art for the Jackson trilogy
    The Alan Lee set is a lot more expensive but I am looking for one with a lot of illustration.
    So any owners of this edition? Is there just a sketch here and there or is there a lot of art?

    • Viper18 on 21/10/2022 - 11:41
      +1

      It's in the description of the book that Amazon provides……

      This one-volume hardback edition contains the complete text, fully corrected and reset, which is printed in red and black and features, for the very first time, thirty colour illustrations, maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. These include the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, marvellous facsimiles created by Tolkien to accompany the famous ‘Bridge of Khazad-dum’ chapter. Also appearing are two removable fold-out maps drawn by Christopher Tolkien revealing all the detail of Middle-earth.

      • Bverb on 21/10/2022 - 17:19
        +1

        Thank you for this
        I'm gonna get the Alan Lee edition

  • Dan83 on 21/10/2022 - 11:38

    I recently read the illustrated hobbit to my son (nearly six y.o). Was a great read. Tempting to get this but sounds like we would have to wait a few years based on people's feedback. It's been ages since I read lotr.

    • bangabargain on 21/10/2022 - 13:48

      LOTR definitely a lot more involved than the Hobbit!

  • trappy76 on 22/10/2022 - 10:44

    Thanks OP, been waiting to buy a LOTR set.

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