My killer is videogames, movies and TV shows and books. I bought a limited edition of Lord of the rings where it's got gold leaf pages, coloured maps and is one volume and I've still been planning to read it 1-2 years later. It cost me 50-60 quid too.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm terribly sorry to inform you that it seems that we will be getting an even more complete extra extended edition for the 25th anniversary, at least that's what Peter Jackson seems to be indicating in the commentary of the old extended edition.

The book is a good read, though The Two Towers drags a bit. I do wonder for people that saw the movies first, if you'll be as offended as a certain subsection of the fandom that just cannot understand why they didn't do a line by line recreation of the book. (Spoiler, it wouldn't have translated to film very well.)

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I read the fellowship years ago and ended up in a situation where I had all 3 books but they're all different editions which annoyed me so I bought an all in one, the gilded pages and coloured maps and the extended glossary were all what sold me on the one I bought.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

What?? You mean a 25 page description of a tree doesn't translate well to film? Say it ain't so...

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but I bet it looks dope.

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

With stuff like that, depending on the rarity obviously wouldn't it be better to get a regular version to read?