50th Anniverary products... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 04-30-2003, 02:36 AM

Maybe not the right forum.
But, I was wondering if anyone had any 'wish list' for something special for the 50th anniversary of LotR. I know Harper Collins (UK publisher) has stated they have something special planned, relating to the books, as opposed to the films.
My own 'wish' would be for an edition of the last unpublished works - Fall of Arthur, New Volsungasaga, the sequel to Giles that he began, & the essay on Smith that Flieger refers to in Question of Time.
What about anyone else? Maybe a translation of LotR into Sindarin?

Manwe Sulimo · 04-30-2003, 04:43 AM

An actual "copy" of the Red Book of Westmarch (meaning The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in one big, red, leatherbound hardcover).

GaladrieloftheOlden · 04-30-2003, 09:36 AM

Yes, that would be very fun to won. Wouldn't an authentic letter of the old Professor himself be great?

~Menelien

obloquy · 04-30-2003, 09:41 AM

I'd like all the authentic Tolkien pieces that were published in Vinyar Tengwar in one volume. And what would be really great is all of the little scraps that CT left out of HoMe.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 04-30-2003, 02:43 PM

I'd like to see a widely available commercial edition of Songs for the Philologists, which has some pieces by E.V. Gordon (with whom Tolkien collaborated on an edition of Gawain and the Green Knight) and others, an early version of The Stone Troll and several poems in Latin and Old English. Better yet, The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien would be a title worth a few bob to me at least. At the moment they're spread out across a bewildering array of dusty periodicals and privately-published volumes.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 04-30-2003, 02:47 PM

Yes, to whoever said Vinya Tengwar stuff, I'd love to see that in book form available at your neighborhood Barnes.

Also I'd like to see a really nice hardback edition of the Silmarillion. The ones I've seen are fairly ugly, and my paperback copy is just lacking.

04-30-2003, 02:36 AM	#1
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	50th Anniverary products... Maybe not the right forum. But, I was wondering if anyone had any 'wish list' for something special for the 50th anniversary of LotR. I know Harper Collins (UK publisher) has stated they have something special planned, relating to the books, as opposed to the films. My own 'wish' would be for an edition of the last unpublished works - Fall of Arthur, New Volsungasaga, the sequel to Giles that he began, & the essay on Smith that Flieger refers to in Question of Time. What about anyone else? Maybe a translation of LotR into Sindarin? __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

04-30-2003, 04:43 AM	#2
Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	An actual "copy" of the Red Book of Westmarch (meaning The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in one big, red, leatherbound hardcover). __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."

04-30-2003, 09:36 AM	#3
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	Yes, that would be very fun to won. Wouldn't an authentic letter of the old Professor himself be great? ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

04-30-2003, 02:43 PM	#5
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	I'd like to see a widely available commercial edition of Songs for the Philologists, which has some pieces by E.V. Gordon (with whom Tolkien collaborated on an edition of Gawain and the Green Knight) and others, an early version of The Stone Troll and several poems in Latin and Old English. Better yet, The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien would be a title worth a few bob to me at least. At the moment they're spread out across a bewildering array of dusty periodicals and privately-published volumes. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

04-30-2003, 02:47 PM	#6
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Yes, to whoever said Vinya Tengwar stuff, I'd love to see that in book form available at your neighborhood Barnes. Also I'd like to see a really nice hardback edition of the Silmarillion. The ones I've seen are fairly ugly, and my paperback copy is just lacking. __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

04-30-2003, 09:41 AM	#4
obloquy Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: WA Posts: 939	I'd like all the authentic Tolkien pieces that were published in Vinyar Tengwar in one volume. And what would be really great is all of the little scraps that CT left out of HoMe.