Poll of the Day > I remember once coming across a 6 volume set of LotR

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It looked like they cut each book in half in this set

I have never seen that set since though
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Isn't each book divided in two internally anyway? Not that difficult to print that as two books.
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Nichtcrawler X posted...

Isn't each book divided in two internally anyway? Not that difficult to print that as two books.

The original draft was just one book, then publishers told Tolkein's delusional ass that he should split it up.

GanglyKhan posted...

The original draft was just one book, then publishers told Tolkein's delusional ass that he should split it up.

He envisioned it as a book, containing 6 books, or something weird like that.
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The Lord of the Rings is a single novel consisting of six books plus appendices, sometimes published in three volumes.

Tolkien actually suggested names for each of the six books, though there was never any formal agreement on their titles and they were simply published as Book I-VI.

In some editions, a note on the text shares the tiles as listed in the contents with a manuscript version as: Volume I, "The First Journey" and "The Journey of the Nine Companions"; Volume II, "The Treason of Isengard" and "The Journey of the Ringbearers"; Volume III, "The War of the Ring" and "The End of the Third Age." It also mentions another set of titles can be found in Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Millennium Edition was published in seven volumes, separating the appendices from the sixth book. Might be the edition you cam across with the appendices volume missing. It gives the titles for each book as: "The Ring Sets Out," "The Ring Goes South," "The Treason of Isengard," "The Ring Goes East," "The War of The Ring," and "The End of The Third Age."


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Energy Surge posted...

The Millennium Edition was published in seven volumes, separating the appendices from the sixth book. Might be the edition you cam across with the appendices volume missing. It gives the titles for each book as: "The Ring Sets Out," "The Ring Goes South," "The Treason of Isengard," "The Ring Goes East," "The War of The Ring," and "The End of The Third Age."

Most likely, or i am miss remembering and there was a 7th volume
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Did it look like this?
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/images/CLP0069.jpg
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Blaqthourne posted...

Did it look like this?
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/images/CLP0069.jpg

I dont think so, though i dont really recall what they look like, i remember them being not that boring looking.
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