11-16-2012, 10:41 AM | #31 |
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I find I get the most errors from anything published by Penguin. Most of the books I have from big publishers are Penguin books and every single one of them have at least 2-3 typos/errors.
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11-22-2012, 08:29 AM | #32 |
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Slightly off topic, but I'm one of those who have seen the film but not read the books. If I read the books now, what are the major differences I can expect (I know there are always loads but I've heard LOTR has more than most!).
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The films omit a number of major episodes which are in the books, and also have composite characters. As with any book, a movie version can "fit in" a lot less than the book can.
The other major difference you'll see is the "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King" each have a number of different viewpoints, with story strands which overlap in time. This greatly increases the suspense compared with the "linearised" timeline of the films. The books are just so much better in every way. |
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Tom's grown on me over the years. Now I very much enjoy that part of the story.
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My favorite character in the LOTR book is Sam. I am very impressed by the way he is so faithful to Frodo, even when the latter is seduced by Gollum into making Sam go away. Friendship like that is only in fairy tales sadly.
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Here's a good bit about Sam: ‘Why, Sam,’ he said, ‘to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you’ve left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the stouthearted. “I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn’t they put in more of his talk, dad? That’s what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam, would he, dad?”’ |
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"Metafiction" .
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I haven't read the books in more than a decade whereas the films I have seen this year again, I guess I end up mixing up the discrepancies.
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I'm wondering, does anyone who has read or is reading the books, have read or will read the appendices ? Cause those are rather exhaustive and long. When I read LOTR many years ago I skipped through the appendices cause it seemed to be unnecessary to the story (though complementary)
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Yes, I proof-read the appendices literally word for word and comma for comma when I created my own LOTR ebook, prior to the release of the official version. There's a lot of interesting stuff in there, although the linguistic minutiae doesn't particularly interest me.
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