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Old 04-17-2007, 02:31 PM   #1
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Actually, there are two signed books on e-bay now, and I expect there will be others. The second dealer is such a doofus that he has advertised it as being signed by J.R.R. Tolkien himself along with Lee! (Quite a trick if JRRT could do that...)
Perhaps, just perhaps, Margaret Atwood's remote book signing machine has more remote capability than ever imagined!

(Actually, I heard the machine failed its first attempted signings. )
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Old 04-17-2007, 02:36 PM   #2
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Old 04-17-2007, 02:40 PM   #3
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Ebay now has one with a Buyitnow feature of $169.99 signed by both men.
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Old 04-17-2007, 03:02 PM   #4
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Old 04-17-2007, 03:21 PM   #5
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[i]Children is written in Tolkien's full-on high heroic style, which is light on the characterization and sometimes hilariously dorky.
That means I'll like it lots.

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...and there's no shortage of elves and dwarves and mighty smiting for the casual fan.
Mighty smiting.
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Old 04-17-2007, 04:50 PM   #6
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$169.99 for a copy with both sigs....a veritable bargain!

The only buy-it-now on e-bay with both sigs goes for $249.99.

Where's that signing machine when I need it? Or at least a good counterfeiter.
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Old 04-17-2007, 05:35 PM   #7
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Just picked it up!

It'd be great to hear everybody's perspectives after they/we finish reading.

Initial pre-read impression:

The artwork is gorgeous, but the book is so much smaller than I expected!

Oh, and many thanks to davem for the continuous influx of articles/reviews.
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Old 04-17-2007, 09:56 PM   #8
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The artwork is gorgeous, but the book is so much smaller than I expected!
Smaller as in content... or smaller as in the actual physical size of the book...?
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:11 PM   #9
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Smaller as in content... or smaller as in the actual physical size of the book...?
Smaller in size. I actually haven't started reading yet (just the Preface and Introduction). But the book itself is slimmer and slightly shorter than I would have expected.
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