You know you're obsessed with LOTR when ...

[narfforc]

To be honest Lindale I have had to have my cellar converted into a library, I have also got 43 copies of The Hobbit, numerous copies of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, and over 200 other Tolkien related books, some people collect stamps or such, I collect Tolkien. Every copy has a different cover, some have drawings inside, I still can't afford a first edition set yet though.

[Lindale]

Ach, then you have the money to spend, Narfforc. I only have one copy each of all the Tolkien books I have. That is saying something, really, if you live in this wretched country, having LotR, TH, UT, Sil, Gawain, Farmer Giles & Smith, HoME I-V, and Children of Hurin. Sil, UT, and Children of Hurin I did not even buy in this country; I had my dad buy them in Europe a few years ago. Then to my dismay I saw a couple of months ago those same titles in the local bookstore, and at a cheaper price when you convert euro to peso.

[narfforc]

I bought a lot of the books on Ebay, and the Tolkien related books at Oxonmoot.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by narfforc

To be honest Lindale I have had to have my cellar converted into a library, I have also got 43 copies of The Hobbit, numerous copies of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, and over 200 other Tolkien related books, some people collect stamps or such, I collect Tolkien. Every copy has a different cover, some have drawings inside, I still can't afford a first edition set yet though.

I'll have to tell davem to tell you if he gets to hear of any more cheap sets on the grapevine, which is how he got his, from a private sale. They aren't an early impression, which is one way of getting a set a bit more cheaply - can't remember how much they were but it was less than £100. I've seen 2nd edition sets sell for a lot more than that.

Anyway, shelves of books make good house insulation, so when bills soar this winter it will have been a good investment

[narfforc]

Hi Lal, I have rescued quite a few from second-hand/charity shops. The last copy I bought was a paperback special limited edition for The Cannes Film Festival 2001, I got that from Barnado's for £2. My earliest editions are Second/Fourth Impression 1969, however I have the 1968 (First time in one volume) Hardback and Paperback. My earliest Hobbit is 1959. If I see any Tolkien book in a Charity shop, I rescue it. If I already have it then I give it away to friend.


P.S The Lord of the Grins is finished.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by narfforc

Hi Lal, I have rescued quite a few from second-hand/charity shops. The last copy I bought was a paperback special limited edition for The Cannes Film Festival 2001, I got that from Barnado's for £2. My earliest editions are Second/Fourth Impression 1969, however I have the 1968 (First time in one volume) Hardback and Paperback. My earliest Hobbit is 1959. If I see any Tolkien book in a Charity shop, I rescue it. If I already have it then I give it away to friend.


P.S The Lord of the Grins is finished.

Early editions of The Hobbit are rare as hen's teeth. davem keeps looking for them but they're very expensive. I think our earliest ones are 70s ones! By the way, try Southport for 2nd hand bookshops and charity shops, there are loads of them.

I hope you kept the Barrywhite in....

[Groin Redbeard]

When I think of the History of Middle Earth every time I type, or write, the words home.

[Thinlómien]

There must be at least one LotR-obsessed person in your house if the following dialogue can occur:

Mum: "Whose Bible is on the sofa?"
Me: "Bible..? I haven't been reading the Bible, for sure, and I don't think Greenie* has either."
Mum: *appears at my doorstep grinning amusedly and holding my very old and dear copy of LotR*

I think that was pretty amusing. My mum is lovely.

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(*I obviously used her real name of her, though... )

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

There must be at least one LotR-obsessed person in your house if the following dialogue can occur:

Mum: "Whose Bible is on the sofa?"
Me: "Bible..? I haven't been reading the Bible, for sure, and I don't think Greenie* has either."
Mum: *appears at my doorstep grinning amusedly and holding my very old and dear copy of LotR*

Although I wouldn't go as far as to say that it is the Holy Scripture, it is certainly an important book. More in some houses than others as it seems!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

There must be at least one LotR-obsessed person in your house if the following dialogue can occur:

Mum: "Whose Bible is on the sofa?"
Me: "Bible..? I haven't been reading the Bible, for sure, and I don't think Greenie* has either."
Mum: *appears at my doorstep grinning amusedly and holding my very old and dear copy of LotR*

I think that was pretty amusing. My mum is lovely.

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(*I obviously used her real name of her, though...)

Your mum has incredibly great sense of humour