Blackhawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:51 pm
I also have this set. I've got at least three or four different versions of the series. And yet I never noticed until Daehawk mentioned it that they go together.
This was my first set:
Spoiler:
And this is still my favorite set:
Spoiler:
Is that first set The Brothers Hildebrandt?
It looks strikingly similar to the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:51 pm
This was my first set:
Spoiler:
this is the set my mom has - in the gold foil box! also the matching edition of the Hobbit, separately. my brother completely bent up the spines reading them in grade school. :/ i intended to read these, but could never clear the first fifty pages of Fellowship of the Ring... tried several times, until
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:51 pm
And this is still my favorite set:
Spoiler:
this is the set i ended up finally getting around to reading, back in 2008/2009, borrowed from my roommate at the time. they were in pretty rough shape (one was missing the backcover and the last few pages)
Funny, I checked out my wife's LoTR boxed set, which is in the gold box. It turns out that it contains only Return of the King from the Barbara Remington set, and it contains The Hobbit and The Two Towers from the second (white) set. Beats me what happened to her copy of Fellowship.
25 years ago I bought a single book version or the set. Cost me like $80. Pretty fancy.
I don't think I've read it more than 8-10 times thanks to the movies coming out.
Still, it's a book I treasure.
As I recall I have it in one big hard back. The trilogy in one book. I read it once around 2000. Once was enough. Almost gave me a headache. Something about the way its written. Im more a RA Salvatore trilogy guy.
--------------------------------------------
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake. http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
I don't mean to get off track on this fantasy book covers thread, but Charles Portis has died. He wrote five books, most famously True Grit. I never read that, but I did read The Dog of the South last year and found it odd but enjoyable.
LordMortis wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:43 am
It's weird, the ones that hit me. It also feels odd to post it in a general obituary thread.
61 is way too young. Always liked this song, though I wasn't really into them at the time (1994) but I do remember just how different they were than everything else happening at the time, at least in popular music. RIP
Last edited by Smoove_B on Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
We are saddened to hear about the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a deeply talented producer who first introduced the world to the "Konami Code". Our thoughts are with Hashimoto-san's family and friends at this time. Rest In Peace.
I went through a Clive Cussler phase in my teens. Dirk Pitts? I think that was the character's name. Always dealing with maritime mysteries. They were fun reads.
“We can never allow Murania to become desecrated by the presence of surface people. Our lives are serene, our minds are superior, our accomplishments greater. Gene Autry must be captured!!!” - Queen Tika, The Phantom Empire
Awww, fuck. Hopefully his son carries on with the various series...they are brain candy to be sure but I enjoy them. I've listened to all of them that the library has on audiobook, I might have to start reading the ones they don't if ever I have a chance for discretionary reading on Kindle.
Cussler was my father's favorite later in his life. I've read three or four. They're not bad. They're not heavy, deep novels, but they're fun adventure novels, usually with a maritime angle. Good for the same itch that playing Uncharted scratches.
He was right up there with Stephen King as far as his books being must reads to me. I never could figure out why his material wasn't used in movies more, they are clearly made for it. It's basically an American James Bond series, a franchise waiting to happen.
He was right up there with Stephen King as far as his books being must reads to me. I never could figure out why his material wasn't used in movies more, they are clearly made for it. It's basically an American James Bond series, a franchise waiting to happen.
It didn't help that Sahara bombed badly (it made back like half its budget, total.)
The Matt Mcanawhatever movie? I liked that movie. Watched it a few times.
--------------------------------------------
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake. http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
Remember kids....its not the Dyson Vacuum but the Dyson Sphere.
--------------------------------------------
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake. http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:02 am
Remember kids....its not the Dyson Vacuum but the Dyson Sphere.
And Project Orion, which would've used nuclear bombs and a ginormous pressure plate to propel a spacecraft to Saturn by 1974. Curse that test ban treaty!
Many years ago I read a book by his son called "The Starship and the Canoe." The young man rejected everything his father stood for and paddled around nature. Being more of a starship guy than a canoe guy, I thought he was a schmuck.
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:02 am
Remember kids....its not the Dyson Vacuum but the Dyson Sphere.
And Project Orion, which would've used nuclear bombs and a ginormous pressure plate to propel a spacecraft to Saturn by 1974. Curse that test ban treaty!
Many years ago I read a book by his son called "The Starship and the Canoe." The young man rejected everything his father stood for and paddled around nature. Being more of a starship guy than a canoe guy, I thought he was a schmuck.
Now he builds kayaks less than a mile away from me.
I just started re watching Arrested Development like I do every few years, and just finished watching the episodes in which Lipton plays the warden of George Sr.'s prison. RIP, James.
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
See aging strikes again! I had no idea he was that old. Not that I was really sitting around thinking about it.
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
Sad to hear that Genesis P-orrige passed this morning from leukemia. Founding member of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, s/he was the, well, genesis of industrial music. They were a creative, challenging, and divisive force.
The world is a lot less interesting today. RIP Gen.
Last edited by Skinypupy on Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
When darkness veils the world, four Warriors of Light shall come.
Im afraid to come in here now afraid Ill see Tom Hanks.
--------------------------------------------
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake. http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:58 pm
Sad to hear that Genesis P-orrige passed this morning from leukemia. Founding member of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, h/she was the, well, genesis of industrial music. They were a creative, challenging, and divisive force.
The world is a lot less interesting today. RIP Gen.
That is a bummer. I didn't even know they were sick.