JRR Tolkien
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:32 am
Bought from BOMC around 1993-1994 when I was yet in the ROK Army.
Bought from BOMC around 1993-1994 when I was yet in the ROK Army.
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:32 am
Bought from BOMC around 1993-1994 when I was yet in the ROK Army.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:34 am
Bought a few days ago from GyoBo Mungo bookstore in downtown Seoul. 15,000 Won (about US$12.) 3-in-1!
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:16 amBandi and Lunis (CoEx, Seoul) sells a boxed edition of LOTR Triology + Hobbit for 40,000 KRW. But they are a revised edition from Tolkien's originals.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:31 am
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:50 amDo you have the Korean version?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:56 amUALOneKPlus wrote:Do you have the Korean version?
No, I don't read books in the Korean language though I can fluently write in Korean. Haven't for 10 years. It is not a pleasant thing to read a book translated from English into Korean.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:16 amKennyshin wrote:It is not a pleasant thing to read a book translated from English into Korean.
Heh! A lot lost in translation or something?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:16 amKennyshin wrote:UALOneKPlus wrote:Do you have the Korean version?
No, I don't read books in the Korean language though I can fluently write in Korean. Haven't for 10 years. It is not a pleasant thing to read a book translated from English into Korean.
Especially not this one. I read it in English, Dutch and partly in French (don't know what made me try on that though
). The original is beyond compare. The linguistic nuances used by Tolkien get lost in translation.Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:32 amabsolutely!
reading Tolkien in a language other than English is unthinkable!
i pity those who can't.
reading Tolkien in a language other than English is unthinkable!
i pity those who can't.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:40 ami have this:
The Lord of the Rings (Leatherette Collector's Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0395193 ... eader-link
two of them actually!
one brand spanking new still in the box.
the other is very worn...
also this:
The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0395177 ... eader-link
The Lord of the Rings (Leatherette Collector's Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0395193 ... eader-link
two of them actually!
one brand spanking new still in the box.
the other is very worn...
also this:
The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0395177 ... eader-link
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:08 amdodecahedron wrote:i have this:
The Lord of the Rings (Leatherette Collector's Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0395193 ... eader-link
two of them actually!
one brand spanking new still in the box.
the other is very worn...
Nice leatherbound edition that one, but I found the red ink on the top of the pages getting on my nerves after a while. Didn't buy that one, but if I ever find another leatherbound edition I sure will get that.
I've got a very old Dutch three-in-one edition with extremely thin pages, quite like a bible (which I never read anymore). And in English a very, very worn HarperCollins paperback, as well as a large hardback (not leatherbound sadly).