Here is a list of possible errors and additions that I have found in Hammond and Scull’s The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion 3rd Edition (2014). Items already listed in the official a…| Zion in Ulthos
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It’s well-known that in 1999 an Icelandic newspaper published an interview (compare the first photo from the interview with the one in Tolkien Family Album dated March 1930) of Arndís Þorbjarnardóttir (1910-2003, her obituary), who was one of the au pair girls living with the Tolkien family, which provides a very different and interesting angle of the Tolkiens. A partial translation can beContinue reading "Interview of the Icelandic au pair girl who lived with the Tolkiens in 193...| Zion in Ulthos
(Last update in Aug 2023) I have checked the 1st (1955 impression), 2nd (Ballantine 1970 impression and Allen&Unwin 1977 impression), HarperCollins 1994, 2005, 2021 editions of The Lord of the Rings to compile a change list, which is then used to locate possible errors in the latest version.The editions I checked are quite limited and mostly reprints (withContinue reading "List of possible typos in the current edition of The Lord of the Rings"| Zion in Ulthos
There are dozens of typos in the kindle editions of The Lord of the Rings. Here is an incomplete list. List α appears to be based on an older version, because most of the new text changes listed in http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/rings.html are not incorporated, such as: There are also lots of typos in α that onlyContinue reading "List of typos in the kindle editions of The Lord of the Rings"| Zion in Ulthos
Here is a list of the possible issues I’ve noticed in various Tolkien books, and I haven’t seen them being discussed by others. Lord of the Rings See https://zionius.wordpress.com/2021/06/ … in-the-lord-of-the-rings/ The Hobbit Chapter XIV, last page: Still elves are light-footed, and though they were not in these days much used to the marches and theContinue reading "Errata suggestion for various books by & on Tolkien"| Zion in Ulthos
2023 Update: this post contains some outdated argument and I have found many more typos since then. Please refer to its new version here instead. I noticed a few possible typos in The Lord of the Rings. There are various origins: 1. from Tolkien himself and existed since 1954；2. the publisher misinterpreted Tolkien’s manuscript, suchContinue reading "Typos in The Lord of the Rings"| Zion in Ulthos
