Title: Avoid This Edition
Review: This one star rating applies only to the cheap and tawdry presentation of this edition.Tolkein's novels are obviously towering classics of modern world literature. They should be read slowly, treasured, and read over and over again.This edition is not at all suitable for such reverential handling. It would be fine for throwaway pulp fiction - but not for a great masterpiece such as LOTR.The paper is cheap, rough, and unpleasant to the touch. Typography suffers as the characters bleed into its overly absorbent surface. This makes the already small font even more difficult to read.The layout is crowded, the cover art mundane (taken from the movies), and maps of Middle Earth, which every reader will want to consult along the way, are very shabbily rendered.I was embarrassed to have inadvertently purchased something so deficient as a gift. I apologized to the recipient when I saw it, and quickly replaced it.Don't make the same mistake.
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