where can i find a downloadable text version of lord of the rings and the hobbit
luggie
hobbit
Finrod Felagund
"luggie" <paul...@wingnet.net> wrote:
> where can i find a downloadable text version of lord of the rings and the
> hobbit
If I'm not mistaken, those are copyright violations. I suppose many of us
on here could point you to them but I wouldn't endorse their use.
David Sulger
>version of lord of the rings and the hobbit
You're in luck!
It just so happens that the regulars of this newsgroup are putting
together an e-text of LotR at this very moment! We're not finished with
it, but you can read what we've finished here:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~ohh/book
--Dave
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: where can i find a downloadable text version of lord of the rings and the
: hobbit
An excellent resource would be http://21ct.gooddays.org/books.html
Stan Brown
It seems luggie <paul...@wingnet.net> wrote in
rec.arts.books.tolkien:
>where can i find a downloadable text version of lord of the rings and the
This is answered in the FAQ.
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Tolkien FAQs: http://home.uchicago.edu/~sbjensen/Tolkien/
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the softrat
Sulger) wrote:
>>where can i find a downloadable text
>>version of lord of the rings and the hobbit
>
>You're in luck!
>
>It just so happens that the regulars of this newsgroup are putting
>together an e-text of LotR at this very moment! We're not finished with
>it, but you can read what we've finished here:
>
>http://www.speakeasy.org/~ohh/book
>
>--Dave
>
I glad to see that the e-text is being put to good use.
the softrat
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: [cc'd to previous poster; please follow up in newsgroup]
: It seems luggie <paul...@wingnet.net> wrote in
: rec.arts.books.tolkien:
: >where can i find a downloadable text version of lord of the rings and the
: This is answered in the FAQ.
No it isn't. The FAQ does not answer that question at all. It only
says:
///
For many aspects of Tolkien scholarship, it would be convenient to have an
electronic version of the books (this would make full text searches
feasible, for example). However, the Tolkien Estate has not chosen to
authorize any electronic versions, probably because of the ease with which
electronic versions can be copied and distributed (legally or illegally).
Therefore, there are no legal electronic copies of Tolkien's writings. The
moral issues involved are less clear (they seem to depend on one's economic
philosophy), but the general culture of the newsgroups is pretty firmly
against these unauthorized texts.
///
The poster wished to know where he could find a downloadable version.
I would like to know the same thing, since I would like to have be
able to perform searches on words and phrases. I don't recognize
the Tolkien estate's authority in this matter, since I already
own so many official Tolkien publications, and do not wish to
have a E-version as a substitute for buying the books.
regards,
--Rett
: --
Jim
luggie <paul...@wingnet.net> wrote in message
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> where can i find a downloadable text version of lord of the rings and the
> hobbit
Try the internet :P
Jim D
David Sulger
>I glad to see that the e-text is being put
>to good use.
Well, that's why we put it together in the first place, isn't it?