Another Preview

[Steve Morrison]

This one is for the new, expanded edition of /Letters/:

https://preview.aer.io/The_Letters_of_J_R_R_Tolkien-NjAyNTY2

Apparently the old numbering will be kept intact, and the additional
letters will be given designations such as "12a" or "42c" to ensure
the correct order.

[Stan Brown]

Thanks for the info, Steve!

That's quite a generous sample. I skimmed hastily, but I didn't see
any major revelations. (The letter in response to A&U's £25 advance
was nice to read.) I bought the original edition, and then the 2000
edition with Scull & Hammond's index. I'm a little bit reluctant to
buy a _third_ copy.

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[Steve Morrison]

On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:22:55 -0700, Stan Brown wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 23:10:03 -0000 (UTC), Steve Morrison wrote:
>>
>> This one is for the new, expanded edition of /Letters/:
>>
>> https://preview.aer.io/The_Letters_of_J_R_R_Tolkien-NjAyNTY2
>>
>> Apparently the old numbering will be kept intact, and the additional
>> letters will be given designations such as "12a" or "42c" to ensure
>> the correct order.
>
> Thanks for the info, Steve!
>
> That's quite a generous sample. I skimmed hastily, but I didn't see
> any major revelations. (The letter in response to A&U's £25 advance
> was nice to read.) I bought the original edition, and then the 2000
> edition with Scull & Hammond's index. I'm a little bit reluctant to
> buy a _third_ copy.

For what it's worth, there is an online guide to Tolkiens's letters:

https://www.tolkienguide.com/guide/letters/

which summarizes the content of his letters (not just the ones
included in /Letters/, but all letters by JRRT which the site can
find).

[Stan Brown]

On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 23:10:03 -0000 (UTC), Steve Morrison wrote:
>

For US readers, as of today Amazon's prices are:

Hardcover, $32.83 (reduced from about $36, according to
camelcamelcamel.com) with free Prime shipping arriving Friday the
24th.

Paperback: $30.95 including shipping from something called "MegaBook
Co.", not arriving till Wednesday the 29th at the earliest.

For less than $2 difference, getting the hardcover was a no-brainer
for me.