03-20-2003, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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1st & 2nd Edition of The Sil
I have the 1st & 2nd edition of The Sil and was wondering what all changes were made?
I know the Kings of Numenor and what it says in the Preface to the 2nd edition, but I have never done a chapter by chapter comparison. I don't care if it's the smallest detail, I'm just real curious about all the changes made. |
04-03-2003, 06:22 AM | #2 |
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I am also very interrested in this topic. So is there nobody out there that had read both Edition?
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04-03-2003, 02:41 PM | #3 |
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Well, I read most of it in the first edition, and then completed reading it in the second edition (I had to give the 1st ed. back to my dad!), but it was a somewhat difficult read for me, and I didn't notice anything different, aside from the new forward stuff.
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04-03-2003, 03:27 PM | #4 |
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I have them both, but I haven't finished the second edition yet (I'm only at "Of the Sindar").
The most notable (and only) change I have noticed so far is the new foreword from The Letters...
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I have read both, but have never noticed anything different other then the Kings of Numenor. But in the Preface of the Second Edition Christopher say,
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04-04-2003, 08:15 AM | #6 |
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I would imagine that they were small 'mistakes' nothing major, though as C.T later realises he made a quite a few more major mistakes in the publishing of his Silmarillion.
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04-18-2003, 10:56 AM | #7 |
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I have read both, and there are no significant differences in the actual text. There may be a few very minor alterations, but none I noticed. The main difference is the very good letter at the beginning.
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