Discrepancies in the Appendices.

BeardofPants · 08-22-2002, 06:23 PM

When I was participating in a trivia question the other day, a friend and I noticed that his appendices were more detailed than mine. In particular, his version gave June 29 as the day that Gandalf met Radagast on the Greenway. I have three different editions of LOTR, and NONE of them has this date. His version were the Ballantines (don't know the date, but they were recent). My Unwin 1981 all-in-one has only got the story of Aragorn and Arwen, and both my Folio set (Reprinted 1997 from 1977) and my HarperCollins (Reprinted 1991) seem to be missing certain dates, and yet they are both fairly recent reprints. Does anyone have any idea why this is so, and which edition has the best and most comprehensive version of the appendices?

Sween · 08-22-2002, 06:47 PM

My version as well as been real tatty (think my dads read it about 30 odd times) only has the Aragorn and Arwen apendix i feel like im missing out. i am asuming tolkien write a definative version but we all know he liked to change his mind a lot.

***Khamûl*** · 08-22-2002, 07:37 PM

My appendices have June 29 as the date that Gandalf meets Radagast. I also have the Ballantine edition, but I'm not sure when they were printed either. The first Ballantine printing was in October 1965. I bought mine in the summer of '99 I believe.

BeardofPants · 08-22-2002, 07:43 PM

Thanks for the correction, Khamul. (Hard to know, since I don't have the date.)

Is there a definitive online source?

markedel · 08-22-2002, 08:10 PM

I don't have that date either. My ROTK are the LOTR movie cover editions.

08-22-2002, 06:23 PM	#1
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Discrepancies in the Appendices. When I was participating in a trivia question the other day, a friend and I noticed that his appendices were more detailed than mine. In particular, his version gave June 29 as the day that Gandalf met Radagast on the Greenway. I have three different editions of LOTR, and NONE of them has this date. His version were the Ballantines (don't know the date, but they were recent). My Unwin 1981 all-in-one has only got the story of Aragorn and Arwen, and both my Folio set (Reprinted 1997 from 1977) and my HarperCollins (Reprinted 1991) seem to be missing certain dates, and yet they are both fairly recent reprints. Does anyone have any idea why this is so, and which edition has the best and most comprehensive version of the appendices? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 08-22-2002 at 07:41 PM.

08-22-2002, 06:47 PM	#2
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	My version as well as been real tatty (think my dads read it about 30 odd times) only has the Aragorn and Arwen apendix i feel like im missing out. i am asuming tolkien write a definative version but we all know he liked to change his mind a lot. __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

08-22-2002, 07:37 PM	#3
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	My appendices have June 29 as the date that Gandalf meets Radagast. I also have the Ballantine edition, but I'm not sure when they were printed either. The first Ballantine printing was in October 1965. I bought mine in the summer of '99 I believe. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

08-22-2002, 07:43 PM	#4
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Thanks for the correction, Khamul. (Hard to know, since I don't have the date.) Is there a definitive online source? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-22-2002, 08:10 PM	#5
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	I don't have that date either. My ROTK are the LOTR movie cover editions. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

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