TCG live chat Saturday Jan 2

Sure, I'd like to suggest something, if allowed on this space (I wasn't sure if you meant for viewers to submi theirt ideas during the event)

My suggestion is The Lord of the Rings illustrated slipcased edition. In terms of the quality you get for the price, this is a pretty solid option, and one of the nicer editions out there. It's still in print about six years after it had come out, and it looks like it'll stay that way for a while!

Here are some features that this edition has that makes it special:
- the entire novel as one book, including maps, and supplementary material (which includes the appendices, and an index)
- the most accurate text to date of when it was published
- re-scanned illustrations, so that the artwork looks the very best that it possibly can
- a ribbon marker
- a slipcase, to protect the book when it's not one that you're currently reading. (IE, shelving purposes. Wouldn't advise taking it in and out EVERY time you read)
- maps (with red ink used) on both endpapers (Middle-earth on one, and Rohan/Gondor/Mordor on the other)
- great paper and font quality (this is a great factor, considering that usually one-book editions of The Lord of the Rings need to have font or paper quality sacrificed slightly in order to make everything fit into a single book. That's not the case with this edition)
- the frontispiece of the Nazgul flying to Minas Tirith appears as a fold-out sheet

In terms of attributes that makes it special, it's very similar to the illustrated hardbacks of The Lord of the Rings that came out this year, except being 1 book instead of 3 being the biggest difference (and other very minor differences)

To find this edition, search using the ISBN of 9780007525546 .

Again, great quality and content for the price.

A bit more clarification about the event from the Tolkien Society

Collectors' Showcase
Next Saturday we will be joined by Jeremy Edmonds of TolkienGuide.com, who will be hosting an event with collectors showcasing some of their favourite, unusual, precious and noteworthy items of their collections. At Oxonmoot, a number of members were keen to talk about their items, and even more were keen to see them, so please do join us for this.
This will take place at 6pm (UTC) on Saturday 28th November. That is:
• 8.00pm, Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
• 7.00pm, Central European Time (UTC+1)
• 6.00pm, Greenwich Mean Time/Western European Time (UTC)
• 3.00pm, Brasilia time (UTC-3)
• 1.00pm, Eastern Time (UTC-5)
• 10.00am, Pacific Time (UTC-8)
The event will be held on Zoom and you need to be a member of the society to recieve joining instructions. You can join by visiting https://www.tolkiensociety.org/join/

Was looking for a zoom link or registration on the Tolkien Society site. No luck. Also time to update our passwords.

I’m member of the German Tolkien Society - may I get permission to participate?

Arbor wrote:

Was looking for a zoom link or registration on the Tolkien Society site. No luck. Also time to update our passwords.

I was sent an email with the Zoom joining instructions from the Tolkien Society.

Ithildin wrote:

I’m member of the German Tolkien Society - may I get permission to participate?

This is for members of The Tolkien Society only.

There is a link to the Zoom meeting in the Members Area of the Tolkien Societies website https://t.co/Awffeq0UCv?amp=1

Thanks to everyone who attended, was very enjoyable. Special thanks to Urulókë for organising

It was fun, even though I hardly joined in. I hope there’s more.

Trotter wrote:

Thanks to everyone who attended, was very enjoyable. Special thanks to Urulókë for organising

Yes! That was a lot of fun. Perhaps these will be more frequent in 2021!