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(Msg. 16) Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:06 pm
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 10:34:33 -0800, "Melisma" <melisma.DeleteThis@uniserve.com>
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>Does anyone know where I can find the text of the books online?
You have chosen a _very_ wrong newsgroup to ask.
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:45 pm
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It seems "shelly" wrote in rec.arts.books.tolkien:
>On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Stan Brown wrote:
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>>Where is there a library that lets a book stay out for
>>months?
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>academic libraries (US), for a start. it's not unusual for
>faculty and staff to have year-long loan periods; honors and
>graduate students often have semester-long loan periods.
Sure, but how likely is it that the OP would be trying to get LotR
from an academic library rather than a public library?
_If_ the OP wasn't trolling us, on which point I reserve judgment.
That bit about Project Gutenberg having Tolkien books seemed pretty
bizarre.
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:46 pm
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It seems "Doug McDonald" wrote in rec.arts.books.tolkien:
>Steuard Jensen wrote:
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>> > Does anyone know where I can find the text of the books online?
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>> Unfortunately, as others have pointed out, the books are still
>> copyrighted
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>What about scans of the Ace edition published in the US:
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>LOTR was at that time public domain in the US.
At the time, yes. But not since 1966. And possessing the Ace edition
does not give you license to make copies.
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:30 am
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Stan Brown wrote:
> It seems "Doug McDonald" wrote in rec.arts.books.tolkien:
>>LOTR was at that time public domain in the US.
> At the time, yes. But not since 1966.
Not exactly. Being an English-language literary work,
written in the UK, and not being currently in print
in North America, it was legal for Ace to publish the
work. This did not, however, give it public domain
status. The Ace publications was permitted under US
copyright law in force at the time, but not under any
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:24 am
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Stan Brown wrote:
>Sure, but how likely is it that the OP would be trying to get
>LotR from an academic library rather than a public library?
<G> well, that obviously depends on which is more convenient
for her. that wasn't your question, though. you asked where
there's a library that lets books stay out for months.
>_If_ the OP wasn't trolling us, on which point I reserve
>judgment. That bit about Project Gutenberg having Tolkien
>books seemed pretty bizarre.
yeah, i filed that under "things that make you go hmmm."
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:41 am
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"Melisma" <melisma.DeleteThis@uniserve.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know where I can find the text of the books online? The
library
> says they are checked out and not due back for months, they are so
popular.
> And I can't afford to buy them right now. So if I can find the text
online,
> I might be able to finally read them. (I read The Hobbit in college, but
> never read LOTR - and now I've seen the movies, I NEED to, LOL!)
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> I've tried the Gutenberg Project, btw, and it's not there - although some
> others of Tolkien's books are...
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> Thanks.
I'm a bit disappointed at some of the cold-hearted responses you've
received. Send me your address and I'll have something shipped out from
Amazon. I don't promise anything extravagant, but I'm sure there's a
reasonable version you'd enjoy. I recall quite well what it's like to be
broke, but, luckily, always had somewhere to turn.
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:18 am
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Hammer <forget.TakeThisOut@bout.it> wrote:
> "Melisma" <melisma.TakeThisOut@uniserve.com> wrote
>> I read The Hobbit in college, but never read LOTR - and
>> now I've seen the movies, I NEED to, LOL!)
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> I'm a bit disappointed at some of the cold-hearted responses you've
> received. Send me your address and I'll have something shipped out
> from Amazon.
<not sure whether to be impressed, sceptical or amazed>
Do internet fairy godmothers really exist?
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:06 pm
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"Christopher Kreuzer" <spamgard.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hammer <forget.TakeThisOut@bout.it> wrote:
> > "Melisma" <melisma.TakeThisOut@uniserve.com> wrote
> >> I read The Hobbit in college, but never read LOTR - and
> >> now I've seen the movies, I NEED to, LOL!)
> >
> > I'm a bit disappointed at some of the cold-hearted responses you've
> > received. Send me your address and I'll have something shipped out
> > from Amazon.
This kid is obviously thin on resources. Do ya think SOMEONE could think to
offer send her an old dusty paperback copy they might have on hand?
Or offer to keep an eye out for a spare copy that could be sent?
I'd do it, but I'm mighty thin on resources myself these days - indeed, VERY
dire straights.
ALRIGHT - I'll do it anyway - should "Christopher Kreuzer" fail - I'll keep
an eye out for any spare copies I might encounter in the near future.
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(Msg. 24) Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:06 pm
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In article <D47_b.13150$23.1928@lakeread04>, paulrugg RemoveThis @cox.net says...
> "Christopher Kreuzer" <spamgard RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:XfdZb.3421$Vx4.30881015@news-text.cableinet.net...
> > Hammer <forget RemoveThis @bout.it> wrote:
> > > "Melisma" <melisma RemoveThis @uniserve.com> wrote
> > >> I read The Hobbit in college, but never read LOTR - and
> > >> now I've seen the movies, I NEED to, LOL!)
> > >
> > > I'm a bit disappointed at some of the cold-hearted responses you've
> > > received. Send me your address and I'll have something shipped out
> > > from Amazon.
>
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> This kid is obviously thin on resources. Do ya think SOMEONE could think to
> offer send her an old dusty paperback copy they might have on hand?
>
> Or offer to keep an eye out for a spare copy that could be sent?
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> I'd do it, but I'm mighty thin on resources myself these days - indeed, VERY
> dire straights.
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> ALRIGHT - I'll do it anyway - should "Christopher Kreuzer" fail - I'll keep
> an eye out for any spare copies I might encounter in the near future.
Looks like it was actually 'Hammer' who offered.
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(Msg. 25) Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:42 am
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me <paulrugg.DeleteThis@cox.net> lied:
> ALRIGHT - I'll do it anyway - should "Christopher Kreuzer" fail -
> I'll keep an eye out for any spare copies I might encounter in the
> near future.
Can you please not distort a thread like this. If you are going to
mention someone by name, can you please make absolutely sure you are
naming the correct person. As Tar-Elenion has pointed out, it was in
fact Hammer who made the offer to send Melisma a copy of LotR through
Amazon.
Christopher
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