With all the weird retro LotR stuff going around lately,

[huinare]

can we please observe the Ace 1965 covers and how, among other things, a My Little Pony has evidently mated with a bat?



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Also, you know, I really actually quite like this one.  Except that it doesn't make sense.  But that's okay.

Comments

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

I--so--

This is probably just me, but for the Return of the King cover I saw the giant, pointy rock tower rising up in front of (what is presumably) Sauron, and immediately thought...

*runs away*

[huinare.livejournal.com]

No yeah actually you are so right, and I'm surprised I didn't see it right away.

And all those little plant people or gull aliens or whatever are like OH SHIT GUYS SAURON IS GOING TO COVER ALL THE LANDS WITH HIS--

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

BEHOLD THE MIGHT OF BARAD-DUR!

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

[Dark Muse] Huh. Which would I rather be? A priapic Cyclops or the world's largest lighthouse? *thinks* Priapic Cyclops it is! [/Dark Muse]

I love that "doesn't make sense" cover for purely sentimental reasons. That was the edition (pictured in 1L's post below) that my brother brought home from college in 1968. I immediately grabbed the paperbacks and didn't emerge from my room for a few days.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Ever pragmatic, the Dark Muse. (Huinish!Mairon: "All decent incarnations of us are pragmatic. Which is of course why I fully agree with the DM.")

Cool! I think they're really nice covers whether they make sense or no, which is much more than I can say about Gandalf the Gold, My Batshit Pony, and Cyclopean!Priapic!Sauron above.