December 12, 2004

The King is moving

I actually visit Amazon.com every day. Sometimes I admire the impressive length of my wishlist, or I read about new releases in books and music. Most of the time, it's to check the backordered products that I've purchased. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 13, an anthology of contemporary art comics, something that I ordered in September, is finally shipping soon. And the latest update this morning - the collector's edition of the Return of the King (Extended Edition), is moving out too. Minas Tirith will be on its way - the resin version, that is.

The sad thing is that even if I receive the DVD on December 14th or 15th, or even the 16th, I'll be stuck grading papers and doing some major revisions to a short story of mine. The movie will have to wait - I'll have to hide it somewhere safe from me until I am done, done, done!

Posted by Monoceros at December 12, 2004 8:37 AM
Comments

let us know when your minas tirith arrives! =)

Posted by: a l at December 13, 2004 10:37 PM

I have that McSweeney's and it is very special indeed! You won't regret it, especially the gorgeous type-setting and typography (it was edited by comic artist Chris Ware). Oh it's a book/object of great beauty!

Posted by: B at December 14, 2004 7:28 AM

a l, I saw the collector's edition at Borders today. It looked amazing. I will have pictures up when mine arrives.

B, I got it today! It's a treasure.

Posted by: monoceros at December 14, 2004 5:54 PM

B, where did you get your copy? In Singapore?

Posted by: monoceros at December 14, 2004 11:25 PM

it's available at kinokuniya actually - was tempted to get it. maybe i shall. =)

Posted by: a l at December 15, 2004 2:34 AM

Yeah - got mine in Kino although I've seen it elsewhere. It seems to getting heavy display space in Singapore. I even saw it in the Liang Court Kino which is usually devoid of "cool", non-Japanese comics.

Posted by: B at December 15, 2004 5:28 AM

thanks, a l and B. funny how it's extremely difficult to obtain the book here in the US. Amazon took two months to mail my copy to me, and it can't be found in the bookstores. =)

Posted by: monoceros at December 17, 2004 11:41 AM