W. Frederick Zimmerman reviewed:
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) (v. 1, 2, 3)
| 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:  Inexcusably shoddy binding; budget in rebinding it, Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) The two stars are for the binding, which is inexcusably shoddy, especially in a $90 set. The pages had become detached from the binding in volume I when I opened the box. I sent the whole set back, which was a nuisance and is the first time I have ever returned a book to Amazon as defective. Now, with the second set, it is a month later and the pages have become detached from the binding again. Obviously, the fault on this is the publisher's, not Amazon's. The content of the books, of course, is marvelous. Bill Watterson is a great artist and the Calvin and Hobbes collection is an artistic masterwork of the 20th Century that will be read and enjoyed for decades if not centuries to come. It's ironic that I write this review at the fiery outset of the e-book war between Amazon and, well, everyone else, because this book is a magnificent example of 1) a p-book that would never, never, never work on the Kindle and 2) should never, never, never be priced at only $9.99. Indeed, I would argue that the e-book price should probably be higher than the price of the printed version, since there are so many new uses that become feasible on an e-reader with a high-res, landscape-capable color display. Recommendation: either a) wait for the color e-book version or b) buy this set, but plan on having it rebound. |
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