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The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare
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Lavishly illustrated with 1,000 photos, paintings, maps, sculptures and sketches, most appearing here for the first time, Weapons and Warfare is an indispensable chronicle of The Lord of the Rings' many creatures, warriors, armies and battlegrounds. From the graceful and proficient Elves to the horrendous war machines of the Dark Lord, each culture's approach to warfare is explained - how they fought, why they were fighting, what armor they wore and what weapons they used against their enemies. Now you can get as close to a marauding Orc as you could ever wish, without suffering the consequences!
Treating the filmmakers' notes, designs and props as a true archive, Weapons and Warfare describes in detail every major conflict depicted in the film trilogy - from The Last Alliance of Elves and Men to the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields - each accompanied by a battle diagram from the films' chief designers.
Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, and with an exclusive foreword by Christopher Lee and an introduction by the Academy Award winner Richard Taylor, Weapons and Warfare promises to be the most striking companion to The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy published to date.
218 pages, Paperback
First published September 1,2003
This edition
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218 pages, Paperback
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November 5, 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- ISBN
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9780618391004
- ASIN
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0618391002
- Language
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English
About the author
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Chris Smith (1964) is the Tolkien editor of HarperCollins, since 1999. He edited several books about Peter Jackson's films by Gary Russell and Jude Fisher, but is most famous for The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare, a book containing a lot of information about the weaponry used in Peter Jackson's films.
Chris Smith (1964) is the Tolkien editor of HarperCollins, since 1999. He edited several books about Peter Jackson's films by Gary Russell and Jude Fisher, but is most famous for The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare, a book containing a lot of information about the weaponry used in Peter Jackson's films.
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It's a very interesting compendium of the LotR knowledge, focused on weapons used in wars throughout the trilogy. The most fascinating aspect is definitely the great visualization of each major battle. The 2nd best part of it is definitely the foreword written by Christopher Lee.
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Good concepts again especially for prop design. Not as varied though as the general LOTR movie art books.
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This is amazing, it has tons of really cool information.
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Very cool and detailed book. Beautiful volume and fun to just flip through.
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Coming to think of it, I have no idea where he got all of this (detailed) info. Definitely not from the original books. This is pretty cap.
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Obviously slapped together to take advantage of the success of the films. The art work is nice, but it is rather apparent that the authors did not read the books or even pay too much attention to the films.
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