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I thought this was a fantastic book, packed with interesting facts and the most stunning illustrations, gorgeous.
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Tolkien Illustrated Guides
A Tolkien Bestiary
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Here is the comprehensive reference guide for the millions of fans of the Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. All of the imaginary beasts, monsters, fauna, and flora of J.R.R. Tolkien's lush fantasy worlds of the Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands are presented in more that 100 black-and-white illustrations and 36 full color paintings. A Chronology of all the historical ages, a general index, genealogies of the races of men, maps, and a special index referring to Tolkien's original works are also included.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,1978
This edition
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288 pages, Hardcover
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February 5, 1995 by Gramercy
- ISBN
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9780517120774
- ASIN
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0517120771
- Language
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English
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David Day (b. 14 October 1947 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian author of over forty books: poetry, natural history, ecology, mythology, fantasy, and children's literature. Internationally he is most notably known for his literary criticism on J. R. R. Tolkien and his works.
After finishing high school in Victoria, British Columbia, Day worked as a logger for five years on Vancouver Island before graduating from the University of Victoria. Subsequently he has travelled widely, most frequently to Greece and Britain.
Day has published six books of poems for adults and ten illustrated children's books of fiction and poetry. His non-fiction books on natural history include The Doomsday Book of Animals, The Whale War, Eco Wars: a Layman Guide to the Environmental Movement, Noah's Choice and most recently Nevermore: A Book of Hours - Meditations on Extinction (2012).
His Doomsday Book was a Time Magazine Book of the Year and became the basis for the 100 part animated-short TV series "Lost Animals of the 20th Century".
David Days best-selling books on the life and works of JRR Tolkien include: A Tolkien Bestiary, Tolkien: the Illustrated Encyclopedia, Tolkien's Ring, The World of Tolkien and The Hobbit Companion.
Day's Tolkien's Ring was illustrated by academy award-winning artist Alan Lee, as was Castles, The Animals Within, Gothic and Quest For King Arthur.
After finishing high school in Victoria, British Columbia, Day worked as a logger for five years on Vancouver Island before graduating from the University of Victoria. Subsequently he has travelled widely, most frequently to Greece and Britain.
Day has published six books of poems for adults and ten illustrated children's books of fiction and poetry. His non-fiction books on natural history include The Doomsday Book of Animals, The Whale War, Eco Wars: a Layman Guide to the Environmental Movement, Noah's Choice and most recently Nevermore: A Book of Hours - Meditations on Extinction (2012).
His Doomsday Book was a Time Magazine Book of the Year and became the basis for the 100 part animated-short TV series "Lost Animals of the 20th Century".
David Days best-selling books on the life and works of JRR Tolkien include: A Tolkien Bestiary, Tolkien: the Illustrated Encyclopedia, Tolkien's Ring, The World of Tolkien and The Hobbit Companion.
Day's Tolkien's Ring was illustrated by academy award-winning artist Alan Lee, as was Castles, The Animals Within, Gothic and Quest For King Arthur.
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Publicado en los años 80, es una guía de todos los monstruos y criaturas salidas de la cabeza de Tolkien junto con una extensa guía. Una joya para los amantes de la Tierra Media.
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in case your proper fantasy needs a hand... (off course, now with the movies all has changed)
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Tolkien's world of Middle Earth introduces us to all kinds of creatures that are unfamiliar to us. Some we may have encountered in other stories -- elves, dwarves and goblins are found in many different fairy stories and fantasy novels, but hobbits, ents and balrogs are not. But even the ones whose names we know play a different role in Tolkien's stories. They have their own history, culture and languages.
This book is a kind of encyclopaedia of such creatures.
I've returned it to the library now, but I rather wish i had it for reference. Tolkien's books are full of allusions to tales, myths and legends of his world, but paging through other stories to find them can be quite challenging. Here they are all packed between the same covers.
Do you want to know the history of elves, and which ones saw the light of the two trees and which ones didn't? A quick lookup in this book will tell you.
Do you want to know about the relationship between Shelob and Ungoliant? It's all here.
And I found that just reading through it as if each entry was a chapter in a book helped me to recall some of the stories. It's a kind of mental map to the peoples and creatures of middle earth.
I just can't remember whether it said balrogs have wings or not. That's why I'd like my own copy.
This book is a kind of encyclopaedia of such creatures.
I've returned it to the library now, but I rather wish i had it for reference. Tolkien's books are full of allusions to tales, myths and legends of his world, but paging through other stories to find them can be quite challenging. Here they are all packed between the same covers.
Do you want to know the history of elves, and which ones saw the light of the two trees and which ones didn't? A quick lookup in this book will tell you.
Do you want to know about the relationship between Shelob and Ungoliant? It's all here.
And I found that just reading through it as if each entry was a chapter in a book helped me to recall some of the stories. It's a kind of mental map to the peoples and creatures of middle earth.
I just can't remember whether it said balrogs have wings or not. That's why I'd like my own copy.
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This illustrated guide to the free people of Middle-Earth and all other creatures in Tolkien's books (The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The LOTR) has to be the ultimate guide there is to Middle-Earth. David Day has given a beautifully written reference to all the ages and characters of Tolkien's great imagination. The book also includes maps, chronology of the ages and some superb colour illustrations. On nearly every page there is some kind of illustration that makes this book all the more enjoyable.
I would recommend this book to people who enjoyed reading the books or to someone who has seen the film and would like to know more about the enchanted world that is Middle-Earth.
I would recommend this book to people who enjoyed reading the books or to someone who has seen the film and would like to know more about the enchanted world that is Middle-Earth.
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What a great book this was! I have read so much by Tolkien, but never something so helpful. So many things have become clear to me for the first time, for example all the different kinds of elves and why they were named like this, which ones completed their journey to the undying lands, which not etc etc. Mister Day, a really awesome work and helpful for people like me who easily get confused and forget names and so on. What would have made me give 5 starts would be a graphic chronology with all the ages. It is difficult to keep up with this, too. But yea, it was a joy to read this book and I never thought reading an entire encyclopedia would be so much fun :D
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Its amazing to see all of the creatures Tolkien envisioned and thought up. I'm glad to see that the illustrations are very accurate and don't detract from Tolkien s' works.
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This book is amazing! I can find out whatever I don't know about Middle-Earth whenever. It is really really cool!
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