The Art of the Lord of the Rings
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Summary
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings， a sumptuous full-colour art book containing the complete collection of almost 200 sketches， drawings， paintings and maps by J。R。R。 Tolkien。
As he wrote The Lord of the Rings， J。R。R。 Tolkien’s mental pictures often found expression in drawing， from rough sketches made within the manuscript to more finished illustrations。 Only a few of these were meant for publication; most were aids to help Tolkien conceive his complex story and keep it consistent。 Many do not illustrate the final text， but represent moments of creation， illuminating Tolkien’s process of writing and design。 In addition to pictorial sketches， numerous maps follow the development of the Shire and the larger landscape of Middle-earth， while inscriptions in runes and Elvish script， and ‘facsimile’ leaves from the burned and blood-stained Book of Mazarbul， support Tolkien’s pose as an ‘editor’ or ‘translator’ of ancient records。
The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J。R。R。 Tolkien collects these drawings， inscriptions， maps， and plans in one deluxe volume。 More than 180 images are included， all of them printed in colour from high-quality scans and photographs， more than half not previously published。 Wayne G。 Hammond and Christina Scull， two of the world’s leading Tolkien scholars， have edited the book and provide an expert introduction and comments。 Readers who have enjoyed The Art of The Hobbit by J。R。R。 Tolkien， with which the new book is uniform， will find much of interest also in The Art of The Lord of the Rings。
As he wrote The Lord of the Rings， J。R。R。 Tolkien’s mental pictures often found expression in drawing， from rough sketches made within the manuscript to more finished illustrations。 Only a few of these were meant for publication; most were aids to help Tolkien conceive his complex story and keep it consistent。 Many do not illustrate the final text， but represent moments of creation， illuminating Tolkien’s process of writing and design。 In addition to pictorial sketches， numerous maps follow the development of the Shire and the larger landscape of Middle-earth， while inscriptions in runes and Elvish script， and ‘facsimile’ leaves from the burned and blood-stained Book of Mazarbul， support Tolkien’s pose as an ‘editor’ or ‘translator’ of ancient records。
The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J。R。R。 Tolkien collects these drawings， inscriptions， maps， and plans in one deluxe volume。 More than 180 images are included， all of them printed in colour from high-quality scans and photographs， more than half not previously published。 Wayne G。 Hammond and Christina Scull， two of the world’s leading Tolkien scholars， have edited the book and provide an expert introduction and comments。 Readers who have enjoyed The Art of The Hobbit by J。R。R。 Tolkien， with which the new book is uniform， will find much of interest also in The Art of The Lord of the Rings。
Reviews
Alberto Signorini
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Un altro volume che qualsiasi appassionato de Il signore degli anelli deve avere nella propria collezione。Come per L'arte dello Hobbit di J。R。R。 Tolkien， Wayne G。 Hammond e Christina Scull ci accompagnano nella creazione di un libro destinato a diventare un caposaldo delle letteratura fantasy。 In queste pagine traspare come J。R。R。 Tolkien abbia dedicato anima e corpo nella realizzazione del mondo di Arda grazie ad un quantitativo di schizzi appunti e disegni che non mi sarei mai aspettato dal bu Un altro volume che qualsiasi appassionato de Il signore degli anelli deve avere nella propria collezione。Come per L'arte dello Hobbit di J。R。R。 Tolkien， Wayne G。 Hammond e Christina Scull ci accompagnano nella creazione di un libro destinato a diventare un caposaldo delle letteratura fantasy。 In queste pagine traspare come J。R。R。 Tolkien abbia dedicato anima e corpo nella realizzazione del mondo di Arda grazie ad un quantitativo di schizzi appunti e disegni che non mi sarei mai aspettato dal buon professore di Oxford。 。。。more
Victoria Schreiber
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A beautiful book with many reproduced drawings and sketches by JRR Tolkien。 A must-have for every Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fan。
Camille
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I am once again in awe of the genius of this man
Alex Jones
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This is basically just an additional， gorgeously presented， extended appendix for The Lord of the Rings based on Tolkien's doodles。 Honestly， that guy would scribble on anything。 From what I gather， he spent most of the time writing his masterpieces on scrap pieces of paper。 This is basically just an additional， gorgeously presented， extended appendix for The Lord of the Rings based on Tolkien's doodles。 Honestly， that guy would scribble on anything。 From what I gather， he spent most of the time writing his masterpieces on scrap pieces of paper。 。。。more
Ian Galey
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To be clear， this is not so much a collection of completed art that Tolkien made for the Lord of the Rings as it is a compilation of sketches outlining his developmental portrayal of Middle-earth。 It is mostly referential material and some official work。 Regardless， it is an interesting look into the creative mind of Tolkien and his method and process for writing。
Marko Vasić
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This atlas and textbook by versed duo Hammond & Scull is an excellent guideline for those who would like better to scrutinise the process of Tokien’s creation of the Middle-Earth’s maps， and illustrations regarding The Lord of the Rings books。 Similar as in The Art of The Hobbit by J。R。R。 Tolkien， thus here as well are enclosed comprehensive and quite useful texts and tales regarding the very nascency of the illustrations and maps。 The reader will find Tolkien’s design for the pages from the Boo This atlas and textbook by versed duo Hammond & Scull is an excellent guideline for those who would like better to scrutinise the process of Tokien’s creation of the Middle-Earth’s maps， and illustrations regarding The Lord of the Rings books。 Similar as in The Art of The Hobbit by J。R。R。 Tolkien， thus here as well are enclosed comprehensive and quite useful texts and tales regarding the very nascency of the illustrations and maps。 The reader will find Tolkien’s design for the pages from the Book of Mazarbul， conceptual solutions for the dust jacket of the first TLOTR editions， Tolkien’s drawings of Barad-dur， Ortanc， Dunharrow， Shelob’s lair and much， much more。 。。。more
Maggie
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This was so interesting！ It's incredible how much time and detail Tolkien put in to the maps and buildings in Middle Earth。 It was really cool to see his development of places and the different little drawings and details that went into the story。 I loved this！ This was so interesting！ It's incredible how much time and detail Tolkien put in to the maps and buildings in Middle Earth。 It was really cool to see his development of places and the different little drawings and details that went into the story。 I loved this！ 。。。more
Kostas Efthimiou
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I got this as a free/gift when an Amazon store （bless them） sent me a wrong order on another Tolkien book。It's one of the stars of my Tolkien collection， the book truly feels like a Premium and the art inside is very original and mostly unpopular。 I got this as a free/gift when an Amazon store （bless them） sent me a wrong order on another Tolkien book。It's one of the stars of my Tolkien collection， the book truly feels like a Premium and the art inside is very original and mostly unpopular。 。。。more
~Jo~
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This is a beautifully presented book， full of artwork from Tolkien， that he used to aid him in his writing of "The Lord of the Rings。" I must add， this book smells pretty good， too。 I had this bought for me as a gift， and I finally found the time in my reading schedule to read it this month。There are some gorgeous pictures of the vast landscape of Middle Earth， and， some rather interesting maps。 I especially enjoyed the pages with the amazing dust covers displayed on them。 I love Tolkien and his This is a beautifully presented book， full of artwork from Tolkien， that he used to aid him in his writing of "The Lord of the Rings。" I must add， this book smells pretty good， too。 I had this bought for me as a gift， and I finally found the time in my reading schedule to read it this month。There are some gorgeous pictures of the vast landscape of Middle Earth， and， some rather interesting maps。 I especially enjoyed the pages with the amazing dust covers displayed on them。 I love Tolkien and his wonderful Middle Earth， and quite honestly， it has had a major impact on my life。 。。。more
Neil R。 Coulter
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The only thing better than reading Tolkien is reading a book about Tolkien。 And when it comes to books about Tolkien， the husband-and-wife team of Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull have written some of the best。 I’d previously enjoyed their beautiful book The Art of The Hobbit， and the next volume， The Art of The Lord of the Rings， sat on my shelf for quite a while， just waiting for the right time to enjoy it。 After a summer of heavy academic reading and preparation for new courses I’m designing The only thing better than reading Tolkien is reading a book about Tolkien。 And when it comes to books about Tolkien， the husband-and-wife team of Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull have written some of the best。 I’d previously enjoyed their beautiful book The Art of The Hobbit， and the next volume， The Art of The Lord of the Rings， sat on my shelf for quite a while， just waiting for the right time to enjoy it。 After a summer of heavy academic reading and preparation for new courses I’m designing and teaching， it was refreshing to return to Tolkien’s creation of Middle-Earth。The Art of The Lord of the Rings is somewhat different from the earlier book about The Hobbit because Tolkien didn’t complete full-color， watercolor illustrations for the publication of LOTR as he had for The Hobbit。 That means that the content of this volume is much more preliminary， not leading to the kind of classic Hobbit illustrations we see so often reprinted。 This was fine with me， though， because Hammond and Scull have structured the book to go in story order， so reading through it is a fun way to revisit the story， even if many of the illustrations are somewhat minimal （page 49， for example）。A lot of pages in the book are devoted to Tolkien’s map-making， which worked hand-in-hand with his writing of the prose。 In Tolkien’s mind， he absolutely had to know what the geography of Middle-Earth was in order to continue moving his characters toward the conclusion of the story。 Maps of Middle-Earth were not an afterthought， pieced together from details in the story; they were integral through the whole process。 It makes arriving at a chapter title like “The First Map of Middle-Earth” quite a thrill。 That said， however， I’ve read the twelve-volume History of Middle-Earth series， in which Tolkien’s son Christopher can easily write pages and pages （and pages） about the smallest details of the map-making。 As interested as I am in the creation of Middle-Earth， Christopher’s level of detail sometimes wearied me。 Hammond and Scull， on the other hand， write more generally， not getting so lost in the minutiae， and their writing also benefits from its placement right next to color reproductions of the draft maps they’re discussing。 So I found this book a much more pleasant way to understand Tolkien’s maps。The pages I enjoyed the most in The Art of The Lord of the Rings were the ones that showed how Tolkien carefully prepared elements that would appear in the book， along with the final pages that show his development of ideas for the dustjackets。 Though he didn’t complete any watercolor illustrations for the publication （which is really a shame when I see how far he got with some wonderfully evocative pictures—“Old Man Willow” （42）; “Moria Gate” （64）; “The Forest of Lothlorien in Spring” （88）; “Orthanc” （106）—he did create various elements of calligraphy and other design-work for publication。 I was fascinated to look over his shoulder in those processes of design to see what aspects bothered him and what delighted him。 Also， because my favorite boxed set of LOTR features the dustjackets Tolkien designed， I loved seeing the thought that went into those designs—much more care than I would have imagined！Overall， what The Art of The Lord of the Rings conveys is a sense of a master creator at work。 We get to see some of the tensions Tolkien experienced。 He had a concept of the perfect ideal that he wanted to create; but he also felt the limitations of deadlines， money， publisher’s demands， his other jobs and family duties， and his own perceived limitations， particularly in the artwork。 It’s interesting to see how often his publisher would request something from him， and he would first respond， “No no， I have neither time nor inclination to work on that right now”; but then you can see how the idea worked into his mind， and he would send another response， saying， “Ok， I think this should be done， and I will see what I can do by a certain date， but no promises。” There was always a higher standard， a more perfect realization of his idea， just out of his reach， and his creative process moved not in a smooth line toward that， but in fits and starts， periods of intense， productive work， and frustrating periods of no work at all。 I’m sure in his mind this also fit into his theology—that there is a perfect Creator， and we are but “subcreators，” following after the perfect one as best we can。I enjoyed reading and discussing this book with a rather bookish friend here at GR。 :） 。。。more
Elliot
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This book is a very thorough and scholarly collection of all of Tolkien's drawings， illustrations， maps， and even scribbles that he made in relation to The Lord of the Rings。 Most of them I have not seen before。 Tolkien's skill as an artist can vary， though his few finished drawings， often done in colored pencil， are all pleasant pieces， though I don't think anyone will call them masterpieces。 Much of the material included in this book is material that Tolkien created in order to help him write。 This book is a very thorough and scholarly collection of all of Tolkien's drawings， illustrations， maps， and even scribbles that he made in relation to The Lord of the Rings。 Most of them I have not seen before。 Tolkien's skill as an artist can vary， though his few finished drawings， often done in colored pencil， are all pleasant pieces， though I don't think anyone will call them masterpieces。 Much of the material included in this book is material that Tolkien created in order to help him write。 The most interesting pieces from this category are the maps， in my opinion。 However， on the opposite end of the spectrum， are the many scribbles and hurried drawings often found in the margins of the manuscript。 The goal of this book is provide the complete collection of Tolkien's art， but the word "art" can hardly be used to describe many of these illustrations which were only intended for the author's use as a tool。 I read this book side by side with The Lord of the Rings （the book is organized in the book's chronological order）。 As such， I found it interesting and often useful because it provided some visual imagery to compliment and occasionally clarify Tolkien's writing。 However， I imagine I would hardly enjoy reading this book on its own because so many of the figures included are not interesting in and of themselves as pieces of art， but only because they inform the reader about The Lord of the Rings。Physically， this book is lovely with thick glossy paper and large， sharp pictures of the artwork。 It might make for a nice coffee table book except for the fact that the text is dry and academic and that the quality of the illustrations vary so much。I would not recommend this book to someone with only a passing interest in The Lord of the Rings。 I suspect they would find it boring and unimpressive。 It earns only a low three stars from me。 。。。more
Ethan
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Potentially a misleading title， since the art Tolkien created for LotR is usually （literally） just marginalia to help himself visualize the narrative。 Only the dust jackets were created for publication。But those interested in the minutiae of fantasy world building will find the evolution of maps， letters， and important sites quite fascinating。 Clearly explained， too。
Katie （BooksRUs）
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This is a good book for anyone who wants to know Tolkien's process of pictures and maps for LOTR。 Think of it as the picture/art version of the Histories of Middle Earth - those books are actually referenced in this one， but you don't need to read those in order to enjoy this book。 Not all of these are finished pictures， but more of what Tolkien was thinking during his process， which is why I liked it。 This is a good book for anyone who wants to know Tolkien's process of pictures and maps for LOTR。 Think of it as the picture/art version of the Histories of Middle Earth - those books are actually referenced in this one， but you don't need to read those in order to enjoy this book。 Not all of these are finished pictures， but more of what Tolkien was thinking during his process， which is why I liked it。 。。。more
Alexander Pyles
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A very deep dive into Tolkien's personal art and sketches of both the languages of LOTR and the world。 It was interesting to read up on his process as well as see what made it into the books themselves v。s。 what did not。 A very deep dive into Tolkien's personal art and sketches of both the languages of LOTR and the world。 It was interesting to read up on his process as well as see what made it into the books themselves v。s。 what did not。 。。。more
Penny
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This is for the serious Tolkien or map-making fan。
Grace
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Who needs this book？ Well， truthfully， probably no one。But is it still wicked cool to see a little bit of the world-building process of Tolkien？ Yes， yes， it was。
Lisa
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The Art of The Lord of the Rings is a magnificent book。 Published to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of The Lord of the Rings， this collection of Tolkien’s art was edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G。 Hammond， the top-notch Tolkien scholars previously responsible for The Art of The Hobbit， among other Tolkien-related books。The Art of The Lord of the Rings includes all the art， the maps， the preliminary sketches and final versions that Tolkien sent his publishers for possible use as interior The Art of The Lord of the Rings is a magnificent book。 Published to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of The Lord of the Rings， this collection of Tolkien’s art was edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G。 Hammond， the top-notch Tolkien scholars previously responsible for The Art of The Hobbit， among other Tolkien-related books。The Art of The Lord of the Rings includes all the art， the maps， the preliminary sketches and final versions that Tolkien sent his publishers for possible use as interior art and covers， as well as the numerous sketches Tolkien made in various mss。 to help him visualize the story and scene。 In some cases there are multiple versions of the same image， as Tolkien works through a rough sketch to a version he sent to his publisher， or a finished piece for his own use。 In each instance， Scull and Hammond provide both a context for the piece in terms of Tolkien’s composition and in terms of the internal chronologies of LOTR。Full review at Floccinaucical。com 。。。more
Nolan
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So awesome！ The art and the stories behind what he did is just so cool。
Marina Ruiz Prieto
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Es un libro con mucha información y manuscritos y dibujos de tolkien hechos por él。 con un valor incalculable para los verdaderos amantes del mundo tolkien y la tierra media。 no es el típico libro ilustrado como otros
Francesco Petraccone
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Vote: 4，15Class: P-A1 （FP）When I thought that there wasn't anything new to read about Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings （well， I could and I do read the Lord of the Rings every other year！） a friend of mine gave me this as a gift！A wonderful journey through the making of The Lord of the Rings。 And I'm not speaking about the movie， but the real one: the making of the most famous fantasy work of all time！Thank you， my friend。 You've made me happy！ Vote: 4，15Class: P-A1 （FP）When I thought that there wasn't anything new to read about Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings （well， I could and I do read the Lord of the Rings every other year！） a friend of mine gave me this as a gift！A wonderful journey through the making of The Lord of the Rings。 And I'm not speaking about the movie， but the real one: the making of the most famous fantasy work of all time！Thank you， my friend。 You've made me happy！ 。。。more
John Gamesby
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This is for the real Tolkienologist and shows the scribbled writings， maps and drawings that went into Lord of the rings。 Hardly any of them clear or readable， why bother with them as they are undecipherable。 Though it makes a book for the bookshelf。
Nele König
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Wow， I'm impressed how detailed the descriptions of Tolkiens Sketches， Maps and Artwork were。 The authors put a lot effort in this book。 Wow， I'm impressed how detailed the descriptions of Tolkiens Sketches， Maps and Artwork were。 The authors put a lot effort in this book。 。。。more
Kicak
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To get through text got me quite few days longer than I expected， but because it's big and heavy book， I could read it only sitting by the desk。I own both "The Art of the Lord of the Rings" and "The Art of the Hobbit"， but because I didn't read "Hobbit" just yet， I decided to read this one first。 Maybe it's not exactly what I expected from title （"the art" suggests， well， art）。 But as someone who loves both art and calligraphy， I enjoyed the illustrations enough。 Reading let me learn more about To get through text got me quite few days longer than I expected， but because it's big and heavy book， I could read it only sitting by the desk。I own both "The Art of the Lord of the Rings" and "The Art of the Hobbit"， but because I didn't read "Hobbit" just yet， I decided to read this one first。 Maybe it's not exactly what I expected from title （"the art" suggests， well， art）。 But as someone who loves both art and calligraphy， I enjoyed the illustrations enough。 Reading let me learn more about process of creating my favourite trilogy， I started to wonder how he managed to correct the text with so many changes， minimising all errors （because there are some， of course）？ I wish to know what the world looked in Tokien's imagination， how he saw it all in his mind。 The book just proves how much effort was put in almost every detail of the book， including maps， alphabet and also dust covers。 。。。more
Gretchen Turonek
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This is a book for the biggest Tolkien fans。 A lot of reviews cite that they were dissatisfied with the art and sketches and believed the commentary to be useless， but I didn't necessarily see that。 I read it for and got value out of seeing Tolkien's creative process and what went into publishing the original books; while the commentary could be dry or redundant， I don't think this was a book that was necessarily meant to be READ as much as it was to be referenced or browsed。 In all， I enjoyed m This is a book for the biggest Tolkien fans。 A lot of reviews cite that they were dissatisfied with the art and sketches and believed the commentary to be useless， but I didn't necessarily see that。 I read it for and got value out of seeing Tolkien's creative process and what went into publishing the original books; while the commentary could be dry or redundant， I don't think this was a book that was necessarily meant to be READ as much as it was to be referenced or browsed。 In all， I enjoyed my perusal。 。。。more
Liisa
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I was about to see The Lord of the Rings performed on stage （it ended up being the best theater experience of my life！）， and to prepare for that I finally read The Art of the Lord of the Rings， which goes through the writing process of TLOTR in as much detail as possible and includes all the survived illustrations， maps and runes that Tolkien drew while he was creating the story。 I really learned to appreciate what an immense job it had been and how precise Tolkien was with every little detail。 I was about to see The Lord of the Rings performed on stage （it ended up being the best theater experience of my life！）， and to prepare for that I finally read The Art of the Lord of the Rings， which goes through the writing process of TLOTR in as much detail as possible and includes all the survived illustrations， maps and runes that Tolkien drew while he was creating the story。 I really learned to appreciate what an immense job it had been and how precise Tolkien was with every little detail。 Precise are also Hammond and Scull – this should satisfy even the biggest Tolkien fans！ For me however it went a bit too deep and I felt slightly bored towards the end。 Still， it’s a gorgeous book and I’m glad to own it and to have read it at last。 。。。more
Leaflet
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The title is misleading。 This book is mostly filled with sketches - some very rudimentary - that Tolkien drew to help flesh out his ideas。 I lost interest in the text after awhile， but I enjoyed studying the drawings with a magnifying glass （which I highly recommend using unless you have ultra-keen eyesight）。 Using one enhanced my enjoyment of the drawings a hundredfold as many of them are tiny and faint。
daisy
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Enjoyable enough， but not entirely what I was expecting when I purchased this。It's mostly full of half-finished scribbles and sketches drawn by Tolkien， a lot of which were more of a look into his thought process as he wrote than actual pieces of artwork he intended for others to see。 There are a few of his finished paintings， which are gorgeous， but I was hoping to see more of those tbqh。 Additionally， the dialogue felt？ a little bit redundant。 I would have much rather had a book full of his fi Enjoyable enough， but not entirely what I was expecting when I purchased this。It's mostly full of half-finished scribbles and sketches drawn by Tolkien， a lot of which were more of a look into his thought process as he wrote than actual pieces of artwork he intended for others to see。 There are a few of his finished paintings， which are gorgeous， but I was hoping to see more of those tbqh。 Additionally， the dialogue felt？ a little bit redundant。 I would have much rather had a book full of his finished LotR artwork， especially considering the price tag （$50） of this one。。。 yowch。 。。。more
Flarion
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The artworks shown in the book are awesome and a must for all fans！ The descriptions however have been written in a style which is too academic。 However， it provides many many details！
blank
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The authors sure know what they're talking （writing） about。。。So much information。 In a good way。 Information is great。Not only did Tolkien manage to write the best fantasy epic， but he also was good at drawing。 I'm kinda jealous。 The authors sure know what they're talking （writing） about。。。So much information。 In a good way。 Information is great。Not only did Tolkien manage to write the best fantasy epic， but he also was good at drawing。 I'm kinda jealous。 。。。more
Jaslyn
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