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- From: Michael.P.Colburn@dartmouth.edu (Michael P. Colburn)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Q: 'Illustrated Encyc. of Middle Earth' available?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.215504.18268@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 21:55:04 GMT
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- In article <1hsj0nINNiib@access.usask.ca>
- friesend@jester.usask.ca (Darryl Friesen) writes:
-
- > - The illustrations are very poor (in my opinion). Many of them seem
- > 'cheaply' done (ie. like you might find in a text book; black plus
- > one other color, little detail). Some of the pen and ink sketches
- > are better though.
-
- I sorta agree here, but for different reasons. The illustrators used
- several different mediums (lithograph, pen and ink, charcoal, etc) and
- each illustrator (there are 8) have their own styles (impressionist,
- realist, etc). IMHO, this detracts from the reader efforts to
- 'picture' Middle Earth as one world. The contrasting mediums and
- styles almost give one the impression there is more than one Middle
- Earth. I think the book would have been more effective had there only
- been one or two illustrators (like the illustrator (Robin Wood??) who
- did "The People of Pern". BTW, I don't agree that the illustrations
- were 'very poor' (true, some were very simplistic, but that doesn't
- necessarily make them bad)...IMHO, many were inappropriate for the
- reasons I stated above.
-
- >
- > - There is a time line of Tolkien's life and works at the beginning
- > in which David Day misspells Tolkien's name twice. ie:
- >
- > 1895 Mother (Mabel Tolkein) takes children back to Birmingham,
- > ^^^^^^^
- > England. Father (Arthur Tolkien) remains in South Africa.
- > ^^^^^^^
-
- Hmmm...in case any of you think Darryl has gone of his rocker (I'll
- admit I did when I first read the above statement concerning spelling),
- he is just pointing out the spelling error: Tolkein - incorrect;
- Tolkien - correct. I think what threw me off was when he said Tolkien
- was spelled incorrectly 'twice'...when I read further, I only saw one
- misspelling. The other mistake he was referring to was immediately
- before this one:
-
- 1892 John Ronald Reuel Tolkein born 3rd January.....
-
- These mistakes were in the first two entries of this particular time
- line. IMHO, pretty shoddy proof reading when you misspell the guys
- name right off the bat.
-
- Overall, the book is enjoyable. Day offers some interesting insights
- and interpretations concerning material that is never totally developed
- or explained by JRRT. One example concerns a hotly debated topic on
- this newsgroup, Tom Bombadil. Day boldy opens his entry for TB: "Maia
- master of Old Forest."
-
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