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- From: carl@class.gsfc.nasa.gov (Carl F. Hostetter)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Q: 'Illustrated Encyc. of Middle Earth' available?
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 14:39:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.215504.18268@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>,
- Michael.P.Colburn@dartmouth.edu (Michael P. Colburn) wrote:
- >
- > 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.
- >
-
- Oh yeah? How about that absolutely HIDEOUS "portrait" of Tolkien?
- An unidentifiably misshapen mass with eyes and ears. It is nae so
- much a man, as a blancmange!
-
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