The Must-Own book list at all costs!
Discover the must-own book list! Dive into timeless fiction by Tolkien, including The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, plus epic art and comics. Your ultimate reading checklist for unforgettable adventures and masterpieces.
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The Art of Michael Whelan
by Michael Whelan
Award-winning artist Whelan has illustrated the work of almost every major author in speculative fiction. Here are featured all the artist's major recent paintings, as well as a series of 25 never-before-seen works produced especially for this book. Over 100 full-color reproductions.
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The Lord of the Rings
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Three-volume boxed set edition lavishly illustrated in full color by Alan LeeOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo dissapeared bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the wizard, the hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.
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The Silmarillion
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Published posthumously in 1977 to international acclaim, Tolkien's oldest tale of Middle-earth is now available in this revised and expanded volume. This new illustrated edition of "The Silmarillion," containing 48 stunning color paintings by Ted Nasmith, is the most sumptuous ever published.
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ElfQuest Archives
by Wendy Pini
Presents the first five issues of the original comic, ElfQuest, with its wolfriders, trolls and supertstitious human beings trying to coexist on the World of Two Moons.
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The Katurran Odyssey
by David Michael Wieger
In the grand tradition of Rien Poortvliet's "Gnomes," James Gurney's "Dinotopia," and Brian Froud's "Good Faeries/Bad Faeries" comes a masterpiece of fantasy artQa brilliantly original world that comes to life through illustrations of remarkable beauty and richness. One of the premier creature designers in the world, Whitlatch's creations have appeared in such films as Jumanji and Dragonheart, and Star Wars: Episode One. 0-7432-2500-7$29.95 / Simon & Schuster
