Alan Lee's illustrations put down on paper the images of The
Lord of the Rings I had made in my head. A shadowy world in
the twilight of the 3rd Age; glory and terror brimming around
the edges; moonlight, shadow, mist; everything. He did justice
to Aragorn, making him a manly wanderer, but not brawny; to
Gandalf, not a comic-book wizard; to Legolas and the elves,
manlike but not men; to Galadriel--gorgeous and young, but
also ancient and wise, not buxom and commen. Gollum, Fangorn,
Tinuviel, Rivendell, I could go on forever. Knowing how
horrible it can be to see the real people from the book
disgraced by unsympathetic illustrations, this book was
wonderful to find! Franklin Iron Works table lamps, About the
Centennial edition of The Lord of the Rings, the one
illustrated by Lee: it's a very nice book, nicely bound, has a
red ribbon marker, gold embossed title (with tengwar) on
cover. I would reccommend putting the dust jacket into one of
those plastic covers to keep it nice and keep the golden
edging from rubbing off. I only wish it was in three volumes
and not one, because I hate to put all that stress on the
binding. I have a cheep paperback set to read, I just treasure
my Lee one!
I read the book Harry Potter and The Sorcers Stone Franklin
lamps. This book was awesome. It was the best book I have ever
read in my life. The book had great detail and really, really
cool characters. The authror J.K. Renolds made the book so
clear and exciting. When I was reading the book, I felt like I
was really in the book for real life. The book was a great
fantasy. There were kids riding on broom sticks and wearing
invisible coats. This book deserves five stars for its
fantasy, its detail and lots of other stuff. It only took me
five days to finish it. I read seventy pages a day. I could
not stop reading. I really loved this book.Now I am reading
the second Harry Potter book, and it is going really really
well. If you want to read a book that is the best for anyone,
you should get Harry Potter and The Sorcers Stone or any of
the other Harry Potter books in the store. This is truely the
best book ever |
