Hobbit's Journal: Being a Blank Book With Some Curious Illustrations Of Friends and Foes Of the Nine Companions: Amazon.ca: J. R. R. Tolkien: Books

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Printed on deluxe recycled parchment paper, this journal celebrating J. R. R. Tolkien's classic tales makes a lovely gift, and is just as nice to keep! With magical two-color illustrations throughout (drawings made by Frodo Baggins's devoted companion, Sam Gamgee, on their travels throughout Middle-earth), it provides ample space for recording personal thoughts, reflections on Tolkien's masterpiece, or fantasies of your own creation. Also available in hardcover

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2.0 out of 5 stars Adequate if you have no strong feelings, Feb 10 2002

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hobbit's Journal: Being a Blank Book With Some Curious Illustrations Of Friends and Foes Of the Nine Companions (Paperback)

Full agreement with prior reviewers who pointed out: This is not a book by J.R.R. Tolkien, any more than a blank book with Obi-Wan Kenobi on it is by George Lucas. It's simply a very short blank book with some illustrations (which are, BTW, not by Tolkien either).

It's very short, as blank books go, and I thought the illustrations were a bit off. Not simply because I envisioned most of the characters differently, but because such characters as Legolas don't resemble humanoids at all. (Elves are supposed to have noses, ya know). Other characters simply don't look right -- I thought Boromir was all wrong, for example, and Bilbo and Gandalf too. The paper is of nice quality, though.

Some of the accompanying illustrations were nice, but others (such as the unicorn) simply looked odd. The title is misleading -- you would expect for this to be the adventures through Sam's eyes, but all it has is a brief blurb about him, and that's it.

I don't really recommend this as either a blank book or a Tolkien fan's possession. It just isn't worth it.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a Blank Illustrated Journal, July 17 2001

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Vincent Celaya (Provo/Orem, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hobbit's Journal: Being a Blank Book With Some Curious Illustrations Of Friends and Foes Of the Nine Companions (Paperback)

I have this book and it is a blank journal for YOU to write in. Most every page is illustrated with creatures/characters conceived from Tolkien's works. These other reviewers who are saying that this book was a great read have no idea what they are talking about and have obviously never even seen this book.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Hopefully it will enrich your Tolkien experience, Feb 22 2004

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Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hobbit's Journal: Being a Blank Book With Some Curious Illustrations Of Friends and Foes Of the Nine Companions (Paperback)

This is as it says on the cover ' Being a blank book with some curious illustrations of friends& foes of the none companions'. It is a journal for you to write in or look at the very good artwork, by the artist Michael Green. It should certainly enrich your Tolkien experience. Some particularly great illustrations here are: ' The long wait of Arwen Evenstar', ' Bombadil', ' Another daughter of the river king', 'By the doors of Durin', ' Another notch for Gimli's ax', ' Saruman', 'Shield- Maiden of Rohan', 'The Palantir is taken', ' Oliphant', 'The darkness of Denethor', ' The trial of Gondor', 'Ghan Buri Ghan', 'The mouth of Sauron' and 'Rosielass Gamgee '.
The drawings of Aragorn and Elrond though, seem incorrect.
To clear up misconceptions, the book was published in 1979, 7 years after the passing of JRR Tolkien, and 22 years "before the movie hype began".
It is a pleasant illustrated journal.
And I just love that wonderful , wistful poem at the back of the journal , Lay of the Passing Ages.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty
This is a nice little journal with lovely illlustrations, but the quality wasn't that great. I was rather disappointed.

Published on Jun 3 2004 by E. Pernula

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
This is a lovely journal with beautiful illustation of the characters in Lord of the Rings.

Published on April 28 2004 by E. Pernula