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Castles - art by Alan Lee (1984)

#alan lee #castles #80s fantasy art #arthurian legends #fairy tales #gormenghast #medieval art #knights #middle ages #fantasy books #david day #1980s #1984

Wizards and Weasels -- Rastull Fizzlewand and his giant weasel T'bubnik have seized the wizard Quelkin's manor and taken his servant Jethro as a hostage (David Day, AD&D adventure "Quelkin's Quandary" by Chris Perkins, Dungeon 47, May/June 1994)

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Brecon Beacons ~ David Day

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Steel Wall

"We sculpt the land into what we need—homes, armament, fortresses of war. Our strength comes not only from knowing, but from *commanding* the terrain." —Raksha Golden Cub, leonin kha

Artist: David Day TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Romulan Warbird by David Day

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Tolkien's Fantastical Realms

David Day's A Tolkien Bestiary, published by Ballantine Books in New York in 1979, is an alphabetical guide to the various creatures, races, deities, and flora found in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastical realms of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. The book identifies 129 distinct races in detail and explains their physical characteristics, languages, behavior, and cultures. More than just a guide, the book is a key that unlocks the door to Tolkien's works, enhancing the accessibility to his mythical creatures and elaborating on their significance in his vast world.

The book contains more than one hundred black-and-white illustrations and thirty-six full-color paintings. It features illustrations by eleven different fantasy artists, both well-established and emerging artists. The Tolkien Gateway website notes, however, that:

The book has been accused of containing extrapolations and thus deviating from Tolkien's writings. For example, there is a reference to "Kraken" referring to the Watcher in the Water, but the word does not appear as a species in Tolkien's works. While fans have argued that the book is less reliable as a Tolkien reference than similar works by Robert Foster and J.E.A. Tyler, many are fond of its illustrations.

-- Melissa, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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I subjected myself to reading the Battles of Tolkien by David Day, and it feels like purposefully injecting myself with some kind of ancient disease. I hated it from the beginning, and hated it to the end. For anyone wanting to read it, it does way too many comparisons on Tolkien to other religions instead of actually focusing on the battles. If you're into those comparisons, give it a read, but beware that there is also a lot of information that is just plain false in it too. Reading the Dark Powers of Tolkien now too (same author) and it doesn't seem that much better so far. I'll probably add to this post when I finish it. There's this godawfully put together timeline in the very front of the book that seems to operate like the board of a Candyland board game. I don't really reccomend to anyone who was planning on reading them if you're interested in accurate lore analysis, don't read it.

#the battles of tolkien #the dark powers of tolkien #david day #seems this is the general consensus on his books too??