The Tolkien 2001 Desk Diary

By: J. R. R. Tolkien

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• Format: Calendar
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006107604X
• ISBN13: 9780061076046
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Harper Entertainment
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

AMAZING CHRONOLOGY!!

I was thoroughly impressed with this masterpiece of modern date-keeping. I mean, ALL the days are in order within the appropriate months! And even February FOLLOWS January! Not the other way around as one would get with "other" inferior calendars. I've seen calendars in my life (LOTS of calendars!) but none so gloriously laid out as this. Take March for example: you know how March generally has 31 days? Well, THEY'RE ALL HERE!! All 31 in a row! Mondays following Sundays . . .Thursdays after Wednesdays and so on and so forth. It's incredible how much time(ha!)went into the immaculate design of this baby. I'm recommending this caledar to everyone I know who is FED UP with the current hapless order of the days of the week. If you are sick and tired of lousy, poorly organized "we know what's good for you" calendars and you really want something stimulating and emotionally challenging for once, then BUY THIS CALENDAR!!! You will never regret it! And even if you do regret it, you will finally know in which day of the week your regret happens.The artwork's pretty cool, too.

Insightful look into the upcoming films

John Howe is universally considered to be the foremost Tolkien illustrator (along with Alan Lee, though I prefer Howe's style), and this release is a glimpse into his working process, as well as a grateful advance look at the art design used in the upcoming film trilogy. These images have been culled from the conceptual work Howe has done for Peter Jackson's films, currently undergoing principal photography in New Zealand. We should consider ourselves enormously fortunate to be allowed such an opportunity, for Howe is both a brilliant artist, but also has a deeper understanding of Tolkien's world and Jackson's intention in recreating it than virtually anyone else on the planet at present. Certainly these works are rough and unfinished, since they are essentially visual "sketches" for set and character design on the film project. However, Howe's style is smooth and lush, his use of color and mood evocative, and they stand on their own as powerful imagery. Howe's other Tolkien artwork is considerably more "finished" and refined in appearance, with greater detail, but here we get a different and unique vision of Tolkien's world, and an idea of what to expect when the film trilogy hits the big screen next year. Each month leading up to the film your wall can be graced with an image that has inspired and shaped it. I for one am more excited than ever now that I have seen this collection.

2001 Tolkien Diary

I'm as impressed with the diary as I am with the 2001 Tolkien Calendar. It is hardbacked and contains a yearly calendars with each week laid out on a different page , picture captions and a place for recording names and addresses. Howe is the intervening monthly illustrator. His depiction of events from the Lord of the Rings in this year's diary illustrations are almost as good as a photograph, the attention to detail is so good. Both he He and Nasmith, the author of this year's calendar are the best illustrator's I've seen for Tolkien's works. If you miss either of them, you'll wish you hadn't. From the sinister picture of the ringwraiths in the shire to the upheaval of Mount doom, the illustrations alone are worth the price of the diary which has plenty of room for writing your thoughts or important memories under each calendar day.

Lord of the Rings 2001 Tolkien Calendar

The Calendar for 2001 is almost as good as Nasmith's 2000 Silmarillion Calendar. Howe's excellent illustrations of scenes from The Lord of the rings are so realistic that it is almost like looking at a real-life photograph of an event in Tolkien's world. Howe's attention to details and realism are truly exceptional, and so as soon as I found out he was the featured author this year I just had to have it. Both Howe and Nasmith are in my opinion the best illustrators for Tolkien related works and at the bottom of every page is a different perspective on the larger feature picture of the month. If you love realism, don't miss this or any other calendar illustrated by Howe.