Doomed to Die: An A–Z of Death in Tolkien - Couverture rigide

Racine, Tom

 
9780063474420: Doomed to Die: An A–Z of Death in Tolkien

Synopsis

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings meets Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies in this darkly satirical illustrated parody of the Tolkien universe: ‘A is for Arwen broken by sorrows; B is for Boromir punctured by arrows. C is for Celebrimbor hung out to dry; D is for Denethor…'

‘Stories – frankly, human stories are always about one thing – death. The inevitability of death.’ J.R.R. TOLKIEN

A distinguished linguist and scholar, J.R.R. Tolkien is celebrated as the father of the fantasy genre, drawing on his knowledge of legends and folklore to create a new mythology and write the ultimate epic novel. He populated his books with Hobbits, Orcs, Elves, Dragons and Dwarves, but as in all epic tales, there can be only one fate for Mortal Men…

Doomed to Die is a uniquely irreverent glance at the world of Tolkien. It started life as an innocent Inktober project, but somehow grew in the telling to become a book.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tom Racine has a degree in English and a long career in illustration, design, voice acting, and film and video production. He lives in San Diego and blames the great illustrator and satirist Edward Gorey for much of his very dark sense of humor [sic].

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9780008783730: Doomed to Die: An A–Z of Death in Tolkien

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  000878373X ISBN 13 :  9780008783730
Editeur : HarperCollins, 2025
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