[Mister Underhill]

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

I had to read that twice. For, you see, I also started out with the "Hippie Edition", which was given to me by my uncle - except I still have Fellowship from that set, but not TT or RotK!

I'm beginning to suspect we're long-lost cousins, at least. How are the books-on-tape, by the way? I've been wondering if there is a good BoT edition but haven't taken the initiative to look for one.

Originally Posted by The Perky Ent

I love the ROTK one. One of my favorite ROTK moments

Yeah, great RotK moment... Aragorn in a mauve cape, maybe not so much.

Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

I saw an another work that I assume is related on the Houghton Mifflin website's Tolkien page page.

Thanks for the link. I wonder what that other painting is from -- the Silm, perhaps? I don't know much about Palencar and what sort of materials he uses. I'm not normally a fan of such stylized images, but something about his paintings really captures the dark flavor of Middle-earth in a way that, say, the Herring pictures completely miss IMO.