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Galendor · 11-24-2007, 10:51 AM

That IS it - thank you very much, Sauron the White! I may bid on it (I wish they took Paypal), but if not at least now I know what to look for. I must have read that book 20 times. Those fanciful and somewhat childish illustrations definitiely became imprinted on my young brain. When I envision Beorn, Bard, Thorin, etc. I still see those illustrations. But those illustrations somehow didn't transfer very well to LOTR - once I read it I began to see the characters more as real people, not cartoon characters. If memory serves, the Rankin/Bass elves were particulary silly-looking, with pointy sock-like feet!

11-24-2007, 10:51 AM	#28
Galendor Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mirkwood, NC Posts: 66	That IS it - thank you very much, Sauron the White! I may bid on it (I wish they took Paypal), but if not at least now I know what to look for. I must have read that book 20 times. Those fanciful and somewhat childish illustrations definitiely became imprinted on my young brain. When I envision Beorn, Bard, Thorin, etc. I still see those illustrations. But those illustrations somehow didn't transfer very well to LOTR - once I read it I began to see the characters more as real people, not cartoon characters. If memory serves, the Rankin/Bass elves were particulary silly-looking, with pointy sock-like feet! __________________ Time is the mind, the hand that makes (fingers on harpstrings, hero-swords, the acts, the eyes of queens).