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The '''''Tolkien Calendar 2009''''' was the official Tolkien calendar published by [[HarperCollins]] on [[1 July]] [[2008]]. It features art by [[Ted Nasmith]]. | The '''''Tolkien Calendar 2009''''' was the official Tolkien calendar published by [[HarperCollins]] on [[1 July]] [[2008]]. It features art by [[Ted Nasmith]] based on ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. | ||
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| Tolkien Calendar 2009 | |
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| Illustrator | Ted Nasmith |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Released | 1 July 2008 |
| Format | Calendar |
| Pages | 32 |
| ISBN | 0-00-727368-3 (UK) 0-06-156528-1 (US) |
| Preceded by | Tolkien Calendar 2008 |
| Followed by | Tolkien Calendar 2010 |
The Tolkien Calendar 2009 was the official Tolkien calendar published by HarperCollins on 1 July 2008. It features art by Ted Nasmith based on The Silmarillion.
From the publisher
The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 16 magnificent landscape paintings by renowned artist Ted Nasmith, selected from ‘The Silmarillion’ by J.R.R. Tolkien.
J R R Tolkien’s SILMARILLION is the core work of the Middle-earth canon. It is in this complex masterpiece that the history and background for THE HOBBIT and, particularly, THE LORD OF THE RINGS is documented.
It contains fabulous tales of heroes and monsters, and the history of the Elves and of the Silmarils – the magical jewels produced by one of the greatest of the Elves, which were stolen by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord; it tells of the creation of Middle-earth, and the coming of Men into the world; it chronicles the early battles between good and evil, forces of light and dark, which foreshadow the great conflict with Sauron in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. It also includes a version of the tale of the Children of Húrin, and Túrin’s titanic confrontation with the mighty dragon, Glaurung, the agent of Morgoth.
These tales of Middle-earth were published posthumously in 1977, and when the book was recently reset, acclaimed Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith was commissioned to produce a total of almost 50 breathtaking paintings to accompany these spectacular stories.
It is from these that the new Tolkien Calendar has been complied, and it promises to be one of the most beautiful collections ever published..
Illustrations
- Cover - "White Ships from Valinor"
- January - "Tuor and Voronwë see Túrin at the Pools of Ivrin"
- February - "By Moonlight in Neldoreth Forest"
- March - "The Gates of Sirion"
- April - "The Hill of Slain"
- May -"Túrin and His Band are led to Amon Rûdh"
- June - "Up the Rainy Stair"
- Centrefold - "The Ships of the Faithful"
- July - "Tuor Follows the Swans to Vinyamar"
- August - "The Orc-Host is Ambushed in Brethil"
- September - "Lúthien Escapes upon Huan"
- October - "The Burning of the Ships"
- November - "The Light of Valinor on the Western Sea"
- December - "Fingolfin Leads the Host Across the Helcaraxë"
Variants
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