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Artists featured in the books include Victor Ambrus, Jacopo Ascari, Graham Bence, Jaroslav Bradac, Tim Clarey, Allan Curless, Gino D'Achille, David Franklin, Melvin Grant, Sam Hadley, David Kearney, Barbara Lofthouse, Mauro Mazzara, Ian Miller, Sue Porter, Lidia Postma, David Roberts, Neil Gower, Turner Mohan, Andrea Piparo, Sarka Skorpikova, Jeffery Thompson, Jamie Whyte, Pauline Martin, Andrew Mockett, Kip Rasmussen, Ivan Allen, John Davis, Les Edwards, John Blanche, Rachel Chilton, Sally Davis, Micheal Forman, Linda Garland, Liz Pyle, and Jamie Whyte.
Artists featured in the books include Victor Ambrus, Jacopo Ascari, Graham Bence, Jaroslav Bradac, Tim Clarey, Allan Curless, Gino D'Achille, David Franklin, Melvin Grant, Sam Hadley, David Kearney, Barbara Lofthouse, Mauro Mazzara, Ian Miller, Sue Porter, Lidia Postma, David Roberts, Neil Gower, Turner Mohan, Andrea Piparo, Sarka Skorpikova, Jeffery Thompson, Jamie Whyte, Pauline Martin, Andrew Mockett, Kip Rasmussen, Ivan Allen, John Davis, Les Edwards, John Blanche, Rachel Chilton, Sally Davis, Micheal Forman, Linda Garland, Liz Pyle, and Jamie Whyte.


''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]'' (1979) and later works includes a map called ''A Composite Study Of The Lands Of Arda Throughout The Age'' that intentionally gives an overall view of all the lands over all the ages in a composite image.  It include the Lamps, the Trees Of The Valar, Númenor, Beleriand, and the Undying Lands which never existed all at the same time.   
Shortly after the publication of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' (1977), ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]'' (1979) included a map called ''A Composite Study Of The Lands Of Arda Throughout The Age'' that intentionally gives an overall view of all the lands over all the ages in a composite image.  It include the Lamps, the Trees Of The Valar, Númenor, Beleriand, and the Undying Lands which never all existed at the same time.   


The map is criticized for differences from Tolkien's own maps such as "Map V" in The Ambarkanta.
The map is criticized for differences from Tolkien's own maps such as "Map V" in The Ambarkanta (1986).


The Tolkien community generally steers readers away from this map and instead towards ''The Atlas of Middle-earth'' by Karen Wynn Fonstad (1981, revised 1991).
The Tolkien community generally steers readers away from this map and instead towards ''The Atlas of Middle-earth'' by Karen Wynn Fonstad (1981, revised 1991).

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David Day
Biographical information
Born14 October 1947[1]
EducationUniversity of Victoria[1]
OccupationAuthor
LocationCanada
WebsiteDavidDayBooks.com

David Day (born 14 October 1947, Victoria, British Columbia) is a prolific Canadian author who has written several Tolkien-related books. Primarily known for his reference art books, starting with A Tolkien Bestiary in 1978, Day's books have have sold over 3 million copies worldwide and published in over 120 different editions in over 20 languages. [2] [3]

Popular Artbooks

David Day's Tolkien works are popular (rather than scholarly) art books that are more appreciated by a popular audience still grasping the world and characters.

His books also include a sticker that says "This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers." The Tolkien Society does not include any of Day's books in their suggested readings.[4].

The more scholarly Tolkien community generally recommended other encyclopedia style books such as Robert Foster's The Complete Guide to Middle-earth and The Complete Tolkien Companion by J. E. A. Tyler.

Artists featured in the books include Victor Ambrus, Jacopo Ascari, Graham Bence, Jaroslav Bradac, Tim Clarey, Allan Curless, Gino D'Achille, David Franklin, Melvin Grant, Sam Hadley, David Kearney, Barbara Lofthouse, Mauro Mazzara, Ian Miller, Sue Porter, Lidia Postma, David Roberts, Neil Gower, Turner Mohan, Andrea Piparo, Sarka Skorpikova, Jeffery Thompson, Jamie Whyte, Pauline Martin, Andrew Mockett, Kip Rasmussen, Ivan Allen, John Davis, Les Edwards, John Blanche, Rachel Chilton, Sally Davis, Micheal Forman, Linda Garland, Liz Pyle, and Jamie Whyte.

Shortly after the publication of The Silmarillion (1977), A Tolkien Bestiary (1979) included a map called A Composite Study Of The Lands Of Arda Throughout The Age that intentionally gives an overall view of all the lands over all the ages in a composite image. It include the Lamps, the Trees Of The Valar, Númenor, Beleriand, and the Undying Lands which never all existed at the same time.

The map is criticized for differences from Tolkien's own maps such as "Map V" in The Ambarkanta (1986).

The Tolkien community generally steers readers away from this map and instead towards The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad (1981, revised 1991).

Bibliography

  • Encyclopedia Style Art Books Starting With A Tolkien Bestiary
    • 1979: A Tolkien Bestiary (also published as Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary, Characters from Tolkien, Creatures From Tolkien)
    • 1992: Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (updated and expanded A Tolkien Bestiary with new art)
    • 1993: A to Z of Tolkien (also published as The Tolkien Companion, A Guide to Tolkien, Tolkien: A Dictionary, A Dictionary of Tolkien) (Book #1 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
    • 2002: The World of Tolkien (Features new art)
    • 2019: An Encyclopedia of Tolkien (derived from A Tolkien Bestiary) (Leather-bound Classics)
    • 2019: The Illustrated World of Tolkien (derived from A Tolkien Bestiary, Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, The World of Tolkien, and books #1-6 of Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
    • 2019: A Dictionary Of Sources of Tolkien (derived from earlier works)
  • 1994: Tolkien's Ring
  • 1997: The Hobbit Companion
  • 2001: The Hobbit Calendar 2002
  • 2002: The Hobbit Calendar 2003
  • 2015: An Atlas of Tolkien (Book #2 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
  • 2016: The Battles of Tolkien (Book #3 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
  • 2017: The Heroes of Tolkien (Book #4 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
  • 2018: The Dark Powers of Tolkien (Book #5 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
  • 2020: The Hobbits Of Tolkien (Book #6 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
  • 2020: The World Of Tolkien (Boxed Set of books #1-6 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
  • 2020: The Rings Legends Of Tolkien (based on Tolkien's Ring) (Book #7 Tolkien Illustrated Guides)

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "David Day (Author of A Tolkien Bestiary)", goodreads (accessed 21 January 2015)
  2. "[1]", David Day's site (accessed 5 May 2021)
  3. "DAY, David", ABC Bookworld (accessed 21 January 2015)
  4. "Books about Tolkien", The Tolkien Society (accessed 21 January 2015)