December is here and with it the holiday gift-giving season!
When it comes to objects, I’m a minimalist. Those authors who have been in my home know this. Though nice, I have few things. I have my signed books—some on bookcases, others on my desk. I have two pieces of artwork on my walls, both framed Michael Whelan signed prints. I don’t have a couch. I don’t have a recliner. I have a Mac on my desk, an iPad on my night stand, and a new television powered by Netflix that I watch from my computer chair when I need to decompress while doing web work.
That doesn’t mean I don’t have a wish list though. There are some really cool items out there and this is the season I begin thinking, “Wouldn’t it be neat if I had X or X or X or X?”
For the month of December I’ll post some of my own personal picks, some of which I’m sure will also excite some of you, maybe to the point you add them to your own gift wish lists!
Day 23: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien & Alan Lee
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
Early in 2011, Peter Jackson will begin directing the two-movie adaptation for The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. It begins the completion of what will be his career opus.
Until then, many people still haven’t read the book. I know. Blasphemy.
So here is your chance. Or the chance for those you know who haven’t read it. Alan Lee, one of the artists responsible for the look and feel of the movie trilogy, painted a number of interior pages for an illustrated version of The Hobbit. It is a beautiful edition everyone should have.
So consider this for your gift giving! I know, I know. Only one more day of shopping. Even so, this is worth it after the holidays too!
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More tomorrow!
