Tolkien 📔Book Covers

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Boy, that last one brings back memories.

 

[Alice]

In my collection there are books written by Tolkien, books about Tolkien and Tolkien related fanfiction.
Around 30 books in English, the rest are in Russian

 

[wrings]

Here is an article about Tolkien books published in Bulgarian, with covers provided at the bottom: https://www.endorion.org/in-english/collectors-guide-bulgaria/?cn-reloaded=1

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Very interesting article and covers, wrings -- thanks!
I'll show a few here:

And welcome to TTF! If you'd like to introduce yourself "formally", and say something about your own special Tolkien interests, don't forget our New Members thread:

https://thetolkien.forum/forums/new-members.58/

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

These book covers are very beautiful!
I understand what is written on the covers though I don't know Bulgarian. For me it sounds as an unusual form of Russian language. And for Bulgarians Russian may sound as an unusual form of Bulgarian language. Ha-ha.

 

[wrings]

These book covers are very beautiful!

I understand what is written on the covers though I don't know Bulgarian. For me it sounds as an unusual form of Russian language. And for Bulgarians Russian may sound as an unusual form of Bulgarian language. Ha-ha.

As Russian is much popular language and one that used to be thought in every school in the past, we are a bit more accustomated hearing or reading Russian. However there aren't declensions in Bulgarian anymore but definite articles like in English, which might be the funny part of the words at their ends. But I'm not certain whether that's out of the topic already.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

You'll find we frequently go off topic here! 😄

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

These book covers are very beautiful!

As Russian is much popular language and one that used to be thought in every school in the past, we are a bit more accustomated hearing or reading Russian. However there aren't declensions in Bulgarian anymore but definite articles like in English, which might be the funny part of the words at their ends. But I'm not certain whether that's out of the topic already.

These are some Russian book covers with great illustrations by Denis Gordeev. I suppose that they have already been posted, but it's difficult to find them in the thread. Maybe the titles will be funny for you.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I did post the LOTR covers earlier, but the first two are new to me.

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

I did post the LOTR covers earlier, but the first two are new to me.

The first one is "Magic Fairy Tales". The second one is "The Hobbit", obviously.

 

[wrings]

These are extremely realistic and detailed. As if brought out of Gondor king's halls

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

You'll find more on this page:
Post in thread 'Tolkien Book Covers' https://thetolkien.forum/threads/tolkien-book-covers.28961/post-533758

And here:
Post in thread 'Tolkien Book Covers' https://thetolkien.forum/threads/tolkien-book-covers.28961/post-537055

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

Today I visited a library and saw this book. It's "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion". What an unusual combination!

 

[Olorgando]

Today I visited a library and saw this book. It's "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion". What an unusual combination!
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Now that's strange! I've seen some pictures of Hobbits by Russian artists that show the legs entirely covered in fur instead of just the feet. Seems to be something like in one of the Bavarian dialects, where "feet ("Füsse" or "Füße", pronounced "Fiaß") is also used to mean the entire legs. This artist has Bilbo with hairless feet, which is definitely not canon.

 

[Melkor]

These book covers are very beautiful!
I understand what is written on the covers though I don't know Bulgarian. For me it sounds as an unusual form of Russian language. And for Bulgarians Russian may sound as an unusual form of Bulgarian language. Ha-ha.

Something similar is when you compare Czech and Slovak. Slovak sounds as unusual form of Czech and Czech sound like unusual form of Slovak . Polish is also pretty similar, but not at that extent.

 

[Melkor]

Today I visited a library and saw this book. It's "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion". What an unusual combination!

Riddles in the Formenos

Fëanor: What has it got in its nasty little pocketses?

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

Something similar is when you compare Czech and Slovak. Slovak sounds as unusual form of Czech and Czech sound like unusual form of Slovak . Polish is also pretty similar, but not at that extent.

As I know, the phrase "This is our station" sounds pretty similar in Czech and Russian languages.
In Slovak the word "Izba" means "a room", while in Russian the same word means "a wooden house". And in Slovak the word "pohanka" means "porridge", while in Russian an almost similar word means "a toadstool".

 

[Melkor]

As I know, the phrase "This is our station" sounds pretty similar in Czech and Russian languages.
In Slovak the word "Izba" means "a room", while in Russian the same word means "a wooden house". And in Slovak the word "pohanka" means "porridge", while in Russian an almost similar word means "a toadstool".

Sklep in Polish means shop, while in Czech it means cellar . Sometimes is funny make these comparisions.

Pohanka a word for toadstool? That interesting . We called toadstool muchomůrka .

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

Sklep in Polish means shop, while in Czech it means cellar . Sometimes is funny make these comparisions.

Pohanka a word for toadstool? That interesting . We called toadstool muchomůrka .

In Russian "склеп" ("sklep") means "a crypt".
One kind of poisonous mushrooms is called "мухомор" ("muchomor") in Russian.

 

[Melkor]

In Russian "склеп" ("sklep") means "a crypt".

That isn't that far away from cellar . Both are underground buildings . Just their purposes are different.

One kind of poisonous mushrooms is called "мухомор" ("muchomor") in Russian.

Yeah, that one is called muchomůrka červená in Czech (červená = red). Any mushroom from genus Amanita is called in Czech muchomůrka.