According to Terry Brooks, part of the plan to make
The Sword of Shannara into the next
Lord of the Rings was to get the
Brothers Hildenbrandt to do the book's artwork. They had done a successful Tolkien calendar in 1976 and editor Lester Del Rey told them to do the same style of pictures for
Sword. They complied, producing a full color cover and fold out picture of the book's band of travelers, as well as several black and white images.
I included the two color paintings with my previous
Sword post but I'll include them again.
Here are the rest.
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Allanon at Shady Vale
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| Hendel and apple |
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| Escape from Paranor |
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| On the Walls of Tyrsis |
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| Skull Mountain |
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| Palance and Stenmin |
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| The Sword of Shannara |
Very cool. I started reading these books in 5th grade, an ambitious undertaking inspired in no small part by the art and partially by the audacious undertaking of reading a 730 page book. Thanks for sharing this. The art was really a treat and added so much to the magical experience of this book. All Shanara books are so good. Especially the first 9.
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