Reddit reviews Gnomes Deluxe Collector's Edition

http://www.amazon.ca/Gnomes-Deluxe-Collectors-Edition-Huygen/dp/0810998467

It's an Italian TV show (very poorly dubbed into english, mine adult ears now tell me), based off of an [awesome book] (http://www.amazon.com/Gnomes-Deluxe-Collectors-Edition-Huygen/dp/0810998467 ) originally published in The Netherlands. I think it aired on Nickelodeon during the 80's but it's on Amazon Prime now, woo!

If you happen to be Dutch, you can probably buy it here. It's made by two Dutch artists, but apparently was also translated to English under the name "Gnomes", which you can find here . Hopefully this is what you were looking for! I loved those books as a kid, and I still browse them sometimes.

I believe it's in this one which is the re-print of the one I had as a kid.

Fucking hell, Wizard alt-right. That is fucking terrifying. You're amazing. Is the "Rookie War" something your timeline has happening currently?

I know you said in another post that you've considered writing a book but that you find it easier to write history and backstories rather than action and adventure. Have you considered writing it as a history textbook?

Or maybe a coffee table book. Something similar to Gnomes by Wil Huygen and illustrated by Rien Poortvliet, but doing it as a history of the magical world instead of an anthropological look at Gnome culture.

Just collecting the posts you've made here would be about 75% of the writing.

More on the fantasy lane, but who doesn't like gnomes? If you haven't read or browsed this classic, you're missing out. It's beautifully illustrated with intricate and often hidden details and reads like a field guide to the hidden world of gnomes, trolls, and other fantastical creatures.

This reminds me of one of Rien Poortvliet’s illustrations in the 1970s “Gnomes” book.link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0810998467/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1413249052&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

As far as I am concerned, it is THE gnome book. :) http://www.amazon.com/Gnomes-Deluxe-Collectors-Wil-Huygen/dp/0810998467/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375405812&sr=1-1

Not scifi by a long way, but Brian Froud & Alan Lee's book Faeries (google images) is one of the most beautiful compilations of art I've ever seen - think "history of Irish folklore" done in the style of the Dark Crystal and The Labyrinth. Myths from around the world are illustrated in fantastic style.
Similarly, Brian Froud's Gnomes is an absolutely gorgeous book presenting itself as a documentary of the lives of gnomes from around the "old-world" (Ireland across to Siberia), and how they work with & around woodland animals. If you grew up with access to woods or forests, this is basically a beautifully-illustrated love story to that magic.

Going slightly more towards scifi now with Terry Pratchett's The Last Hero illustrated by Paul Kidby. More a comicbook than anything else, but does have amusing technically-illustrated-descriptions of vehicles, characters, animals and scenes that you don't normally get from the novels.

Seriously. Do none of you people remember that there's an entire guide to Gnomes out there?

The dictionary.

I changed my mind. This was very Anglo-centric of me, and wouldn't get very much about our world across. Instead I choose... Gnomes.