The Big Elfquest Gatherum [Hardcover]

Richard Pini (Editor), Cherie Wilkerson (Editor), Wendy Pini (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1995

Literally a brick of a book for Elfquest fans, this compendium of behind-the-scenes material offers the latest word for all participants of this extremely popular role-playing game. Crammed with articles and artwork, this reference will satisfy the most particular Elfquest reader.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns; 1st edition (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936861134
• ISBN-13: 978-0936861135
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,686,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compendium of interviews, articles, and artwork., June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Big Elfquest Gatherum (Hardcover)

I have no idea why the synopsis for the Gatherum says it is a reference for the RPG. Ignore that. This is a comprehensive "behind the scenes" book that is a "must have" for the diehard Elfquest fan. There are several interviews with the Pinis (from 1981 to, I believe, 1988), many articles about EQ, written at the time that the "Original Quest" was still being written, and much artwork by Wendy that you won't find anywhere else (except, of course, in the two Gatherums which this is a compilation of, and which are now long out of print.) The BIG (and it is) Gatherum offers an invaluable glimpse at the evolution of Elfquest. Highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great addition to an EQphile's library..., May 14, 2002

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Cas (the Idaho mountains) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Big Elfquest Gatherum (Hardcover)

Or really, anybody interested in fantasy storytelling. The Gatherum really doesn't have anything really to do with the RPG -- I don't remember a thing in it that'd really help an EQ gamer out. It's really just a bunch of background material -- and by "bunch", I mean hundreds of pages of photos, interviews, drawings, background, source material, and reference stuff. This isn't so much a guidebook to Elfquest as an illumination of how it came to be. Some of the essays are written by the Pinis, and others are by admirers and friends.

EQ readers will probably appreciate the essay about how Recognition works, but there's lots more there to love.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not essential, but way worth it., January 25, 2003

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Bethany J. Fish "Neptune's Gal" (Pittsford, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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Stary-eyed big-thing say; is good! Read! All big-things like much!
Starfisher says; a great companion to any and all EQ pre-1996, and with so much stuff you'll be curled up in your den(pun intended) for hours.