World of the Dark Crystal
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Published in 1982 by Brian Froud.
Softcover
The story of the Dark Crystal derives from the Jim Henson film "The Dark Crystal".
Of the race of Aughra, I, Aughra, am alone, the first and last. Born from the need for rocks and trees for an eye to see the World. The wind blew and the blind trees sang and roots twisted in the dark rocks and the roots sang and the rocks cracked and I was Aughra. This is my song.
So begins the lyrical Book of Aughra, the tale of the world of the Dark Crystal - a world that just recently has come to light as the result of the dedicated work of Professor J.J. Llewellyn.
For some time it has been common knowledge that a chance discovery of an eroded rock carving at an undisclosed site has been followed by a remarkable reproduction of texts, objects, and diagrams associated with the original find. J.J. Llewellyn, professor of archaeology at Oxford University, has devoted the last several years to translating the Aughrian manuscript. (Aughra was a wizened wise woman who chronicled the history of the world of which she was both observer and participant). The Book of Aughra appears in its entirety, in printed form, for the first time here in "The World of the Dark Crystal."
Juxtaposed with Aughra's poetic recitation are reproductions of the art and artifacts of the civilization of Aughra's lost world, together with Professor Llewellyn's scholarly explication of them. What Professor Llewellyn has achieved is the re-creation of a land unplaced in time or space, inhabited by a breed of creature unfamiliar to us, yet brought to life through the painstaking work of this brilliant academician.
Softcover
The story of the Dark Crystal derives from the Jim Henson film "The Dark Crystal".
Of the race of Aughra, I, Aughra, am alone, the first and last. Born from the need for rocks and trees for an eye to see the World. The wind blew and the blind trees sang and roots twisted in the dark rocks and the roots sang and the rocks cracked and I was Aughra. This is my song.
So begins the lyrical Book of Aughra, the tale of the world of the Dark Crystal - a world that just recently has come to light as the result of the dedicated work of Professor J.J. Llewellyn.
For some time it has been common knowledge that a chance discovery of an eroded rock carving at an undisclosed site has been followed by a remarkable reproduction of texts, objects, and diagrams associated with the original find. J.J. Llewellyn, professor of archaeology at Oxford University, has devoted the last several years to translating the Aughrian manuscript. (Aughra was a wizened wise woman who chronicled the history of the world of which she was both observer and participant). The Book of Aughra appears in its entirety, in printed form, for the first time here in "The World of the Dark Crystal."
Juxtaposed with Aughra's poetic recitation are reproductions of the art and artifacts of the civilization of Aughra's lost world, together with Professor Llewellyn's scholarly explication of them. What Professor Llewellyn has achieved is the re-creation of a land unplaced in time or space, inhabited by a breed of creature unfamiliar to us, yet brought to life through the painstaking work of this brilliant academician.
