This was another cool thing I found at the convention. It came out I believe for the 25th anniversary also as a semi companinion for Skyward Sword. In the intro they explain the big three names, Zelda, Link, and Impa. Link is easy, he connects different people, Zelda comes from the name of an American writer's wife at the time (Weird, right? PR guy idea), and Impa comes from Impart, self explanatory. Its divided into three parts afterwards.

The Legend Begins.
Basically, its the art work, concepts and finals, as well as descriptions of them for Skyward Sword. Its pretty interesting since the Skyward Sword is suppose to be a prologue to the entire series when Hyrule was still in the sky. I don't know much beyond that, but seeing the art is pretty cool. (I'm still on this part reading wise).

The History of Hyrule.
Just skimmed through it now and they gave what seems to be pretty good detail. First a timeline, then detailed pages for sections. All filled with nice art and about 60 pages total. The timeline is a little odd, but since I haven't read the detailed stuff it may or may not be explained that well.

Creative Footprints.
The last section is essentially a less detailed version of the first part, but goes over The Legend of Zelda to Spirit Tracks. Then shows the changes in character design for Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf. After is a catalog of all the games with their packaging. Oddly enough, they missed at least one (Well a version; I'll explain at the end to not side track the book).

Special Comic.
In the end is a manga based off Skyward Sword (Probably just beginning) with a few color pages. Seems interesting, I'll read it, but probably the best part is since the book is quite large, hardcover, but bigger than most (I think) and the manga fits that size.

It's definately a cool thing for any LoZ fan, even if just as a pdf to just read. 

Missed Version
There was a release of OoT along with the Master Quest for the Gamecube. Now idk what the deal was with them because I don't actually know if it was for sale. Here's why. I went to Gamestop and I must have been either about the be a teenager or just became one. I went there with my mom to pick up a game (She still remembers this almost 10 years later) and the entire time I was using please, thank yous, and everything polite (This was drilled into me, to this day I still say have a good one to almost everyone I interact with, even people I hold the door open for). So the guy behind the counter seemed to really like this, couldn't remember if he was manager or not, but he gave me a copy of this game for Gamecube for free. I vaguely remember that it may have cost 20 (It was behind the counter so idk), but the main reason I remember this is because he even pointed out that he was giving it to me for being so polite (I know awesome right, every parents' dream: 1. having such a polite child that someone takes note. 2. having someone else reinforce that). I looked it up and it can go for 40 to almost 70 now.

I have, but indirectly. I was assigned to read The Great Gatsby in high school, idk if I actually did, but the zelda book didn't mention the author's name, just an American author. I only read fantasy or sci-fi for the most part and the only authors I know off hand are Track Hickman and Margaret Weis for specific stuff.

The books pretty cool. I like the concept art and stuff plus being able to actually map out the Zelda franchise was the main reason I bought it. As soon as I saw this book, RPG just screamed at me. Its a great resource for it. I'm having writers block with WoH so ideas for others flutter through my mind from time to time, but I don't go into much detail other than is it viable or not.