The preorder of the latest edition of the Silmarillion with colorful illustrations is already available. However, these are not ordinary pictures, but drawings made by Tolkien himself. New edition of The Lord of the Rings from last year was a great success, so HarperCollins made sure that the Silmarillion also had its own.
The Silmarillion is a story about the times of the First and Second Era in Tolkien’s universe. The author worked on it for a long time, so it was only his son, Christopher Tolkien, who began to publish the book after his father died. In addition, the wildly announced series of Amazon The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will be based to some extent on the events we know from this title, although the promotional materials do not resemble it so far.
The illustrations by Tolkien himself are definitely the highlight of the new edition of the Silmarillion , but that’s not all that awaits the readers in this version of the novel. A 1951 letter is included in which Tolkien explains many things about the complicated events of the First and Second Era, long before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings .
A preorder for this hardcover item can be ordered on Amazon , currently for $ 45.97. The official release date is October 25, 2022.