A New, IllustratedSilmarillionIs On the Way, Just in Time for Amazon’sLOTRShow

Just announced this daybreak , a new illustrate variant of J.R.R. Tolkien ’s legendarium , The Silmarillion , is going to be uncommitted in October 2022 . This year is going to toy innkeeper toFantasy Rings Fall , with both the Amazon Studio ’s show , ring of Powerout in September and now this newfangled book , complete with Tolkien ’s own drawings and marginalia .

The illustrations from the fabled author admit “ the plant life of Middle - earth and heraldist devices of the great Houses of the Elves . ” This edition follows in the wake of the pop 2021 illustrated variation ofThe Lord of the Rings , which included function , towers , and bucolic scenes .

The Silmarillionwas started before Tolkien was send to war in France , and was n’t release until after he had passed , in 1977 . His son , Christopher Tolkien , had taken up the challenge of finishing the body of work , and the last version was a heavily edited compiling of texts and report that was not quite polished . There is an satire in a fictional compendium being in reality compiled well past the final stage of the original author ’s life , a mishmash of authorships and musical theme created both in context and without the nuance afforded when a unmarried person is at the helm of an endeavor like this , but The Silmarillion has endured as one of the most fascinating explorations of Middle - Earth ’s long chronicle .

Elves gather in a scene from Amazon’s Rings of Power.

Elves gather in a scene from Amazon’s Rings of Power.Screenshot: Amazon Studios

When it was released The Silmarillion sell well , but was n’t as much of a hit as The Hobbit orThe Lord of the Rings , which both sell in the tens of millions compared to The Silmarillion ’s million - odd written matter — but it ’s about to become tremendously of import , to Lord of the Rings devotee once again , as Amazon ’s Rings of Power prequel draws on the worldbuilding Tolkien laid out to set upits 2nd Age world . The illustrated edition is available forpreordernow .

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