The Silmarillion Deluxe Edition Illustrated By J.R.R. Tolkien Is 71% Off For Prime Day

For the first time since the original publication in 1977, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion got an edition that’s illustrated in color. What’s more, the paintings and drawings that complement the text come from Tolkien himself. Given the massive success of The Tolkien Illustrated Edition Collection, it’s no surprise that The Silmarillion got similar treatment from HarperCollins, and the deluxe edition of the book has never been cheaper thanks to Prime Day 2024. 

At the time of writing, you can grab The Silmarillion Deluxe Edition here on Amazon for $57.50, which is a whopping 71% off. That’s only $17 more than the standard edition, and it comes with the following items:

• A color reproduction of Christopher Tolkien’s “A Brief Account of the Silmarillion and it’s Making”
• A printed art card reproduction of “Taniquetil”
• A blue ribbon marker
• Silver gilt page edges
• A die-cut slipcase
• Blue leather and black cloth binding with raised spine ribs
• Two poster-size, fold-out maps of the Silmarillion, the Beleriand and the Lands to the North by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
• Fifty illustrations, paintings, and designs
• Note that additional Tolkien Illustrated Editions are also on sale for Prime Day

Tolkien began work on the stories featured in The Silmarillion during WWI, and continued to work on it long after The Lord of the Rings trilogy had been published. After Tolkien’s death in 1973, his son Christopher Tolkien edited and compiled these works into the book we know today.A description for The Silmarillion can be found below.

“The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.”

“The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindalë, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.”

What Is The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 About?

“What I know and what I can say for a fact is that it’s going to be darker, and it’s going to be edgier and more character-driven,” Season 2 director Charlotte Brändström shared with MovieZine earlier this year. “I still think that we have some very interesting episodes coming up. I watched all of them over Christmas, just the cuts. I think it’s going to be a very good season. We tried to make it more gritty, a little bit more dirty I guess. And not in the image, but to make it as authentic as possible. We have some very surprising twists and turns in it as well.”  

Stay tuned for updates on Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which is expected to premiere on Prime Video on August 29th.