内容简介
AnewB-formateditionofthisnovel,designedtotakefansofTheHobbitandTheLordoftheRingsdeeperintothemythsandlegendsofMiddle-earthTheSilmarillionisanaccountoftheElderDays,oftheFirstAgeofTolkien’sworld.ItistheancientdramatowhichthecharactersinTheLordoftheRingslookback,andinwhoseeventssomeofthemsuchasElrondandGaladrieltookpart.ThetalesofTheSilmarillionaresetinanagewhenMorgoth,thefirstDarkLord,dweltinMiddle-Earth,andtheHighElvesmadewaruponhimfortherecoveryoftheSilmarils,thejewelscontainingthepurelightofValinor.Includedinthebookareseveralshorterworks.TheAinulindaleisamythoftheCreationandintheValaquentathenatureandpowersofeachofthegodsisdescribed.TheAkallabethrecountsthedownfallofthegreatislandkingdomofNúmenorattheendoftheSecondAgeandOftheRingsofPowertellsofthegreateventsattheendoftheThirdAge,asnarratedinTheLordoftheRings.Thispivotalworkfeaturestherevised,correctedtextandincludes,bywayofanintroduction,afascinatingletterwrittenbyTolkienin1951inwhichhegivesafullexplanationofhowheconceivedtheearlyAgesofMiddle-earth.