内容简介
Forthefirsttimeinpaperback,afullyillustratededitionofTheSilmarillion,withcolourplatesbythecelebratedartistTedNasmith–designedtomatchtherestoftheTolkienseries.JRRTolkien’sSILMARILLIONisthecoreworkoftheMiddle-earthcanon.ItisinthiscomplexandoftenneglectedmasterpiecethattheentirecosmologyforthebackgroundforTHEHOBBITand,particularly,THELORDOFTHERINGSisdocumented.Thisnewpaperbackvolumecontainsfabuloustalesofheroesandmonsters,andthehistoryoftheSilmarils–themagicaljewelsproducedbyFeanor,mostgiftedLordoftheElves;ittellsofthecreationofMiddle-earth,andthecomingofMenintotheworld;itchroniclestheearlyepicbattlesbetweengoodandevil,forcesoflightanddark,whichforeshadowthegreatconflictwithSauron,theDarkLord,inTHELORDOFTHERINGS.ThesetalesofMiddle-earthwerepublishedposthumouslyin1977.TolkienworkedonTHESILMARILLIONallhislife–longbeforeTHEHOBBITorLORDOFTHERINGS–andhissonandliteraryexecutorChristopherTolkieneditedthematerialheleftbehindintoitscurrentform.Completewithaseriesoffull-colourpaintingsbyacclaimedTolkienartistTedNasmith,thissumptuousneweditionallowsthestorieswithintoreallycomealive-fromthecreationoftheworldandtheTaleofBerenandLuthientotheFallofNumenorandtheEndoftheFirstAge.