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# The Silmarillion Collector's Edition

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Watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 coming November 11, 2026 A special collectible hardcover edition of the precursor to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings , featuring the complete work with a sumptuous cover design, foil stamping, stained edges, and ribbon bookmark. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s World. It is the ancient drama at the heart of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium 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 tales of The Silmarillion form a vast creation myth and sweeping epic fantasy, set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. This special hardcover edition of the work includes a unique, foil-stamped cover that illustrates Telperion and Laurelin, the Two Trees of Valinor, and the three Silmarils. Available in the United States for the first time, it is one of five Collector’s Editions of Tolkien’s most beloved works, and an essential piece of any Tolkien reader’s library.

Review: An Amazing Story of the History of Elves and Middle-Earth - The Silmarillion was great, it deepened my knowledge and understanding of world and characters we meet in The Lord of the Rings. The book provided a vast and integral history of Tolkiens world, from the creation of the world with Ilúvatar and the Children of Ilúvatar, to the beginning of the elves, men, dwarves and various other creatures. The Silmarillion tells of the history of Valinor in the West and the beginning of Middle-Earth. The Silmarils are briefly mentioned in LOTR, but this books tells their story, and just like the One Ring, it was tragic how many killed and died for them. The way the Curse of Mandos unfolded was also so incredibly well written the way everything was doomed to fall apart. If you are looking to study Tolkien or fantasy and world building, this book is essential, even if you merely wish to read more of Middle-Earth, this book is a great choice to start diving deeper into Tolkiens Legendarium, after LOTR. After reading LOTR I had so many questions about the Elves and the lands in the West they journey to. I wanted to know why the Elves felt the way they do about dwarves and man and why so many of them removed themselves from the dealings of man. The Silmarillion answered all of these questions and more. It showed me just how vast and complex Tolkien's world-building is. I'm greatly interested in Tolkien's idea's of death and it being a "gift of man," we see this in LOTR, but this book dived deeper into this idea. When the creation of man is described and it talks about them having the gift of freedom and with that they live short lives, felt very revealing of Tolkien's views on death. I also found it interesting when the says that the Elves felt that Man most resembled Melkor (Morgoth), that seemed to say a lot about Mans capacity for evil. Morgoth is a powerful and resilient enemy, even greater than Sauron. It seemed as though all forms of darkness and evil originated with him, the way he influenced the evolution of the world was so interesting, as was the powers that arose to stand against him. I was so disappointed when Manwë pardoned him, but I understood why he did it and also relent to the fact that if he hadn't so many of these characters wouldn't exist. As much power as Morgoth had, some of the worst tragedies were a result of the ways he'd lie and manipulate and sow doubt and hatred in others, putting them on a path of destruction, conveying themes of the cost of greed, pride and nature of corruption; teaching lessons on the power of not entertaining negative thoughts. This theme and so many others make this just as timeless a read as LOTR.
Review: The third and (relatively) infrequently taken step - Read the Hobbit? Isn’t it great? Read the Lord of the Rings? Isn’t it awesome (in the true sense of the word)? Answer yes to the two above questions, and you may be ready to embark upon this third volume of the Legendarium. I say “may,” and I promise I’m not trying to be condescending; but “may” is the word. First, the content: This has been elucidated by many others on this review page, so I won’t say too much. Suffice to say that this is the tale of the First Age, from the creation of the world until the final defeat of the Elder Evil, Melkor, called by the Noldor “Morgoth.” The beginnings of all races (save hobbits, more on that later), and the days when “gods” walked the Earth; great tales of heroism and tragedy; epic battles and terrible deeds that echo down through the millennia. It’s all here, and written in prose that will appeal especially to fans of classical literature (from the ancient Greeks, to Rome, to Anglo-Saxons and Finns, with a dash of the ancient books of the Bible and Gilgamesh thrown in). Now, to the “may:” this is not an easy read. It is dense, it is complicated, there are names and events and concepts that will find you flipping to the index/glossary to try to remind yourself what happened and when. Partially, this is by virtue of it being an edited work. At Tolkien’s death, this remained unfinished. Christopher Tolkien, his son, one of the original draft readers of LOTR, compiled the Silmarillion over the course of four years (?) and put it into the form you see here. But this was always a version of the form it would take. It was always going to be dense and was always going to require attention and focus. This, more either the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings, is what Tolkien the philologist wrote. It is, in short, history, rather than fantasy. It is more like reading a history book than a fantasy book. The Hobbit was a children’s novel, the Lord of the Rings was a “romance” (Tolkien’s word), while this is a historical chronicle. It is also epic, deeply moving, fascinating, and very rewarding. There are no hobbits in this story. I know, I’m as disappointed as you, but hobbits are a stand in for modern humans, and, unfortunately, during the time when the elves and the elder houses of Man we’re battling with the ultimate evil bent on destroying and enslaving the world, we didn’t rate any attention. We were just smoking tobacco and growing root vegetables. Try it out. If it’s too much, set it aside and try it again later. If you want more (read, if you’re weird like me and the rest of us singing its praises), there’s more. Oh, Lordy is there more. PS: I also highly recommend the Letters of Tolkien, compiled by Humphrey Carpenter. Lots of goodies and background, and fascinating insight into the mind of the man.

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| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #23,923 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #5 in Military Fantasy (Books) #14 in Folklore (Books) #33 in Classic Literature & Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 24,787 Reviews |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Amazing Story of the History of Elves and Middle-Earth
*by H***Y on January 24, 2026*

The Silmarillion was great, it deepened my knowledge and understanding of world and characters we meet in The Lord of the Rings. The book provided a vast and integral history of Tolkiens world, from the creation of the world with Ilúvatar and the Children of Ilúvatar, to the beginning of the elves, men, dwarves and various other creatures. The Silmarillion tells of the history of Valinor in the West and the beginning of Middle-Earth. The Silmarils are briefly mentioned in LOTR, but this books tells their story, and just like the One Ring, it was tragic how many killed and died for them. The way the Curse of Mandos unfolded was also so incredibly well written the way everything was doomed to fall apart. If you are looking to study Tolkien or fantasy and world building, this book is essential, even if you merely wish to read more of Middle-Earth, this book is a great choice to start diving deeper into Tolkiens Legendarium, after LOTR. After reading LOTR I had so many questions about the Elves and the lands in the West they journey to. I wanted to know why the Elves felt the way they do about dwarves and man and why so many of them removed themselves from the dealings of man. The Silmarillion answered all of these questions and more. It showed me just how vast and complex Tolkien's world-building is. I'm greatly interested in Tolkien's idea's of death and it being a "gift of man," we see this in LOTR, but this book dived deeper into this idea. When the creation of man is described and it talks about them having the gift of freedom and with that they live short lives, felt very revealing of Tolkien's views on death. I also found it interesting when the says that the Elves felt that Man most resembled Melkor (Morgoth), that seemed to say a lot about Mans capacity for evil. Morgoth is a powerful and resilient enemy, even greater than Sauron. It seemed as though all forms of darkness and evil originated with him, the way he influenced the evolution of the world was so interesting, as was the powers that arose to stand against him. I was so disappointed when Manwë pardoned him, but I understood why he did it and also relent to the fact that if he hadn't so many of these characters wouldn't exist. As much power as Morgoth had, some of the worst tragedies were a result of the ways he'd lie and manipulate and sow doubt and hatred in others, putting them on a path of destruction, conveying themes of the cost of greed, pride and nature of corruption; teaching lessons on the power of not entertaining negative thoughts. This theme and so many others make this just as timeless a read as LOTR.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The third and (relatively) infrequently taken step
*by R***P on October 5, 2024*

Read the Hobbit? Isn’t it great? Read the Lord of the Rings? Isn’t it awesome (in the true sense of the word)? Answer yes to the two above questions, and you may be ready to embark upon this third volume of the Legendarium. I say “may,” and I promise I’m not trying to be condescending; but “may” is the word. First, the content: This has been elucidated by many others on this review page, so I won’t say too much. Suffice to say that this is the tale of the First Age, from the creation of the world until the final defeat of the Elder Evil, Melkor, called by the Noldor “Morgoth.” The beginnings of all races (save hobbits, more on that later), and the days when “gods” walked the Earth; great tales of heroism and tragedy; epic battles and terrible deeds that echo down through the millennia. It’s all here, and written in prose that will appeal especially to fans of classical literature (from the ancient Greeks, to Rome, to Anglo-Saxons and Finns, with a dash of the ancient books of the Bible and Gilgamesh thrown in). Now, to the “may:” this is not an easy read. It is dense, it is complicated, there are names and events and concepts that will find you flipping to the index/glossary to try to remind yourself what happened and when. Partially, this is by virtue of it being an edited work. At Tolkien’s death, this remained unfinished. Christopher Tolkien, his son, one of the original draft readers of LOTR, compiled the Silmarillion over the course of four years (?) and put it into the form you see here. But this was always a version of the form it would take. It was always going to be dense and was always going to require attention and focus. This, more either the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings, is what Tolkien the philologist wrote. It is, in short, history, rather than fantasy. It is more like reading a history book than a fantasy book. The Hobbit was a children’s novel, the Lord of the Rings was a “romance” (Tolkien’s word), while this is a historical chronicle. It is also epic, deeply moving, fascinating, and very rewarding. There are no hobbits in this story. I know, I’m as disappointed as you, but hobbits are a stand in for modern humans, and, unfortunately, during the time when the elves and the elder houses of Man we’re battling with the ultimate evil bent on destroying and enslaving the world, we didn’t rate any attention. We were just smoking tobacco and growing root vegetables. Try it out. If it’s too much, set it aside and try it again later. If you want more (read, if you’re weird like me and the rest of us singing its praises), there’s more. Oh, Lordy is there more. PS: I also highly recommend the Letters of Tolkien, compiled by Humphrey Carpenter. Lots of goodies and background, and fascinating insight into the mind of the man.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No Hobbits Here
*by D***N on January 1, 2013*

There are no Hobbits in J. R. R. Tolkien's Silmarilion. This may appear to be a trivial observation but it is an observation worth considering when reading Tolkien's works. Tolkien, it seems, wrote in two styles. He had a "low" style that he used in The Hobbit. This was a familiar, wryly humorous style, perhaps too deliberately written for children in places to be entirely successful as a children's story. The other style is a grand, epic style, more suited for the affairs of kings, elves and great battles. The Lord of the Rings was a mixture of these two styles. It began in much the same style as The Hobbit, but as the story became more serious and the danger of the Ring and its pursuers more acute, the style became darker and more serious to match. By The Return of the King, with its tale of the great War of the Ring, the style became almost entirely, but not quite, the grand style. There were always the hobbits to return the story to a more down to earth level. The Silmarilion is written entirely in the grand style. The stories are epic tales of gods, elves and men fighting against the first, and far mightier, dark lord Morgoth. There is little room for the sort of humble details of everyday life found in The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings. The characters are all kings and heroes of ancient times, not humble gardeners. This is not to say that The Silmarilion is not a good book to read. It is an excellent book, and Tolkien is, in his way, comparable to the great composers of national epics like Homer or Vergil. That was indeed his intention when he began writing these stories of the Elder Days and to some extent he did succeed. There are actually five parts to the Silmarilion. The first part is called the Ainulindale and tells of the creation of the world by Eru, the One, who the Elves call Illuvatar. Illuvatar first creates the angelic powers or Ainur, and teaches them to sing to a melody He has made. This song was a vision of the world and many of the Ainur longed to dwell in that world so Illuvatar created it and sent the Ainur, or Valar to complete the work of creating and ordering the world. This they did against the opposition of Melkor, the mightiest of the Valar, and one who sought to rule the world for himself. The next section is called the Valaquenta, is simply a list of the chiefs of the Valar and their names, and attributes. There is not a narrative here, but it is useful to read it as a guide for later The middle and longest section is the Quenta Silmarilion, or the Silmarion proper. This is the epic story of the Elves in the First Age of Middle Earth. The Silmarilion tells of the awakening of the Elves in the dark times when Melkor ruled Middle Earth. The Valar go to war against Melkor to save the Elves and he is defeated and imprisoned. TheValar then offer to take the Elves to their home, Valinor, far in the West. Many Elves agree to make the long journey and are named the Eldar. Many others prefer to stay in Middle East and call themselves the Avari. The Eldar travel to Valinor and become mighty in lore and power. The most skilled of all the Elves is Feanor and his greatest work is the three jewels, the Silmarils in which he captured the light of the Two Trees of old. After a time Melkor feigns repentance and is released. He poisons the Two Trees, steals the Silmarils and flees to his stronghold in Middle Earth. Against the will of the Valar, Feanor leads his clan, the Noldor in pursuit of Melkor, who he has renamed Morgoth, the Black Enemy. Feanor is slain but the Noldor and their allies among Elves and the new race of Men continue the war. They fight bravely against Morgoth and managed to confine him to his stronghold for many years, but in the end, their war is hopeless. Morgoth has hosts of Orcs, troll, Balrogs and dragons and is himself a Valar, one of the mightiest beings in the world. The Elves and their allies are utterly defeated only the intervention of the Valar prevents Morgoth from ruling forever. Morgoth is defeated and the Silmarils are lost. Much of Middle Earth is damaged beyond repair and the Western lands where the Noldor fought and died is submerged beneath the sea. The Akallabeth tells of the history of Numenor, the island that the Valar gave to the Men who fought on the side of the Elves. (Most Men sided with Morgoth). The Numenoreans were given a life span beyond any of the Men of Middle Earth though they were not immortal and could not travel to Valinor. Over time, the Numenoreans grew increasingly jealous of the immortality of the Elves and since they could not make themselves immortal, they began to seek for wealth and dominion in Middle Earth. The last king of Numenor, Ar-Pharazon challenged Sauron, the servant of Morgoth, for the rule of Middle Earth, actually defeated him, and carried him back to Numenor as a hostage. Sauron quickly gained the confidence of Ar-Pharazon, and preying on the old king's fear of death, induced him to assault the Valar and wrest immortality from them. This ended with the destruction of Numenor and the Numenoreans with the exception of a few refugees led by Elendil. The final part of the Silmarilion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, relates the history of the dealings of Sauron and the Elves of Middle Earth. Sauron deceived the Elves into creating the rings of power and attempted to enslave them by forging his own One Ring in Mordor. There is a brief summary of the history told in the Lord of the Rings and a brief mention of the destruction of the ring by Frodo the Halfling and his servant Samwise. After this, the last remaining Eldar of Middle Earth, rendered powerless, leave for Valinor and the cycle is finished. This is a rather grim cycle of tales, probably inspired by Tolkien's love of the rather grim Nordic mythology. Unlike the Norse tales, evil is defeated in the end, but the damage done can never wholly be undone. Then evil arises again after an age. Oftentimes evil corrupts or misleads the good and sometimes the most damage is done by those who fight most valiantly against evil. Beren and Luthien wrest a Silmaril from Morgoth so that Beren can present it to Luthien's father as bride price, but the Silmaril causes wars among Elves and Dwarves and the sons of Feanor and eventually causes the destruction of all the Elf-kingdoms. Turin son of Hurin spends his whole life fighting the servants of Morgoth, and is cursed because in the end all his valiant deeds only bring about Morgoth's victory. Even when Morgoth is defeated, the evil he does lives on to afflict later ages, as does his servant Sauron. When Sauron is, in his turn defeated, and his Ring is destroyed, the Eldar also rendered powerless, no longer wish to live in Middle Earth and return at last to Valinor leaving a colder, grayer world for those of us who are doomed to stay behind.

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