New Tolkien Books on the Horizon
- Xoanon @ 20:57 PST First, coming in November, is the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of The Lord of the Rings, a hardcover boxed set with the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, illustrations by Tolkien, and a full-size fold-out map of Middle-earth itself. The design is based on the look of the original publications. It won't come cheap -- the Canadian list price is $230. Then there's the hardcover Revised Illustrated Edition of The Silmarillion, with illustrations by Ted Nasmith, due out in October. The Canadian list price is $75. And there's a new Deluxe Edition of The Hobbit, a slipcased hardcover "featuring the definitive corrected and reset text", with Tolkien's art in full colour. That's due out in November, with a Canadian list price of $150. Related new books are Brian Sibley's authorised biography of Peter Jackson (November) and Gary Russell's The Lord of the Rings: The Art of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, including never-before-published material (December). The rep said to keep an eye on the HarperCollins UK website (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/) for updates and the final versions of the cover art (which weren't available for the catalogue).
Lúthien Rising writes: I took a break from my regular schmoozing at BookExpo Canada today to corner the HarperCollins UK rep and ask about any new Tolkien material coming out -- which, of course, there is!