4 Jun, 2020
(edited)Edited by Urulókë on 2020-6-4 6:03:07 PM UTC
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2020-6-4 5:48:58 PM UTC
Looks like the mass market paperback edition of The Silmarillion has had an update in the U.S. recently, now matching up with the current LotR covers. If anyone has seen this in a bookstore or owns a copy I'd be grateful to know when it was first seen and which printing it was. Thanks!
12 Jun, 2020
2020-6-12 9:39:40 PM UTC
U.S. Hobbit's getting a facelift too...
12 Jun, 2020
2020-6-12 9:56:08 PM UTC
Interesting for both covers! That speaks 'Tolkien' to me, in the vein of his own artwork...yet different. A sort of retro, whismical kind of look.
Now for Unfinished Tales to get one too.....though, in truth, we're lucky to get The Silmarillion.
13 Jun, 2020
2020-6-13 6:21:00 AM UTC
I love the artwork, but I’m not a fan of the unnecessary callout to THE LORD OF THE RINGS right there on the cover. It’s as if the publishers think these books can’t stand on their own.
Feels very 21st century digital marketing... An Unexpected Journey from the creators of The Lord of the Rings., Fantastic Beasts... from the makers of Harry Potter, blah blah.
13 Jun, 2020
2020-6-13 10:51:20 AM UTC
@Eorl wrote:
I love the artwork, but I’m not a fan of the unnecessary callout to THE LORD OF THE RINGS right there on the cover. It’s as if the publishers think these books can’t stand on their own.
Feels very 21st century digital marketing... An Unexpected Journey from the creators of The Lord of the Rings., Fantastic Beasts... from the makers of Harry Potter, blah blah.
I have to agree, it makes an otherwise rather pleasant cover look cheap. In 2020 if people interested in books don't know that the bloke who wrote
The Lord of the Rings also wrote
The Hobbit then they are probably never going to know.
13 Jun, 2020
2020-6-13 11:25:33 AM UTC
I love to see an edition of the
Lord of the Rings that is described
As the wonderful sequel to The Hobbit. 
13 Jun, 2020
2020-6-13 11:42:26 AM UTC
13 Jun, 2020
2020-6-13 1:15:38 PM UTC
ninjahepek wrote:
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I would never use Reverse Google Image search for information on real books. Don't know much about US editions, can anyone who does help with this question?
13 Jun, 2020
2020-6-13 3:06:04 PM UTC
I would put much stock in something that refers to
The Lord of the Rings as a "trilogy"
13 Jun, 2020
2020-6-13 3:06:18 PM UTC
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