Which Fantasy Novel Should Folio Society Publish Next?

I suggested The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien illustrated by Ted Nasmith.

Hopefully that’ll happen; though The Silmarillion isn’t a novel.

I don’t believe they’ve done Robin Hobb’s books yet.

I agree it is a Romance, but I don't think the Folio Society will do a Survey on Romances.

I too suggested The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien illustrated by Ted Nasmith.

They have published Robin Hobb The Farseer Trilogy illustrated by David Palumbo and introduced By Robin Hobb including some signed copies.

But The Silmarillion isn’t a novel: that’s only The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

There’s other fantasy books by Tolkien if, of course - but they aren’t novels. The Silmarillion for instance is a mythology and Unfinished Tales could be I guess a collection, anthology or some such.

I know it’s a fine line - pedantic, I suppose some might say - but it’s along the same lines of calling The Lord of the Rings a trilogy. (The opening of LotR states it’s not.)

Parting example: The Bible, The Kalevala or The Mabinogion aren’t classified as novels.

And you’re right about Hobb: I forgot those titles came out!

I already mentioned this, the Lord of the Rings is not a novel, it is a Romance.

It definitely is a novel: but one could debate if its GENRE would be ‘romance’ or ‘fantasy.’

A Note on the Text opens with:

“The Lord of the Rings is often erroneously called a trilogy, when it is in fact a single novel, consisting of six books plus appendices, sometimes published in three volumes.”

By Douglas A. Anderson

Eye_of_the_Black_Tower wrote:

There’s other fantasy books by Tolkien if, of course - but they aren’t novels. The Silmarillion for instance is a mythology

No, it most certainly is not a mythology. A myth is a traditional story, often explaining natural phenomena or cultural origins, and often considered sacred by a particular culture.

A romance, in contrast, is a literary genre characterized by narratives of heroic adventure, courtly love, and often fantastic or supernatural elements, often with a focus on individual characters and their journeys.

The Silmarillion definitely falls under this 2nd description.