(written by J.R.R. Tolkien, published posthumously in 1977) is NOT in the public domain . In the United States, copyright currently extends 70 years after the author's death. Tolkien died in 1973. His works are controlled by the Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins (UK) / William Morrow (US).
In the realm of fantasy literature, few works loom as large as J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion . For decades, fans have considered it the "Holy Grail" of Middle-earth—beautiful, dense, and notoriously difficult to adapt into audio form. That all changed in 2023 when actor and motion-capture legend Andy Serkis (the voice of Gollum) stepped into the recording booth to deliver a breathtaking, one-man performance of Tolkien’s first age. silmarillion audiobook andy serkis free
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