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The Silmarillion
Posted on 12/30/12 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 12/30/12 at 11:33 pm
I'm currently reading The Hobbit and figure I will go ahead and read The Lord of the Rings. I know very little about the Silmarillion other than what I have read on Wikipedia. Is it worth picking up to read?
Posted on 12/30/12 at 11:49 pm to jmarto1
I liked it a lot. Not like the other books. Just a collection of stories with different main characters in the pre-Hobbit time period. It's definitely useful in filling out the full mythology of the LOTR universe.
Posted on 12/30/12 at 11:50 pm to jmarto1
Its the bible of Middle Earth. One of the hardest reads I can think of.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 2:58 am to jmarto1
I started it and lost interest, was definitely too bibley.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 8:39 am to jmarto1
Read it, it's great.
It reads like the bible at first but then gets much better.
I'm probably going to read it again after all this talk.
It reads like the bible at first but then gets much better.
I'm probably going to read it again after all this talk.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 8:44 am to jmarto1
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I'm currently reading The Hobbit and figure I will go ahead and read The Lord of the Rings
Have you ever read The Lord of the Rings before?
Posted on 12/31/12 at 11:25 am to jmarto1
If you're going to read the others, you might as well read The Silmarillion. It's a really hard read but it also is beautifully written. If you read the others and don't really enjoy them, I wouldn't recccommend reading it though. There are parts most everybody has to struggle through at some point in the book.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 2:34 pm to jmarto1
I have read it twice and flew through it both times. It is my favorite out of all of Tolkien's books. It is exceptional. Definitely worth reading.
To the person who said Fingolfin was the biggest badass, Feanor says hello. Feanor, the guy who created the silmarils for which the book is named, the guy who created all of the palantir (pivotal in Lord of the Rings), and the guy who drove the elves from the Undying Lands back to Middle Earth in search of the silmarils after they were stolen by Morgoth. His spirit was so fiery that, upon his death from wounds in battle, his body instantly consumed into ashes. That is some badass stuff!
To the person who said Fingolfin was the biggest badass, Feanor says hello. Feanor, the guy who created the silmarils for which the book is named, the guy who created all of the palantir (pivotal in Lord of the Rings), and the guy who drove the elves from the Undying Lands back to Middle Earth in search of the silmarils after they were stolen by Morgoth. His spirit was so fiery that, upon his death from wounds in battle, his body instantly consumed into ashes. That is some badass stuff!
Posted on 12/31/12 at 7:45 pm to jmarto1
Only if you really like the Tolkien 'verse. It is much slower reading.
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