THE SILMARILLION IS AN AMAZING BOOK!

[Quellelithion]

I just finished reading it, and i'm like wow, wow, wow, wow, it's a sweet book. It tells the tales of teh first age in full length detail, and then not as in geat deatil the second and third age. It just made sense of everything, of how things came to be (eg the 7 seeing stones, dwellings of races, etc.). There's also a lot of war, great book, 10/10!

[Quellelithion]

I REALLY RECCOMEND THIS BOOK FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE FINISHED READING THE TRILOGY!

[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

it's a sweet book

'Tis

[Iarwain]

I actually prefer it over LotR. Just because of the magnitude of the history it gives.

[-Imrahil-]

I like it, though not to the same degree as LotR. Totally your preference. They are written in slightly different styles, because of course, one is more a history than an adventure. Both are great and yes, I also recommended this book to anyone who has read the trilogy, just love it.

[Thengise Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

I do agree that The Silmarillion is a great book. I love it! It filled my head with so much information on elves, whom I love. My favorite stories were that of Beren and Luthien, and Of Turin Turambar.

[Rina]

I just started The Silmarillion the other day, and am already caught up in it. It is very different from The Lord of the Rings. In LOTR, you get to know the characters and their personalities, in the Silmarillion, it is more of the history of the different peoples.

[ December 17, 2002: Message edited by: Rina ]

[Túroch]

Okay now that you finished the Silmarillion you have to read the Unfinished Tales. Hurry while all the characters are still fresh in your mind!! The UT really fleshes out alot of the stories that you read of in the Sill.

Oh by the whay what was your favorite part of the Silmarillion?

[Galorme]

Then go to the Histories! That is another total change of style. The Sil is excelent, but it is best if you read it before LoTRs, or when you haven't read LoTRs for a while.

[Galorme]

Oh yeah and Beren and Luthien hardly ever get the mention they deserve. It is one of the most amazing stories ever. In the film it was summed up as "She was an Elf who loved the man Beren" "what happened?" "She died". ho hum.

[ColletteTook]

I love the descriptions of the Valar. How Varda brought the stars to being so the First Borns could look upon them as they awoke. I haven't finished just yet, but so far the book is amazing.

[zacattack]

Yes I must agree that this book is actually the best I have ever read.My favourite part of it was either
Of Tour and the Fall of Gondolin
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
or Of the Fifth Battle:Nirnaeth Arnoediad

[Gurlie]

THe Sillmarillion is awesome I am almost finished

[The Saucepan Man]

Quellelithion, you are so right. I recently finished reading it too, having given up on it on my first attempt many, many years ago. It is an amazing book. Very moving in parts, being how it is so tragic and all. The greatest tragedy of all, as you read it, is you know that Feanor's oath is behind everything and that, until it is either discharged or Feanor's line ended, there will be no let up from the suffering.

And may I echo Turoch's advice. I am currently reading the Unfinished Tales and would highly recommend it as a follow-up to the Silmarillion.

[lindil]

As much as I love the LotR [especially the chapters in Lothlorien, Rivendell and with Gildor, the later writings of JRRT, found mostly in UT, Morgoth's Ring, War of the Jewels, Peoples of Middle-Earth and to a lesser degree the Silmarillion itself, are my favorites. The richness of description, the depth and euphony and power of the writing kept increasing until he essentially ceased narrative writing and withdrew into primarily elvish historico-linguistic notes and filling in obscure corners of the Legendarium like Cirdan and Glorfindel and the Druedain.

Anyway the following link (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000520) gives some ideas of what is in store for the reder of the latter writings of JRRT.

Enjoy!

[ March 03, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ]

[Erunno of Mirkwood]

Suillinan,

I must agree wholly, I just started reading it Sunday morning (after going crazy and buying most of Tolkiens works) and I am absolutely captivated by it. For religious types out there I have found it reads much like the bible so far. Very ancient in setting, very deep in context and hard to follow. I found one amazing allegory on page 38, where Aule created the dwarves before Eru had sent the Firstborn of his design to Arda and he says quote: "But I will not suffer this: that these should come before the Firstborn of my design, nor that thy impatience should be rewarded. They shal sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall nt come forth until the Firstborn have awakened upon Earth; and until that time thou and they shall wait, though long it seem. But when the time comes I will awaken them, and they shall be to thee as children; and often strife shall arise between thine and mine, the children of my adoption and the children of my choice"

I see the tale of Isaac and Ishmael, but that's my personal judgement of course, I say not what Tokien meant at heart.