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Diamond18 · 10-26-2002, 10:15 PM

Hmm...when I read the Silmarillion I was glued to it...couldn't put it down...stayed up for hours with bloodshot eyes in the wee hours of the morning... And then finally! the Men arrived! Then I was able to put it down, feeling as if I had reached a milestone (and then picked it up the next day and finished it).

So, erm, ummm, I guess I didn't have the same problem. I thought of it as all the secrets of Middle-earth revealed. Perhaps you should try looking at it that way... I know that it made LotR a lot more understandable on subsequent readings. Every time some character refers to the ancient past now I don't have to stratch my head. (Ditto for Elbereth Gilthoniel. Man, that cooked my noodle the first time I read LotR. "What are they talking about!?" was my thought.)

The Silmarillion is the key to unlock LotR!

10-26-2002, 10:15 PM	#4
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Hmm...when I read the Silmarillion I was glued to it...couldn't put it down...stayed up for hours with bloodshot eyes in the wee hours of the morning... And then finally! the Men arrived! Then I was able to put it down, feeling as if I had reached a milestone (and then picked it up the next day and finished it). So, erm, ummm, I guess I didn't have the same problem. I thought of it as all the secrets of Middle-earth revealed. Perhaps you should try looking at it that way... I know that it made LotR a lot more understandable on subsequent readings. Every time some character refers to the ancient past now I don't have to stratch my head. (Ditto for Elbereth Gilthoniel. Man, that cooked my noodle the first time I read LotR. "What are they talking about!?" was my thought.) The Silmarillion is the key to unlock LotR! __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.