[akhtene]

Well, I have read the Silmarilion several tines, and I love it, but... If by 'breakthrough' you mean 'getting the whole picture', I still haven't got it. I keep enjoying the book as a series of stories and episodes, and all the connections and relations...- well, that's too much for my overloaded brain (Shame on me!) And whenever I try to use some 'helpers' all the facination of the book somehow disappears. Perhaps after a couple more readings it will all settle down... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]