[Thinhyandoiel]

"Break-through" with the Sil? Uhm...nope. I enjoyed it the first time I read it. My early love for mythology just re-surfaced at the right time! And, like you all said, if you look at it like it's history, not a story, it is much more fascinating. My curiousity with the Sil, began, well, here at the Down's with everyone talking about "Silmarillion this, and Silmarillion that" so I went out, bought it, read it, loved it! That, and now I know what the heck they were talking about in LOTR when they had that story about Beren and Luthien. I had absolutely no idea! Once you're done the Sil, read LOTR again! (Yes..AGAIN! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) I find you understand more. You've read HoME though, so you probably know what I'm talking about. ^.^