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Mhoram · 03-17-2002, 04:02 PM

I know where you're coming from Mungo. See, in the beginning the Silmarilion was written more like the Lord of the Rings. There was this guy named Eriol who was an adventurer and he found his way to a city of Elves. He stayed in the house of one and during his time there they told all sorts of tales about the history of elves and men, these tales are pretty much what's found in the Silmarilion. So instead of it being an third person history book, it was more first person, not unlike some of "The Council of Elrond"

For whatever reasons, tolkien seems to have abandoned this idea completely. I think it would be neat if we could do this silmarilion revision and have a version like the Silmarilion is now, but also make a version with the storytelling theme, but the later could only be accomplished via fan fiction and that would defeat the purpose of 'canon.' Might be a good fan fiction though.

oblo: shhhhh! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

03-17-2002, 04:02 PM	#7
Mhoram Dead and Loving It Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The land of fast cars and loud guitars. Posts: 361	I know where you're coming from Mungo. See, in the beginning the Silmarilion was written more like the Lord of the Rings. There was this guy named Eriol who was an adventurer and he found his way to a city of Elves. He stayed in the house of one and during his time there they told all sorts of tales about the history of elves and men, these tales are pretty much what's found in the Silmarilion. So instead of it being an third person history book, it was more first person, not unlike some of "The Council of Elrond" For whatever reasons, tolkien seems to have abandoned this idea completely. I think it would be neat if we could do this silmarilion revision and have a version like the Silmarilion is now, but also make a version with the storytelling theme, but the later could only be accomplished via fan fiction and that would defeat the purpose of 'canon.' Might be a good fan fiction though. oblo: shhhhh! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]