How to read a much longer Silmarillion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 09-18-2002, 12:01 PM

Helen, Great Warg [ and H-I] you are all of course most welcome.

Great Warg, as for memorizing every fact, I can not promise that this will help, as I have no mind for the legendarium compared to the 3 or so folks who I consider the loremasters around here, but it should enable you to see a wider view of the 1st age than before.

Again I hope to hear back from anyonwho tries to read the expanded silm as to their impressions and opinions. This will only be an appetizer compared to the full course Ainulindale --> 3rd age "Translations from the Elvish" which God willing will someday appear. But it will hopefully tide someover and inspire others to pitch in.

What I most look fwd to seeing is a synnthesis and harmonization of all of the 2nd and much of the 3rd age materials, creating 1 long narrative which should be Silmarillion sized I imagine. All told this will come well within range of the 3 volume 'Silmarillion' JRRT envisioned - though the content will not be exactly the same.

Anyway I will be reading through the above myself and willl report back. I have done bits and peices of the above myself [ esp Turin and Tuor] but never including the Morgoth's Ring material.

Hopefully we will see Fall of Gondilin added 'soon'. Then for the First Age the largest remaining peices [ I think are the Finwe and Miriel material, some of the The Shibboleth of Feanor material and an actual splicing of the above list into the Primary texts. Kind of a nice way to look at it actually. Almost makes it look doable [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ]

09-18-2002, 12:01 PM	#4
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Helen, Great Warg [ and H-I] you are all of course most welcome. Great Warg, as for memorizing every fact, I can not promise that this will help, as I have no mind for the legendarium compared to the 3 or so folks who I consider the loremasters around here, but it should enable you to see a wider view of the 1st age than before. Again I hope to hear back from anyonwho tries to read the expanded silm as to their impressions and opinions. This will only be an appetizer compared to the full course Ainulindale --> 3rd age "Translations from the Elvish" which God willing will someday appear. But it will hopefully tide someover and inspire others to pitch in. What I most look fwd to seeing is a synnthesis and harmonization of all of the 2nd and much of the 3rd age materials, creating 1 long narrative which should be Silmarillion sized I imagine. All told this will come well within range of the 3 volume 'Silmarillion' JRRT envisioned - though the content will not be exactly the same. Anyway I will be reading through the above myself and willl report back. I have done bits and peices of the above myself [ esp Turin and Tuor] but never including the Morgoth's Ring material. Hopefully we will see Fall of Gondilin added 'soon'. Then for the First Age the largest remaining peices [ I think are the Finwe and Miriel material, some of the The Shibboleth of Feanor material and an actual splicing of the above list into the Primary texts. Kind of a nice way to look at it actually. Almost makes it look doable [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.