Christopher Tolkien - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 07-16-2002, 07:33 AM

I guess I wish CT had written the Sil more like the bible. Yes, I've read that it already is much like it, but there's a difference. The bible contains broad sweeps and then narrows down to a tight focus on one individual, such as Joseph in Egypt, for example. I wish CT had done that more with the Sil. I wish he had given us the detailed version of Turin, instead of the somewhat truncated version contained in the Silm. Same goes for Luthien and Beren. These stories deserved full coverage in the Silm and I wish CT had given it to us. Yes, he did give us those writings in later editions, but I really think they belong in the Silm.

07-16-2002, 07:33 AM	#11
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I guess I wish CT had written the Sil more like the bible. Yes, I've read that it already is much like it, but there's a difference. The bible contains broad sweeps and then narrows down to a tight focus on one individual, such as Joseph in Egypt, for example. I wish CT had done that more with the Sil. I wish he had given us the detailed version of Turin, instead of the somewhat truncated version contained in the Silm. Same goes for Luthien and Beren. These stories deserved full coverage in the Silm and I wish CT had given it to us. Yes, he did give us those writings in later editions, but I really think they belong in the Silm.