Title: Tolkien goes Biblical
Review: The Silmarilion has never quite been up there with Lord of the Rings, in terms of popularity. Perhaps it is because Tolkien never actually finished this book himself - his son reworked and rewrote his fathers sketches - or it may have something to do with the lack of a clearcut adventure, with a single hero and a clear beginning and end. The Silmarillion starts of as Tolkiens version of the Old Testament, and ends up as an adventurous collection of tales from the history of Middle-Earth. All the appendices with family trees and elvish dictionaries are pretty geeky, but I must admit: I really loved all the stories and sagas about Feanor, Turin, Beren, Luthien and the other 'new' characters. It is just as mesmerizing as LOTR and, fortunately, not to be made into a motion picture anytime soon.
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