Title: Wonderful read - and reread, and reread, and reread
Review: The Silmarillion is Tolkien's seminal work. The Hobbit and especially the Lord of the Rings Trilogy have it as their foundation.This one is told, intentionally, in an archaic form as old tales. Tolkien wrote the stories as the Elves lore, the Elves interpretation of history as they knew or understood it. Many of the tales are from long before the Elves came into being. It isn't easy reading - just read it through the first time. You will 'get' so much more with the second read. There is a podcast of college-level lectures from the TolkienProfessor - I subscribed to them on iTunes. You can go to his website for a link, just put a dot com after that. The lectures are a great help and lots of fun for a Tolkien fan!
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