silmarillion isn't really a story. more like a history of middle-earth, with some stories sprinkled in, like the fall of numenor.  he also didn't finish it; his son took all of his (sometimes conflicting) manuscripts and edited it into what it is now.  there were a few parts his son even had to fill in the gaps with his own writing, although tolkien gave his son full permission to do so before he died.
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