The Silmarillion

By J.R.R. Tolkien

Book Overview

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• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553455842
• ISBN13: 9780553455847
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Requires repeated reading.

This collection of lost tales of the history of Middle-earth and those who live there. We learn many things about what different names of beings and places mean. This helps add a dimension to the stories that take place there. I would say that it would help to read The Lord of the Rings first because it is more comfortable when getting to know the area and characters. Then we can see where they came from; relationships are better understood. Much of The Silmarillion can be taken in small bits and then sit back and contemplate how it could have been. One does not just cut through any cultural history book for light reading and just shelve it. This is a cultural history book and will require rereading. When people talk about the war, I think back to which one they are talking about. Or are they just referring to one of the many orc skirmishes? You do not have to be a Tolkien fan to find interest in this collection.