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The History of Tolkein's Imaginitive World:

The Silmarillion is quite an undertaking as a reader. The book is not exceptionally long, but it is written more or less like a Bible of Middle Earth--making it more difficult to read than say....The Lord of the Rings. Then again, if The Lord of the Rings fascinated you, you probably would be willing to deal with Tolkein's jargon in this case. The novel is filled with names and locations and is at times overwhelming, albight a well-compiled index helps to refresh the reader's memory about characters and... more info

Imaginative Tour de Force:

The Silmarilion's style is in the great tradition of the Greek epics and the Bible. If you like Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings but are still unsure if the Silmarilion is for you, I suggest you read some of Appendix A in the Lord of the Rings which is closely related to the Silmarilion.

In reading the Silmarilion I was amazed how Tolkien has created a complete mythology from the beginning of time through thousands of years. The tension of the story is the classic struggle between good and evil. It is... more info

Splendor of grace and imagination...:

Tolkien is one of the few writers with an ability of presenting evil in all of it's wickedness and then shading it with infinite goodness.
Silmarillion is an wonder...

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