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The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion

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R. Tolkien began creating the mythology, traditions and language of Middle-earth long before The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit ever found their way onto the printed page. Measuring 23 × 15 inches and printed in black and red, it shows Beleriand and the Lands to the North – the mysterious lands that precede Middle-earth. Y en cierto sentido puedo entender el porqué: no se trata de una novela de fantasía y acción propiamente dicha, sino de una crónica mítica e histórica que abarca miles de años y a centenares de personajes y de hechos.

If you’re not a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, I really think that it’s not mandatory for you to push through this book if it’s not working for you. I must admit that one reason why it’s taken me so long to revisit was my memory of the etymology and I was hesitant to jump back into stilted language and a litany of begats and whose father was who in the time of this or that. To access you ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose.I can respect how wonderfully intricate and detailed the world is - but with that many characters and no straight story to follow through.

The only book The Silmarillion can be compared to is the Bible and (I hope I do not offend anyone by saying this) even it does not come close to this. This is probably only for the hardcore Tolkien junkies, but if you make the effort it will be well rewarded. Ultimately, the important thing is the majesty of immersion and the feelings that instils, rather than conscious understanding of detail (like the Bible? This was very new and different to me because my only Middle-earth exposure is the Lord of the Rings films and The Hobbit book. Might also be a good idea to combine it with a real rereading or first time reading (shame on you) LotR, because it gives the extra info to better fully dive into the world.Whilst I understand how much of the beginning can be seen as dry, I love how this world is constructed, and then so many of the latter stories apart such emotion within me. The music of the Ainur (angels) has one Ainur who thought his voice was better than the rest – Melkor (Satan) and so Eru made the music into the world and fifteen Ainur came to reside in the world, including the troublemaker. En esto creo que también tiene mucho que ver el transfondo social, histórico y moral del propio Tolkien, del cual toda su obra es también deudora, bebiendo ampliamente de estas circunstancias. Though I love the Lord of the Rings and the Middle Earth Universe with all of my heart, tackling a large part of its history in this manner was tough going. Now, I hope that some movie studio will adapt this one day (in a series of 10 movies or so that would be needed to fit all the story).



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