Silmarillion

Has anyone read Tolkiens book 'The Silmarillion'? It's about the start of everything, and there's alot of information about characters who are in/or are talked about - in LOTR, and about the creation of Middle-earth.
a bit hard to get into at the start, but it's a fantastic book!

Yes I have. But I cannot in good conscience recommend it for general reading. Only if you are a big fan.

very true

at least one of my fav group took its name from that novel
Marillion

"So here I am once more in the playground of the broken hearts,
One more experience, one more entry in a diary, self penned
Yet another emotional suicide overdosed on sentiment and pride
Too late to say I love you, Too late to restage the play
Abandoning the relics in my playground of yesterday."

i just bought this book and im felling in love with lord of the rings even more .

now I'm reading 'history of middle-earth', which are also very fascinating books. but as with silmarillion; people who are not especially interested in middle-earth need not apply.

i'll soon start to read silmarillion too, but i don't have the book. I just have a word text....it'll have to do. And, i presume it involves a lot of names, and dates (years)...stories, stuff like that.....wich make no sense to normal ppl....(i've been told) 😂
P.S.: This is part of my campaign in digging the forums 😈
To be continued...

I got the book, but I'll save it for summer. If I feel like it anyway. 😛

I read the first page and then I gave up because I felt like I was trying to read a book about colledge algrebra. 🙄

I don't have the book eighter 🙁 .But I hope that I will buy it in the summer with the history of Middle-Earth 😄

I'm sure i'll love it. Even though i'll have to read it twice to get somethin'. But i'll start to read it when i get in that certain Tolkien moode to read. The timing must be precise

indeed u're right.

silmarillion starts off pretty heavy, but gets more and more interesting. I've read it a couple of times, but now I'm digging through new books of The History of Middle-Earth, and I'm telling you, it's HEAVY; REAL HEAVY stuff. I still find it interesting, but you have to have great interest in Middle-earth to get ANYTHING out of it. juxtapose it with silmarillion and you'll find silmarillion light.

i'll get to that soon enough

I think I'll wait awhile before I read Silmarillion.

i'll finish the hobbit in a few days...then i'll read it

I loved it!!!!!

It was great to read Tolkiens version of the creation of Middle-Earth. And Wow!!!!...was Melkor evil or what!!!???

I own a copy of the Silmarillion (one of 500 made) signed by Christopher Tolkien and Ted Nasmith...best book I ever bought!

The tale of Beren and Luthien was excellent. The best part of the Silmarillion was reading the origin of all those elvish references in LOTR. Once I read the Silm..I had a new appreciation and understanding of the elvish-lore.

yup, it's if one's deeply interested in middle-earth it's a must

hmm...i never had the time to start it. I don't have it as a book...jus as a document, here on the pc. I think i'd preffer the book.....
maybe it's cause i'm readin' somethin' else now.
I'm planning on reading it....from what i hear it's one good book.

I am going to blow my own horn here...sorry...

I have free links to various versions of the book on my website...just FYI...NO BIG DEAL

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we've heard about that before, so please no more spamming, eh?