There are several available but I found Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Tolkien's Middle-Earth, very useful. Two things make reading this book easier, having access to a Tolkien atlas. However for readability it does not reach those heights so I have opted for giving it four stars. So much of what he is famous for is only just the final part of whole landscape of mythology.įor its amazing scope this is undeniably a 5 star work. Tolkien started his writing with creating languages and creating the legends at the heart of the Silmarillion. It is undeniably a classic work but more than that, if it wasn't for the Silmarillion we would have The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit. This year after reading a biography of Tolkien I have been working my way through all his writings and I once again attempted the Silmarillion, this time in Kindle edition. I lent it to a friend who persisted through it over about six months admitting it was hard going. Several times I tried but it was too dense. I launched into the Silmarillion and did not get very far. I had just read Lord of the Rings and already had a box set of Tolkien's other writings. I clearly remember the excitement I felt in 1977 when my brother gave me a first edition hardback edition of the Silmarillion.
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