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**lindil** · 01-23-2002, 02:28 PM

Thingol : "its really a shame the end to the Fall of Gondolin isn't
written,"

lindil: tell that to the 'translations from the Elvish' project members!!

Telchar is quite right though in encouraging your forst UT read Maltagaerion.
I some ways i enjoy the side paths and elaborations such as the Narn and palantir and Istari and such- more than the 'Quenta Silm' [i.e. shortned and official versions of CRT's Silm].

If you enjoy UT then ypu will also love the omitted UT like material in Morgoth's Ring, War of the Jewels and Peoples of Middle -Earth - all of which is Tolkiens later Silm work from which UT was drawn - not too mention the awesome essay 'Osanwe-Kenta' available from the journal Vinyar Tengwar.

all of the above [inc. UT] which we hope to include in a full length 'translations from the Elvish' is, I feel JRRT's best and most mature work , surpassing the LotR in terms of writing and beauty, and that's something.

btw I too love reading Silm and UT in the old HB [dark and olive green respectively] it adds much to the experience compared to the hardbackds.

Enjoy-

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[ January 23, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]

01-23-2002, 02:28 PM	#5
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Thingol : "its really a shame the end to the Fall of Gondolin isn't written," lindil: tell that to the 'translations from the Elvish' project members!! Telchar is quite right though in encouraging your forst UT read Maltagaerion. I some ways i enjoy the side paths and elaborations such as the Narn and palantir and Istari and such- more than the 'Quenta Silm' [i.e. shortned and official versions of CRT's Silm]. If you enjoy UT then ypu will also love the omitted UT like material in Morgoth's Ring, War of the Jewels and Peoples of Middle -Earth - all of which is Tolkiens later Silm work from which UT was drawn - not too mention the awesome essay 'Osanwe-Kenta' available from the journal Vinyar Tengwar. all of the above [inc. UT] which we hope to include in a full length 'translations from the Elvish' is, I feel JRRT's best and most mature work , surpassing the LotR in terms of writing and beauty, and that's something. btw I too love reading Silm and UT in the old HB [dark and olive green respectively] it adds much to the experience compared to the hardbackds. Enjoy- This info-mercial brought to you by: lindil co-moderator of the New Silm. project and the entire New Silm team [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [ January 23, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.