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Mhoram · 03-13-2002, 02:05 PM

You have to understand that the Silmarilion isn't anything like the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings in style.

The Hobbit/LotR is a novel, a story told from the point of view of a character.

The Silmarilion is more like a story told orally by someone latter down the road. In fact, the earliest form of it were written like that. A man named Eriol telling the story of the Fall of Gondolin to a house of Elves. Imagine yourself in the Hall of Fire in Rivendell. An elf stands up and begins the tale of the creation of the world and the coming of the elves and so on. That's the style the Silmarilion is written in.

If you aren't enjoying yourself, set it down and come back to it some time in the future, eventually you will be ready for it and will enjoy it just as much, and maybe more than the Hobbit/LotR.

03-13-2002, 02:05 PM	#3
Mhoram Dead and Loving It Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The land of fast cars and loud guitars. Posts: 361	You have to understand that the Silmarilion isn't anything like the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings in style. The Hobbit/LotR is a novel, a story told from the point of view of a character. The Silmarilion is more like a story told orally by someone latter down the road. In fact, the earliest form of it were written like that. A man named Eriol telling the story of the Fall of Gondolin to a house of Elves. Imagine yourself in the Hall of Fire in Rivendell. An elf stands up and begins the tale of the creation of the world and the coming of the elves and so on. That's the style the Silmarilion is written in. If you aren't enjoying yourself, set it down and come back to it some time in the future, eventually you will be ready for it and will enjoy it just as much, and maybe more than the Hobbit/LotR.