28 or so reasons to read the HoME series {and UT}

[lindil]

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If it was good enough for ...

Well Hannah, JRRT did write the stuff so that it could maybe some day be read! And he was deradfully disappointed that the Silmarillion would not be included in an edition w/ the LotR [it would have had to come w/ a free cart to haul all of it's 2000 or so pages around ,but that is another story].
Clealy HoME and UT [and the Silmarillion -for that matter] are not to the taste of all.
but for those to whom such tales are dear to the heart I will offer another 5 [I am in a bit of a hurry]

1]Aelfwines story in II about coming to the lonely Isle.
2] The greatly expanded language dictionaries /index's
3]The essay's on the Palantiri,Istari and Druedain
4] the original [?] epilog to the LotR
5] Dwarves and Men in Peoples of Middle-Earth

and here is 6] for good measure
6] just seeing the transfrmation of the Silm From Lost Tales through 7 [!] and sometimes more succsessive phases, each one gaining in beauty and strength [if not in detail and length].




Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowowns<u> Silmarillion canon , theories and discussion Forum </u> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>