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**lindil** · 07-22-2000, 06:48 AM

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Re: Which books are canon?

I think that personally I would most like to see a Silmarillion w/ staight forward chapters as per the current volume.but with all storline [such as wanderings of hurin] added to whatever degree possible . with the occasional[ ?] footnote relating"other histories have told" ... or "according to the oldest traditions". It seems JrrT used a bit of this[as in Aragorns saying of the tale of beren and luthien-that no one knows the true ending except perhaps elrond.
and maybe an appendices w/ non - story type history and commentary like "quendi and eldar " from vol xi.
different levels of canon as you suggest belong more properly I believe to a living religion [esp. Christianity- where such matters in fact pertain to the orientation and salvation of the soul and spirit] instead of a sub-creation.
But someone at the white council
{m.martinez ?} said something similar recently. that there could be a couple of different types of canon. to my [admittedly limited } mind one would be plenty.
lindil

one more thing- perhaps as an experiment we can start a thread on 1 story of the silm. and see where it goes?
lindil

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07-22-2000, 06:48 AM	#20
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Which books are canon? I think that personally I would most like to see a Silmarillion w/ staight forward chapters as per the current volume.but with all storline [such as wanderings of hurin] added to whatever degree possible . with the occasional[ ?] footnote relating"other histories have told" ... or "according to the oldest traditions". It seems JrrT used a bit of this[as in Aragorns saying of the tale of beren and luthien-that no one knows the true ending except perhaps elrond. and maybe an appendices w/ non - story type history and commentary like "quendi and eldar " from vol xi. different levels of canon as you suggest belong more properly I believe to a living religion [esp. Christianity- where such matters in fact pertain to the orientation and salvation of the soul and spirit] instead of a sub-creation. But someone at the white council {m.martinez ?} said something similar recently. that there could be a couple of different types of canon. to my [admittedly limited } mind one would be plenty. lindil one more thing- perhaps as an experiment we can start a thread on 1 story of the silm. and see where it goes? lindil </p> __________________ 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.