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Lush · 02-20-2005, 06:47 PM

Hello.

There is a new article in Salon.com's Books section concerning a new edition of The Silmarillion.

You can read it here, darlings.

You have to watch a short commercial to read the entire thing (unless you already subscribe to Salon, of course), and you may not agree with all of it, but it is such a warm article that I had to share it with you.

Encaitare · 02-20-2005, 06:56 PM

Cool article. I loved this quote from it:

Quote:

Reading Tolkien's "Silmarillion" is like looking at a frayed and faded picture of your grandfather and all of a sudden recognizing why your nose is shaped just the way it is.

I've seen that edition; it's lovely. I already have one version with illustrations by Ted Nasmith, but there are a lot of new ones in this new edition... I'm wondering if it's worth buying this just so I can look at the pretty pictures...

02-20-2005, 06:47 PM	#1
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Salon does the Sil Hello. There is a new article in Salon.com's Books section concerning a new edition of The Silmarillion. You can read it here, darlings. You have to watch a short commercial to read the entire thing (unless you already subscribe to Salon, of course), and you may not agree with all of it, but it is such a warm article that I had to share it with you. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~ Last edited by Lush; 02-20-2005 at 06:48 PM. Reason: punctuation!