|
I had understood the Simarillion to be Tolkein's own work product, a work to provide a mythology and framework for the LOTR stories and characters, much as the Bible (The Old Testament) does for Judaism... one doesn't typically read the Bible for a good narrative "story", but to get at an underlying philosophy or principle.
I actually liked the Simarillion better than LOTR. "The Two Towers" was a very boring story, but The Simarillion was a very detailed mythology.
|