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Originally Posted by jplumey
Next up:
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien. This will be the first time I've really read the history of the Elder Days and the creation of Arda.
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One warning. Do not expect a coherent narrative in the style of LoTR. Imagine you are sitting in the Hall of Fire in Rivendell, listening to the loremasters recount tales of the Elder Days. The tales will vary in style and tone, depending upon the tale and the teller.
I was tickled by the creation myth, with Eru as a composer, propounding themes of music, and the Ainur as a heavenly orchestra, singing the themes Eru propounded, each adding and interpreting according to its nature. The Music brought forth a vision of Arda, the world, which so entranced many of the Valar and that they begged Eru to make it real that they might go and dwell there.
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Dennis