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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The problem with a lot of folks is that they came to the Silmarillion expecting a linear narrative with a continuing cast of characters, ala LoTR, and it isn't.
I tell folks to imaging they are sitting in the Hall of Fire in Elrond's house in Rivendell, listening the the loremasters recount tales of the Elder Days. the tales will vary in style and tone, according the the tale and the teller. Some will be present and immediate, and others will be distant and remote, echoes from distant times before speaking peoples walked the surface of Arda.
Personally, I loved it, but I'm one of the folks who may have spent as much time in the Appendices of LoTR probing for back story as I did reading the books.
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Dennis
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You're right of course. I often compare it to the bible for many of the same reasons.