Should I read this???

adder152 · 01-02-2002, 02:07 AM

Ok....I like TLOTR....is the Sil worth reading? How much of the text is JRRT's? Is it as good as the other JRRT books?

Lightice · 01-02-2002, 09:41 AM

Almost everything is by J.R.R. Tolkien. His son, Christoper just put all those stories together and made them more readable.
It's definately worth of reading and shame on you, if you don't even try! It may seem boring in beginning, but as you get used to it's style, it's a great book!
It tells stories, that make LotR and Middle Earth so much deeper, so more real place.
It tells about creation of the world, birth of evil in form of Melkor/Morgoth, whose servant Sauron was. It tells about might of Firstborn in acient times. It tells, how even elves are capable to evil. It tells of coming of men.
In short: Read it!

emplynx · 01-02-2002, 10:53 AM

I have yet to finish it but I would still recomend reading it. Even the first few chapters about the creation of Eä are amazing!

Renille · 01-02-2002, 01:19 PM

I just finished it yesterday, and I'm on fire...READ IT! The text is brilliant, though a bit more difficult than LOTR. But the stories...wow. They drag you in, until you feel like you're really there. A tip: if you have the new movie soundtrack, listen to it while reading. It enhances everything (especially mental images of the stories) a hundredfold. Bottom line- you haven't lived until you have read the Silmarillion.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 01-02-2002, 05:38 PM

YES! You should read it.

bropous · 01-03-2002, 07:53 PM

Absolutely agree, adder, read it, read it, read it! It fully fleshes out the history of Arda and is an enchanting and engrossing read. I'm about to read it again.

emplynx · 01-03-2002, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Renille
Bottom line- you haven't lived until you have read the Silmarillion.

Darn. Will I ever get a life?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 01-03-2002, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by emplynx

Darn. Will I ever get a life?

That is life man!

bropous · 01-04-2002, 12:25 PM

Of COURSE you'll have a life, Emplynx...after you read Silmarillion! Hee hee hee! [Running away fast, dodging]

markedel · 01-24-2002, 12:57 PM

I believe one has not experienced Tolkien until reading it, because its writing is far better then LOTR, if a little overwhelming at times.

Strange-Looking Lurker · 01-24-2002, 06:08 PM

Yes, read it! Not only does it make LOTR seem so much deeper (or, actually, you start to understand the depth of LOTR better) but it's a bunch of great stories just by themselfs.

Nameless · 01-24-2002, 09:54 PM

YES! This is a great book. I read the Silmarillion only recently and it is fantastic! It has everything: creation, morals, romance and tragedy...

markedel · 02-01-2002, 04:39 PM

Most fantasy isn't nearly as sad...

Legolas_BowKing · 02-10-2002, 04:44 AM

Dont read it. Soooo boring!

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 02-10-2002, 01:40 PM

Ummm, There is nothing boring abou it. It can be a little difficult at times, but never boring.

Evenstar · 02-16-2002, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Legolas_BowKing
Dont read it. Soooo boring!

Wow...that was a brave comment!!!

markedel · 02-16-2002, 10:40 PM

That's what I thought the first time I read it too.

You have to go through it several times to get a feel for it

MasterMothra · 02-17-2002, 12:26 AM

this was the best book by tolkien i've read so far. makes me wish he were still alive to write more.

Elbereth Gilthoniel · 02-17-2002, 02:13 PM

I read it befor a year and it is worth reading.

I don't think its boring but it isn't written as one story like the LOTR, it is a lot of shourt storys.

Laurelyn · 02-17-2002, 07:42 PM

Read It!!!!!! Definitely, readitreaditreaditreadit!!!!!

Quote:

Originally posted by Legolas_BowKing
Dont read it. Soooo boring!

Yep, that post was brave.
But I gotta say, I can see where Legolas_BowKing is coming from this time. I loved the Silmarillion, but I had problems getting into the book. However, now I'm thanking all the Valar that I was persistent, because the stories do draw you in once you get used to the writing style, and they're wonderful!

01-02-2002, 02:07 AM	#1
adder152 Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 1	Should I read this??? Ok....I like TLOTR....is the Sil worth reading? How much of the text is JRRT's? Is it as good as the other JRRT books?

01-02-2002, 01:19 PM	#4
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	I just finished it yesterday, and I'm on fire...READ IT! The text is brilliant, though a bit more difficult than LOTR. But the stories...wow. They drag you in, until you feel like you're really there. A tip: if you have the new movie soundtrack, listen to it while reading. It enhances everything (especially mental images of the stories) a hundredfold. Bottom line- you haven't lived until you have read the Silmarillion. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

01-03-2002, 07:53 PM	#6
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Absolutely agree, adder, read it, read it, read it! It fully fleshes out the history of Arda and is an enchanting and engrossing read. I'm about to read it again. __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-04-2002, 12:25 PM	#9
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Of COURSE you'll have a life, Emplynx...after you read Silmarillion! Hee hee hee! [Running away fast, dodging] __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-24-2002, 06:08 PM	#11
Strange-Looking Lurker Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: OK, USA Posts: 213	Yes, read it! Not only does it make LOTR seem so much deeper (or, actually, you start to understand the depth of LOTR better) but it's a bunch of great stories just by themselfs. __________________ <hr>Check out my site: www.christianjugglers.org

01-02-2002, 09:41 AM	#2
Lightice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 192	Almost everything is by J.R.R. Tolkien. His son, Christoper just put all those stories together and made them more readable. It's definately worth of reading and shame on you, if you don't even try! It may seem boring in beginning, but as you get used to it's style, it's a great book! It tells stories, that make LotR and Middle Earth so much deeper, so more real place. It tells about creation of the world, birth of evil in form of Melkor/Morgoth, whose servant Sauron was. It tells about might of Firstborn in acient times. It tells, how even elves are capable to evil. It tells of coming of men. In short: Read it!

01-02-2002, 10:53 AM	#3
emplynx Self-Appointed Lord of the Free Peoples of the General Messages Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,214	I have yet to finish it but I would still recomend reading it. Even the first few chapters about the creation of Eä are amazing!

01-02-2002, 05:38 PM	#5
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	YES! You should read it.

01-24-2002, 12:57 PM	#10
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	I believe one has not experienced Tolkien until reading it, because its writing is far better then LOTR, if a little overwhelming at times.

01-24-2002, 09:54 PM	#12
Nameless Enting Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 68	YES! This is a great book. I read the Silmarillion only recently and it is fantastic! It has everything: creation, morals, romance and tragedy... __________________ Nameless and Faceless, but not Voiceless - - - Do you hear me?

02-01-2002, 04:39 PM	#13
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Most fantasy isn't nearly as sad... __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

02-10-2002, 04:44 AM	#14
Legolas_BowKing Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 115	Dont read it. Soooo boring!

02-10-2002, 01:40 PM	#15
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Ummm, There is nothing boring abou it. It can be a little difficult at times, but never boring.

02-16-2002, 10:40 PM	#17
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	That's what I thought the first time I read it too. You have to go through it several times to get a feel for it __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

02-17-2002, 12:26 AM	#18
MasterMothra Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: utumno and angband Posts: 241	this was the best book by tolkien i've read so far. makes me wish he were still alive to write more. __________________ "........and his name is Melkor, Lord of All, Giver of Freedom, and he shall make you stronger than they."- sauron talking to ar pharazon.

02-17-2002, 02:13 PM	#19
Elbereth Gilthoniel Enting Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: israel Posts: 80	I read it befor a year and it is worth reading. I don't think its boring but it isn't written as one story like the LOTR, it is a lot of shourt storys. __________________ O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! We still remember, we who dwell In this far land beneath the trees, thy starlight on the Western Seas.

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