J.R.R. Tolkien of the Darkening of Valinor and of the Flight of the Noldor from the Silmarillion Read by Christopher Tolkien (Cdl 51579)

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J. R. R. Tolkien: J.R.R. Tolkien of the Darkening of Valinor and of the Flight of the Noldor from the Silmarillion Read by Christopher Tolkien (Cdl 51579) (AudiobookFormat, 1985, Caedmon Audio Cassette)

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Published June 29, 1985 by Caedmon Audio Cassette.

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978-0-89845-224-2
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A great book that really adds much depth and colour to Middle earth. Even with the audiobook and its constant forward pace it was a tough dense read. As this books is really a compilation of various shorter novels the tone and style does change throughout. What starts very hand wavy and spacey get more and more grounded and with a style inline with that of the LOTR trilogy.

On completion of this book I felt so much more excited about middle earth and had greater appreciation of Tolkiens work.

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A rich and beautiful mythology written like a mythology. There are a few sections of geneology that can be skipped safely, and the experience is better for it. From there, it is best absorbed as a collection of short myths, each rich in its own right.

Full of symbolic lessons and dramatic irony, and some really great stories. Tolkien has a unique skill for maintaining a sense of scale even when writing scale-bending epic battles between the forces of good an evil. Everything feels larger than life without becoming cartoonish. It is a rare talent that is lost in most Tolkien wannabes.

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Eerder dit jaar werd aangekondigd dat Amazon over de filmrechten voor The silmarillion zou beschikken. Het leek me een geschikt moment om dit monumentale werk te herlezen. Als scholier had ik zoveel bewondering voor het werk van Tolkien, dat ik ook zijn minder toegankelijke werken The silmarillion en Unfinished tales met veel plezier las. Bij het herlezen merkte ik dat dat plezier niet vanzelfsprekend is. The silmarillion is geen vlot geschreven roman, maar een ingenieus in elkaar gezette constructie van de fantasiewereld die de meeste mensen kennen uit [b:The hobbit|5907|The Hobbit, or There and Back Again|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546071216l/5907.SY75.jpg|1540236] en [b:The lord of the rings|33|The Lord of the Rings|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1566425108l/33.SX50.jpg|3462456]. Tolkien schreef dit werk nog vóór zijn beroemd geworden trilogie, maar het werd pas na zijn dood gepubliceerd, omdat het aanvankelijk te ‘obscuur’ werd bevonden. Geheel onbegrijpelijk is dat niet: de fantasiewereld van Tolkien leunt zwaar op …

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This was a lot more engaging and readable than I remembered or expected. I guess the last time I tried to read it, I was too young for it (I was probably a teenager). Anyway I was prepared to slog through it, and I guess it did take me a YEAR because I would read one of the sections and then go read something else, but I am glad I finally read this, and I have a lot of Tolkien nerd thoughts about it.

Misc (I may add more later):

Turin and Beleg: Tragic, epic, extremely gay love story which someone should 100% make into a movie
"Doomed to die" - Mortals were gifted with the "doom", i.e. fate, of mortality. I always read this line as the nine rings killed the Ringwraiths, but rather, "mortal men doomed to die" is a description of the race of Men (and what …

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This is a difficult book to read. It is basically the entire history of Middle Earth and it is dry. It of course concludes with the history (but not the details) of the battle of the One Ring as written in Lord of the Rings. If you really want to know about the beginning of Middle Earth and some of the major folklore that is informed in the books the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings then this will let you know.

It just reads as some of the driest prose I've read for a while. It's not Tolkiens fault it seems to be told from someone of that time and not someone of today.

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