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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780618126989
ISBN: 0618126988
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2001-04
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Sales Rank: 7539
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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Rating:  - Maybe it was, just, me, but I found the book to be unreadable
I had read the Hobbit and the trilogy of the rings and thought the The Silmarillion would be a worthwhile read. However, I found the book to be unreadable. I am not certain what the author had done differently, but I could not get past the first 40 pages and those pages required serious work to read. It looked as if the author had some very good ideas but he had put it in a manner that was difficult to understand.
Perhaps you will do better than I did. However, this was one of ... Read More
Rating:  - Tough read but well worth it
This book is tough to read and is more suited to an older audience. I wouldn't hesitate to get it for someone in high school if they have already read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. But the book is probably more suited to college age and above due to some of the vocabulary and themes the Tolkien presents. There are also a lot of names used by Tolkien, so at times it can be a little cumbersome to keep track of who is who, where they are from, what they did, etc. but if you can keep attention ... Read More
Rating: - Gorgeous Production!!
The story itself is haunting; the illustrations do more to invoke the readers' imagination than deaden it..
Rating: - Must read
Wasn't my intention, but I read Tolkien's books, in this order, LOTR, Hobbit, Turin, and Silmarillion. I think it has worked out quite well reading them in reverse chonologic order.
The Silmarlillion is a fantastic backdrop and foundation to the entire world Tolkien has created. A Masterpiece.
Rating:  - Middle Earth Bible
This is pretty much the Bible of the world of Middle Earth. It isn't written so much as a story as some of Tolkien's other works, but it has a nearly-documentary style, as if everything in it is real (and it is, for all the detail that goes into the story). Here comes history and mythology, all romantically tied together in ultimate fantasy along with all the proper notest that would attend any other historical work. There is not a lot of detail in the stories, but that does not make them any less wonderful. ... Read More
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