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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 4 years ago
TITLE: The Silmarillion AUTHOR: J.R.R. Tolkien _____________________________ DESCRIPTION: "Tolkien considered The Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing...
Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 4 years ago
TITLE: The Fall of Gondolin AUTHOR: J.R.R. Tolkien EDITOR: Christopher Tolkien ILLUSTRATOR: Alan Lee _______________________________ DESCRIPTION: "In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story ...
Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 4 years ago
TITLE: Beren and Lúthien AUTHOR: J.R.R. Tolkien EDITOR: Christopher Tolkien ILLUSTRATOR: Alan Lee ____________________________ DESCRIPTION: "Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and...
mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 5 years ago
The creation of Middle-earth and its First Age is presented in both mythical and historical accounts that set the stage for The Lord of the Rings in the world’s Third Age. The Silmarillion is the posthumously published collection of J.R.R. Tolkien’s worldbuilding tales concerning the creation and h...
Bella's Wonderworld
Bella's Wonderworld rated it 6 years ago
Beschreibung Zwei große Mächte stehen einander gegenüber, auf der einen Seite die Macht des bösen Morgoth, auf der anderen Seite Ulmo der Herrscher über alle Meere, Seen und Flüsse. Morgoths Hass gegen Turgon, den König von Gondolin ist unbeschreiblich groß und so setzt der mächtige Herrscher alle...
FeeRtheDragon
FeeRtheDragon rated it 6 years ago
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien is the story of how the creation of Tolkien's world came to be.It has been years since I have read this book, and it was such a delight to revisit Tolkien's world from the beginning of the First Age. It is exciting and sorrowful, and I loved spending time with all ...
FeeRtheDragon
FeeRtheDragon rated it 6 years ago
Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the Tales of the Elder Days as touched upon in The Silmarillion.Beren and Lúthien is another story that finally has seen the light of day. I loved reading this tale and learning more about other characters in Tolkien's world. In addition, the poems were ...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 6 years ago
If you read the Sil, then you know this story. If you haven't and have only seen the movies, (1) what is wrong with you and (2) Beren and Luthien are the couple that Strider sings about in Fellowship. This book supposedly sets the story in a story mode as opposed to bits and pieces. But it doesn...
Beyond Strange New Words
Beyond Strange New Words rated it 6 years ago
The story of Beren and Lúthien is one of the three central stories of Tolkien’s Elvish history, presented in this book in a new light, revealing the process of Tokien’s writing and how it evolved from its earliest concept to the latest, though never quite finished version. Edited by Christopher Tolk...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 7 years ago
So this was hard to read in just one sitting. It took me several days to finish with this. Honestly I am glad that I did read this, but it's definitely not a book I would re-read again. There were parts of it that put me right to sleep. I think my favorite section was The Third Age. Tolkien defin...
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