What is the best way to read The Silmarillion?

Here are some alternative ways to read The Silmarillion. Begin at Chapter 3: It sounds strange, but beginning at chapter 3 gets the reader right into the adventure of the elves and heroes of Middle Earth. Once the story of Middle Earth’s origins is in play, the reader can the go back to fill in the mythic material.

What should I read after the Silmarillion?

The Silmarillion is quite a dense read, and should probably be tackled a little later. However, an adult may be better starting off with The Lord of the Rings followed by The Children of Húrin, Unfinished Tales, The Silmarillion, and the various volumes of The History of Middle-earth.

What should I read after Tolkien?

So without further ado, here are 12 fantasy books that give Frodo a run for his precious.

• The Bitterbynde Trilogy. The Ill-Made Mute.
• The Well at the World’s End. By William Morris.
• Dragonsbane.
• The Wheel of Time Series.
• The Inheritance Cycle.
• The Graceling Realm.
• The Kingkiller Chronicles.
• The Dreamblood Series.

Is the fall of gondolin in The Silmarillion?

J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Gondolin is one of the stories which formed the basis for a section in his posthumously-published work, The Silmarillion, with a version later appearing in The Book of Lost Tales.

Did Christopher Tolkien finish The Silmarillion?

Tolkien had originally intended to publish The Silmarillion along with The Lord of the Rings, and parts of it were in a finished state when he died in 1973, but the project was incomplete.

Is Silmarillion a good read?

It’s not a novel like LOTR—it reads more like the Bible. It can be tough going, especially keeping track of all the Elvish characters with similar names, but it’s definitely worth reading. Consider it the Bible of the Elves.

Why do people not like the Silmarillion?

The Silmarillion is difficult to read for several reasons: a huge number of names, archaic language and style, a lack of novel-like plot structure, a very slow beginning. It is also undoubtedly boring at times when the plot lags (cough “Of Beleriand and Its Realms”).

What should I read if I liked Lord of the Rings?

15 Books Like LORD OF THE RINGS

• Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristof.
• Legend of Drizzt: Homeland by R.A.
• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K.
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir.
• The Fifth Season by N.K.
• Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho.
• The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima.

Who wrote The Silmarillion book series?

The Silmarillion, J.R.R. The Silmarillion is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, Christopher Tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay.

What is The Silmarillion and why is it important?

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.

Why was The Silmarillion rejected by publishers?

Many years after the war, encouraged by the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien submitted an incomplete but more fully developed version of The Silmarillion to his publisher, but they rejected the work as being obscure and “too Celtic”.

What are the Eldar saying in The Silmarillion?

The Silmarillion Quotes Showing 1-30 of 188 “It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.”