Join as Eviliv3 reviews The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien and published by George Allen & Unwin on 15 September 1977. This tells the early history of Middle-earth. You can buy The Silmarillion here: https://amzn.to/4euXn5K
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- Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Edited by Christopher Tolkien
- Published by George Allen & Unwin on 15 September 1977
- Audiobook released by HarperCollins on June 22, 2023
- Audiobook read by Andy Serkis
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- From a Letter by J.R.R. Tolkien to Milton Waldman, 1951
- Ainulindale
- a primary creation narrative
- tells in mythic style of the creation of Eä, the “world that is.”
- Ainur (Holy ones): Valar (powers) & Maiar (spirits)
- Valaquenta
- gives a description of the Valar and Maiar, supernatural powers of Eä.
- describes Melkor, each of the fourteen Valar, and a few of the Maiar
- Quenta Silmarillion – Chapter 1-24
- chronicles the history of the events before and during the First Age, including the wars over three jewels, the Silmarils
- a series of interconnected tales set in the First Age that narrate the tragic saga of the three forged jewels, the Silmarils.
- Yavanna creates the Two Trees of Valinor to restore light to the world
- Awakening of the Elves and start of the First Age
- Melkor (Morgoth) steals the Silmarils
- Ungoliant destroys the Two Trees of Valinor
- Balrogs
- Ungoliant
- Fingolfin v Morgoth
- Sauron – commander and sorcerer
- Beren, Luthien and a Silmaril
- Glaurung, father of dragons
- Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs
- Elves fight Morgoth in Beleriand
- Beleriand is destroyed
- Akallabeth
- relates the history of the Downfall of Númenor and its people, which takes place in the Second Age.
- recounts the rise and fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, inhabited by the Dúnedain
- Númenor attacks Valinor to gain immortality
- Númenor is drowned, Arda is remade, Valinor is removed from Arda
- Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
- tells the history of the rings during the Second and Third Ages, ending with a summary of the events of The Lord of the Rings.
- describes the events that take place in Middle-earth during the Second and Third Ages.
- Istari came from the west, sent to watch over Sauron after Sauron became the sorcerer of Dol Guldur
- Closing
- Notes
- edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his son Christopher in 1977, assisted by Guy Gavriel Kay, who became a fantasy author.
- The Silmarillion was supposedly translated from Bilbo’s three-volume Translations from the Elvish, which he wrote while at Rivendell.
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