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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 May 2019

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Frank J. Fleming

    I love the Silmarillion; parts of it are among Tolkien's most memorable writing. But Frank's gripes are mostly why I had no success reading it to my kids after we finished Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. (Quibble: the family trees in the back are plenty to keep track of the names)https://twitter.com/IMAO_/status/1132309155916730368 …

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    Time for me to rant about The Silmarillion. I thought “hey, this will be some neat background stories that add color to the The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.” I was wrong on so many levels.
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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 May 2019

        The War of Wrath, though written in a very few strokes covering an enormous event, is one of my favorite Tolkien passages.pic.twitter.com/wpbS96IAKy

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 May 2019

        Fingolfin's duel with Morgoth is also vividly written, & I thought of its imagery when watching Thanos fight Captain America in Endgame:pic.twitter.com/wjmCeKUjp4

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      2. Will Collier‏ @willcollier 25 May 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        That reaction is VERY common. It’s been the default initial review pretty much since The Silmarillion was published. And the thing is, even Christopher Tolkien kind-of agrees with it. Most of the stories were heavily truncated to fit within a single volume/narrative.

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      3. Will Collier‏ @willcollier 25 May 2019
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        You can get the fuller version of most of them (particularly the “three great tales”) in later volumes, and IYAM it’s well worth the effort, but it IS an effort. CJRT never again tried to fill out the gaps between the decades-separated drafts, he just presented them w/comments.

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      1. Woko Haram‏ @Pythagasaurus2 25 May 2019
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        I didn't read it until my early teens but it was natural for me because I grew up with so much biblical education so it seemed natural. I can certainly understand the barrier for most people though

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      1. John Lamm‏ @JohnLammTX 25 May 2019
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        I happen to be re-reading it again right now. It definitely reads more like a history text than a novel, a product of the editing process I would think. Still, as you say, some of Tolkien's best work is included.

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      1. Ute in Exile‏ @UteInExile 25 May 2019
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        Hands down my favorite book. I love its creation myth and stories of the struggle between good and evil. But it is not for the casual reader and tackling it without an atlas or Tolkien wiki is rough.

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      1. Ute in Exile‏ @UteInExile 25 May 2019
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        Also the stories of Numenor and its corruption by Sauron are chilling. How quickly a magnificent civilization succumbed to flattery and pride to their destruction.

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      1. (((David Nieporent)))‏ @dnieporent 25 May 2019
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        I agree completely. I had a lot of trouble getting through it, but then I listened to the audiobook, and then, after having done that, I was able to finally read it later, and was very worthwhile.

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