The Silmarillion By J.R.R. Tolkien Edited by Christopher Tolkien Published posthumously, The Silmarillion is the bible to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Literally. Told mostly from an Elf-centric point-of-view, The Silmarillion covers the creation of Middle-earth, or Arda, through the rise and fall of the elf kingdoms, the rise and fall of Numenor, and the rise and …
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Aug 17
Book Review: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth By J.R.R. Tolkien Edited by Christopher Tolkien Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth is the first book in a study of the many fragments of Tolkien’s writing on his legendarium. Tolkien’s son Christopher collects several lengthy fragments stretching from the First Age of Middle-earth to the beginning of the …
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Jun 06
Book Review: The Tolkien Reader
The Tolkien Reader By J.R.R. Tolkien Published in 1966, The Tolkien Reader is a collection of shorter works by the father of modern fantasy, The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien. I was about ten years old when I bought my copy at a local used book store, the same store where I bought …
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