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The Silmarillion

By J.R.R. Tolkien

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| Paperback | 9780395346464

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Book Description

The background to the entire Lord of the Rings epic. This is the story of the First Age, to which characters in The Lord of the Rings look back. "The intrinsic grandeur of Tolkien's design reilluminated at every stage." -- Kirkus Reviews

Critics

The Hobbit Habit

Readers who have already been involved with Hobbitry, Middle Earth, and the fantastic adventure-romances of J.R.R. Tolkien will doubtless recall from the four volumes previously published passing allusions to epic cycles antedating those tales of the ... (read full critics)

nybooks published on Tue, 24 Aug 2010

9 Reviews

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It's the best ever, better than LOTR even. I love this book, I do, I do.

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Sourcreamandonions said on Jul 26, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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This is going to be a very long and hard reading...

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Loky said on Oct 12, 2011 | Add your feedback

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Definately not a book for everyone, but fans of Tolkien who'd like to know about the origins of Middle Earth, I found it hard to read as it can be dry or skip around a bit, but I'm glad I as I know of the history of Middle Earth.

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Cindy said on Dec 12, 2007 | Add your feedback

the only nasty about that book is that it contains too many names to remember! a great book in general of course.I would recommend that to anyone.

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Paranoia said on Nov 12, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Fantastic story, to be read in English!!

I read almost all the book by Tolkien, but it is the first time I read one of them in English. I was a bit scared, but everything was right. That's fantastic, I liked this book much in Italian, I love more it in English. I believe that the last chapters of the Quenta are maybe too fast with respect ... (continue)

I read almost all the book by Tolkien, but it is the first time I read one of them in English. I was a bit scared, but everything was right. That's fantastic, I liked this book much in Italian, I love more it in English. I believe that the last chapters of the Quenta are maybe too fast with respect to the other ones, but the whole story is really fantastic ... an epic story written by a great person!!!

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Ologib said on Jun 26, 2011 | Add your feedback