The Silmarils, beautiful as they were, were the cause of all the drama in the book. Morgoth stole the jewels and placed them in his crown. They would dictate the fate of numerous heroes for thousands of years. Of the Rings of Power and The Third Age (basically a summary of what happened in The Hobbit, LOTR and a bit before that)

Númenor) یک جزیره تخیّلی در داستان‌های تالکین است. این جزیره از قلمروهای انسانها در دوران دوم بود. نومه‌نور هدیه‌ای از طرف والار به اداین (کسانی که در کنار الفها ضدّ مورگوت جنگیدند) بود. نومه‌نور دارای تمدّن بزرگی بود اما با گذشت زمان، طمع نومه‌نوریان به نامیرا شدن شروع شد. به اصرار سائورون، آر-فارازون سعی کرد که سرزمین‌های نامیرا را تسخیر کند اما نومه‌نور نابود شد و زیر دریا فرورفت. در این بین یاوران‌الف (مؤمنان به والار و ایلوواتار) زنده ماندند و با رهبری الندیل به سرزمین میانه رفتند و قلمروهای گاندور و آرنور را پایه‌گذاری کردند.]Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet featuring 'A Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making' by Christopher Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing 'Taniquetil'. Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher Tolkien, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring his father’s great vision to publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime. This special edition presents anew this seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books celebrating his father’s legacy. To be honest, The Silmarillion is not an easy read. There's Valinor, Númenor, Middle-earth, creation of the world, music battles (I am not joking), the Valar, the Maiar; Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri elves, men, orcs, beasts, wizards, dragons, and jewels. All that remains is to refer you to my little collection of quotes and artwork from the most important scenes of the book. Most of you have already seen it, but for those who haven’t, please have a look: OKAY THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING RIGHT NOW AND I'M ACTUALLY IN TEARS THAT I ALREADY FORGOT HALF THE NAMES (I'M WRITING THIS REVIEW ONE MONTH LATE) BUT I'M ALSO FULL OF JOY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I WILL RE-READ THIS FRIGGIN' MASTERPIECE MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.

The detail is so rich and its history so compelling that it so easily comes alive for me. If you want to know more about Middle Earth, the info is there. You just have to find the book that tells it. If you're looking for more beyond The Lord of the Rings, this is that book. The first volume of the bewitching ‘Chrestomanci’ series by Diana Wynne Jones. Charmed Life arrives in an explosion of magic in this edition illustrated by Alison Bryant and introduced by Katherine Rundell. The Silmarillion gives a clear and comprehensive history of the mythological world Tolkien created to set his Lord of Rings trilogy. In five parts, he describes the world of which Middle Earth is a part, the spirits who rule the world (who the Men called gods), the making of Elves, Men, and Dwarfs, and the events that took place in the world, especially on Middle Earth from the First Age to the Third Age. In short, The Silmarillion can be safely described as a forerunner to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Then of course as time draws closer to the Third Age, learning about Aragorn's ancestors was a real treat. Although working out that he was kiiiiinda related to Elrond made things a bit weird, if you follow me. Y es que la influencia de lo religioso y de la Biblia es innegable en este computo de leyendas al igual que la de otras mitologías como la nórdica. Pero creo que una de las cosas más interesantes en Tolkien es la forma en que, de alguna manera, humaniza a sus seres más poderosos. Sus errores o los pecados que cometen no se deben tanto a un error de cálculos o a que algo más poderoso que se interponga en sus planes (que también) como a la forma en que caen en algunos de los defectos más intrínsicamente humanos. Porque los dioses en Tolkien tienen sus propias personalidades, perfectamente diferenciadas de las del resto. Los elfos, a los que tan sabios y poderosos tenemos en nuestras cabezas, fácilmente podrían ser humanos, ya que se equivocan muchas veces y son presas del odio y las ambiciones humanas como cualquier otro de los terceros hijos. Y también son capaces de conocer el amor y la amistad, y de valorarlos en su justa medida. Los magos, enviados para proteger a la humanidad de la llegada de la oscuridad, pueden acabar siendo partícipes de la misma. Los héroes no son infalibles. Hay en todo esto algo más grande que todos estos personajes, un destino que les mueve a actuar y les supera, pero que aún así les de margen para ser ellos mismos, un libre albedrío que les hace profundamente cercanos para el lector.Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea?” Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past. This book is the first and last book of Tolkien, the story of the first period, from the imaginary world of Tolkien, the "old drama" in which the characters of "Lord of the Rings" can also find their roots.

He passed over Dor-nu-Fauglith like a wind amid the dust, and all that beheld his onset fled in amaze, thinking that Oromë himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar. Thus he came alone to Angband’s gates, and he sounded his horn, and smote once more upon the brazen doors, and challenged Morgoth to come forth to single combat. And Morgoth came.The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. Well I've thought about that. I'm not going to review the material itself, or I'd just end up rewriting the book. But what I can say about this is that reading the Silmarillion, although incredibly challenging to keep up with all the names, battles and the second names Tolkien gives to characters and battles ("It was known as X in the tongue of the Elves, but Y in the tongues of men, but the dwarves called it Z" - if you know you know), is a fantastic experience in terms of what I'd like to call a taste of Tolkien. There are so many stories squished into this epic that just as you get invested into one, a new one starts. But if you find a story that resonates with you, there is a small possibility that Christopher Tolkien has adapted this in a more narrative and expanded form. Case in point - The Fall of Gondolin, Beren and Lúthien, The Children of Húrin or The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth. It is a likelihood, considering the Fall of Numenor was published after Christopher's death, that the Tolkien estate will continue to find writers to expand upon the genius material that Tolkien has given to us. So if you want a taste of Tolkien, read the Silmarillion and choose from there.

Tolkien fue un genial filólogo y escritor. Pero también fue un humanista y filosofo de primera. Todo esto desemboco en que su romanticismo innato se contrapusiera a la dureza del mundo en el que le toco vivir, del cual no podía escapar. Esta lucha interna se dió de la mano con su gran capacidad creadora para crear uno de los mundos y legados fantásticos y ficticios más hermosos y mejor construidos de toda la historia. Un mundo que a día de hoy sorprende, sobrecoge y enamora a partes iguales a todos sus lectores. Incluso aquellos que ya lo conocen de antes no pueden dejar de enamorarse de la Tierra Media cada vez que vuelven a Tolkien. Ahora tengo muchas ganas de seguir con este autor, especialmente de leer los libros a mayores sobre (como no) “Los hijos de Húrin “y “Beren y Lúthien”. Valaquenta (the bulk of the story, chronicling the rise of the Elves and then their fall from grace, the deeds of Melkor (or Morgoth), the greatest of the Valar that fell to darkness, also the master of Sauron (how awesome is that?!); and there’s also the coming of men and their part in the war that followed) Eru and his Valar, spirits of great power, create Arda, which is the Earth that is seen and there they make the world ready for the coming of the First Born, the Elves. The Second Born, Men, come too at some point. Silmarillion is broken into 4 parts:Tolkien devised the history, mythology, culture, and languages (he was an early conlanger) of the many races of Middle Earth in intricate detail, and he was a devout Catholic. There is often a sense of the sacred and profane (“ The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light.”), but there’s not even passing mention of temples, priests, prayers, rituals, sacraments, or holy texts. The elves come closest, but even so, I find it odd that there are no invocations in the darkest times - on the eve of battle or beside the dying - or thanksgiving at the happiest. For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition. Then the name of the forest was changed and Mirkwood it was called, for the nightshade lay deep there, and few dared to pass through, save only in the north where Thranduil's people still held the evil at bay.