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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
the things you always thought about but never found in the silmarillion,
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This review is from: Morgoth's Ring (History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 10) (Paperback)
I grew up on tolkieniana: I cannot rememer the first time I read JRRT's works, but I cannot have been more than a few feet tall. tolkien's universe is so unseparable from my own that at times I look at the falling oak leaves around me and think that they are mallorn. no other bookworld is as real to me as his: no other fictional history is as historical as his.
the morgoth's ring is probably the least read piece of tolkien lore, and for good reasons. it is hard to get your hands on (had it not been for peter jackson's movies, it would probably not exist in paperback), and is considered to be one of christopher tolkien's shadiest amalgamations of facts. the criticism is valid, however, the morgoth's ring answers questions I have pondered for years. a lot of the gaps in the silmarillion can be filled out, or at least lessened, by information collected in this volume. although a strange compilation of notes to a tolkien novice, to a tolkieniast it is of great value. thus, I strongly recommend it to a more tolkien-educated audience. |
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Morgoth's Ring (History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 10) by J. R. R. Tolkien (Paperback - January 1, 1995)
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