Date Posted:20:22:43 12/14/01 Fri Author: Omega Subject: Re: The Silmarillion In reply to:
Adilbrand
's message, "The Silmarillion" on 17:49:21 12/14/01 Fri
Of course the reason is that Tolkien never put the Silmarilion together -- he was working on it and died. His son took various writings together to put the book we now have, and well, I expect JRR Tolkien would have fixed many of the problems we now see.
So yes, it is a difficult work.But it is also a work to be seen as a collection of mythology, from various stages of Tolkien's thought. It does enrich the LOTR, but it is also filled with some excellent stories -- if one can get beyond how tough some of it can be.
