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Originally Posted by pyan  Try skipping the Ainulindalė and the Valaquenta, Marvin - the story begins to speed up a bit about chapter 17 of the Quenta Silmarillion, and you can always refer back, using the Index, if you get stuck. |
Ok , I will! I must admit I was interested in the earlier (pre--Hobbit) history of Middle-Earth. I guess I was just disappointed that The Silmarillion was not written in a style I was accostemed to.
Mind you , it only goes to show what an accomplished writer Tolkein was , flitting between such contrasting styles of writing seemingly so easily