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Originally Posted by Briks
I think it began with some sort of elf whose mind or soul shat out some more elves who all became godly. This was all in the beginning, before anyone had heard about the world and stuff. I haven't read it, but I recently read The Hobbit and I'm halfway through The Fellowship of the Ring. The latter is pretty heavy, even when I'm reading it in damn Norwegian.
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If you think Fellowship is heavy you have no chance with Silmarillion. Basically I see it like this: Hobbit = kids and young adults, very entertaining, can be read easily and even as a standalone if you want. LOTR = older adults, requires a lot of work and attention, three books lead into each other. Silmarillion = college professors and people with lots of time. Very dry, very musty, not much in the way of story and more history than anything else. Very heavy on the names, battles, and so on.
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