I borrowed it from my libary and i knew i wouldnt be able to finnish it. So i went out and bought it. lol im currently reading other books and i have'nt had a chance to read any more of it...lol. But i totaly loved it so far and i love how tolkien wrote how middle earth was created. I think thats my fave bit in the book...so far.

Th Silmarillion is an amazing book. I love it as much as I love LotR. I can't say I like one or the other better, because...well, I guess I love them both in slightly diferent ways. LotR is more like a normal fantasy novel. The Silmarillion is more difficult to read, and maybe more difficult to love, but I think I feel a deeper connection to it than to LotR.

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Wars would be more fun if we used swords again."
– one of my guyfriends

Well I´ve just began to read Silmarillion and I haven´t finished it yet. At first it really seemed a bit boring and hard reading with plenty of names and places and things to figure out but the further I read it the more it gets fascinating. It just demands a bit concentration to get into it.

Now I think that Silmarillion is even better than LOTR.

This book is great! I really enjoyed the Valaquenta and all the descritpions!

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yeah, same here I like the charatcers alot, they're so kool and all the stories, it was really interesting. in fact, after I finish FOTR, I think I shall read the Sil again I aboslutely adored the story of Turin Turambar, and Of Maeglin

I love Sil!!!But I really had to skip around to the storys i could understand the best!

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"Begone if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him!"

My favorite book is 'LotR' - I'm not saying SIL isn't a great book, it is. But reading through the dimension of Middle-Earth, I thought there was a mystic and powerful fantasy in tolkiens book 'LotR'. I think this magic is not in the SIL.

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I read the Silmarillion, and.. yeah it was not really boring, but I thought it was very difficult to read. I had/have problems to remeber what I just read and where I was, and all those names.. I was pretty confused, still its a good book, but I probably will not read it again!

ME TOO! I skipped around the dif stories and read the ones that were more or less connected to help me memorize the names. It worked.
One of my fave books ever! Like it better than the Chronicles of Narnia

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1 Then Job said to The Lord,
2 I know that You can do all things and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted

Guardian of Osgiliath!

I loved it! I love almost all books I read, but Silmarillion really stands out. The sytle of writing a huge web of legendary stories as opposed to a large mass of interconnected plotlines all happening at once makes for an interesting contrast betweern the trilogy and the Silmarillion.

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Colonel Vasiliy of the Hornet Army

Time travelers never die.

Have I stated my opinion about the book? well, anyhoo, when I first read it I..kinda stopped reading it..cause I thought it was..boring..

Then I picked it up again last year and loooved it! I guess I thought the beginning was a little dull..but other than that, the stories furthemore in the book were the best.

I absolutely loved the Silmarillion! Mainly because it has so many Elves in it, and I love nearly every story with Elves in it. And because it was very interesting to learn more about Middle Earth. The Silmarillion answered a lot of questions I had about Lord of the Rings. Without the Silmarillion, everything was incomplete like. Though it took me a while to read it completely.

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Brynhild, 'mail coat of battle'

In the sheltering shade of the forest
Calling, calming silence
Accompanied only by the full moon
The howling of the Night Wolf
And the path under my bare feet...
...the Elvenpath

Hah! another person who likes Elves a lot! w00t!

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The Sil is awesome. I found out if you get bored reading it from cover to cover you can always skip around.

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Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future.
It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step Joni Erickson Tada

Wow. People find the Silmarillion boring? Are you serious?! It's awsome! Actually, I must admit, I didn't like it all that much the first time, but I read it again and I love it! All the elves, and maia, and...stuff! I dunno, it's just awsome! Tolkien's my idol. When I read it I forget that it's a fictional story(s) and think it's really our history. It's so detailed and beautifully written!

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