false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166957570m/18513.jpg 7332 129 4733799 book 1977 The Silmarillion total:14988|5:4383|4:4095|3:4006|2:1823|1:710| 14988 54551 19778 1072 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 5 8 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri May 11 11:07:26 -0700 2007 Sat May 12 10:43:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 5 3 false Sat Feb 09 15:34:28 -0800 2008 Sun May 18 20:11:21 -0700 2008 When Owen Barfield read poetry, he would at times come across a passage which would impress him very strongly. It would cause what he ...more...]]> 18513 0345325818 9780345325815 395 48 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166957570m/18513.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18513.The_Silmarillion 5 2 false Wed Jul 09 12:45:37 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 12:45:57 -0700 2008 the Lord of the Rings, which s...more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 1 2 false Fri Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Mon Feb 11 06:23:52 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 06:23:52 -0800 2008
In the sixties, something changed. Perhaps Mother Church realized that people were turning away from her; perhaps a cadre of teachers decided the younger generation needed to get in touch with its cultural roots; whatever. We ended up wi...more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 5 2 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 07 07:40:11 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 08:08:14 -0800 2008 J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings in 1976 and have prized it above all since then, yet I didn't finish reading the Silmarillion until 2007, 30 years after having received the first edition as a gift from my freshman English professor.

All that I valued about LOTR was multiplied ...more...]]> 259055 0618126988 9780618126989 889 93 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173214699m/259055.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/259055.The_Silmarillion 5 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 23:21:53 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 10:09:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 5 3 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Sep 12 09:17:34 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 09:19:36 -0700 2007 18513 0345325818 9780345325815 395 48 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166957570m/18513.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18513.The_Silmarillion 4 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Oct 04 06:19:31 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 06:32:19 -0700 2008 3 The Bible for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. It's the first book Tolkien started working on in 1917, and he continued working on it until his death. It was actually edited and published by Tolkien's son Christopher Tolkien.

The book is not nearly as prosaic as The Hobbit...more...]]> 77673 0395257301 9780395257302 131 28 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1197697124m/77673.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77673.The_Silmarillion 4 2 true Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Fri Apr 18 21:31:17 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 19:06:27 -0800 2009 The Silmarillion, I thought to take this opportunity to review this volume of Tolkien's posthumously published works (which I first read 30 years ago). I'll be posting this review here and with the hardcopy version of the book.

F...more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon May 07 14:16:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 14:22:24 -0700 2007 the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This book is a must for anyone interested in devouring more history of Middle Earth. It details the beginnings of Middle Earth, the creation of Elves, Dwarves, and Men and the subsequent re...more...]]> 3021625 25 5 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205580523m/3021625.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3021625.The_Silmarillion_The_Myths_Legends_of_Middle_Earth 5 1 false Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed Apr 09 19:55:18 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 09:28:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18513 0345325818 9780345325815 395 48 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166957570m/18513.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18513.The_Silmarillion 1 3 false Mon Jul 02 10:45:06 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 10:48:35 -0700 2007
The prolgue about the creation ...more...]]> 18513 0345325818 9780345325815 395 48 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166957570m/18513.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18513.The_Silmarillion 5 2 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sat Jan 12 23:30:52 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 13:18:11 -0800 2008 LOTR is incredible, but in my opinion, the war of the ring just doesn't hold up to the stories inside The Silmarillion. The heroes inside these pages are so much more mythic, audacious and awe-inspiring than those of the latter age. In the grand scheme of...more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 4 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 06 00:41:14 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 01:01:16 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 5 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 06:29:33 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 06:32:36 -0800 2008 1
I found it to be one of the best books I have ever read. The back story it provided to the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books was highly enterta...more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 4 0 false Tue Mar 31 15:12:33 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 15:20:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 5 0 false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:26:19 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:40:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 3 1 false Thu Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 17:19:13 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 18:09:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7332 0618391118 9780618391110 12176 781 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255678090m/7332.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7332.The_Silmarillion 3 0 false Mon Dec 07 12:03:50 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 12:21:12 -0800 2009 1 The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien is a collection of legends of Middle Earth during the first and second Age of Middle Earth. It tells how Middle Earth was created, and then goes through a series of epic tales to the point when Sauron forged the Rings of Power and the One Ring to rule o...more...]]> 92693 0048232300 9780048232304 7 1 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1251758378m/92693.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92693.The_Silmarillion 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Aug 31 15:43:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 15:52:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18513