false 51094223 295524 77673 0395257301 9780395257302 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1197697124m/77673.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1197697124s/77673.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77673.The_Silmarillion 3.98 132 The title Silmarillion is shortened from Quenta Silmarillion, "The History of the Silmarils," the three great jewels created by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves, in which he imprisoned the light of the Two Trees that illumined Valinor, the land of the gods. When Morgoth, first Dark Lord, destroyed the Trees, that light lived on only in the Silmarils; Morgoth seized them and set them in his crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor & his people against the gods, their exile in Middle-earth, & their war, hopeless despite all the heroisim of Elves & Men, against the great Enemy.
The book includes several other, shorter works beside The Silmarillion proper. Preceding it are "Ainulindale," the myth of Creation, & "Valaquenta," in which the nature & powers of each of the gods is set forth. After The Silmarillion is "Akallabeth," the story of the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age; completing the volume is "Of the Rings of Power & the Third Age," in which the events of The Lord of the Rings are treated in the manner of The Silmarillion]]> 656983 4.17 514007 15703 9533 3.75 6346 664 1977 0 2009-04-06T09:38:53-07:00 596402 124 2009-04-06T09:38:53-07:00 0 2009-04-04T13:14:10-07:00 589688 94 2009-04-04T13:14:10-07:00 0 2009-03-31T18:52:28-07:00 574915 50 2009-03-31T18:52:28-07:00 0 0 false Tue Mar 31 18:51:44 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 18:51:54 -0700 2009