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L [2.12. TOLKIE

By IAMES BURNESS

“Tolkien is dead"

I remember that night in

September 73 when «Steve . Rodney and I were sitting in the Mayfair Tavern discussing as usual. THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Our talk weaved through Tolkien’s fabulous works and finally dwelled upon the GREAT mystery - THE SILMARILLION. All we, and the many other Tolkien fans. knew was that this was a complete chronology of the First and Second Ages of Middle

Earth. All else was speculation.

And speculate we did - was it a complete narrative similiar to LORD "OF THE RINGS but running ten to twelve volumes or was it like the appendices. stories, and genealogies embroidered therein to create a world more complete

than our own. None of us knew. '

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though we were longing to_find out.

night. THE SILMARILLION has been edited and published by Tolkien’s son, Christopher. It's not a narrative, nor is it a collection- of appendices; It consists of one complete volume with not only the “Quanta Silmarillion" proper. but also the “Ainahinahe”; the “Valaquenta”

the “Akallabath” and “of the

Rings of . Power and the Third Age." _ - As always, an extensive set of tables has been included. 'These tables cover the geneologies of the important houses ofthe First and Second Ages, the sundering

of the Elves, and indexof names. and an appendix of the elements - ‘

in the languages of Quenya and Sindarin.

Anwlindale, or the Music of Ainwr, is the story of creation. Eru, the Holy One, thinks..andhis thoughts become the Ainwr his offspring. To each he gives a

theme. them to' be in.

Harmony and make music. Their

New, four years after that.

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music was so complete that it.

rose to great Light and Beauty. In this great Harmony was—

Malkor, later known as Margoth; '

He was strong and wanted to divert from Eru's themes. Eru’s

‘ music was the stronger though,

and Malkor could not overcome it. . ’ Then Eru created a vision ‘of the world for his offspring to behold and they had great Joy in

it. Eru presented this vision to the * ._ ’Ainwr-to live in and to- create *

iwht. Malkor was bitter, Wanting the creation for his oWn and tried

to distort or destroy what the others created With this world;

The .second section. “Vala-

‘quenta”. continues the story of . . thezvsalarlAinwr) and givestheir '

names, and their elements. This story and the following “Ainsul- ingala" are elaborate primers for

the corevpfthe work, “The Quanta ’ a . Silmarillion". V

“The Quanta 'Silmarillion’? is ' the complete First Age. It- tells"- . of the beauty of the World

created by the Valar. of the war

'Melkor started and of

subsequent cai

’ sonment.

"And as thfi

» the mound then

slender shootsl over all the won the saplings 8‘ tall and fair awoke in the Trees of Valli!“

"‘The one hit

green that b1 “shining silver!

the countless fl

' silver light was

other bore leaVI

» their edges W

gold. Flowers 1

V ' branches in

flammaach SP“

2 upon .the grotlI

Than the D‘

' were created ' persuaded thfli‘ '* Valanor. acre!

The elves can! strong and 11d

. with the ValorE