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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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     vii two a: dam?» awake ma . we we M; maxi-owe 
     
     . 
     
    
   
   
    
     / .. 
     
    
   
   
    
     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. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A 
     
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     t 
     
    
   
   
    
     I 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     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