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nishant625  ·  3813 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Books that have shaken your perspective

thank you! this is almost exactly what I meant. just quickly though, can I read The Silmarillion just by itself or do I need to have read other Tolkien works beforehand?





user-inactivated  ·  3813 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You will need to read The Hobbit as well as the Lord of the Rings trilogy before anything in The Silmarillion makes sense. But to encounter those novels with a fresh perspective is an experience more rewarding than any I can imagine.