Silmarillion

John Watkins · 07 Jul 2010, 17:46 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: john.watkins04 at gmail.com (John Watkins)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:46:09 -0400
Subject: (urth) Silmarillion
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On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2010/7/7 Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com>:
>
> >>> The Quenta Silmarillion is an unfinished book, but why is it deeply
> >>> flawed?
> >>
> >> Try reading "Of Beleriand and its Realms" without falling asleep.
> >
> > Is that a matter of not 'leav[ing] out the parts that people skip'?
>
> It's a matter of not doing a good job of integrating one's infodumps.
>
>
Again, not a novel.  The infodumps were as much for the author's working out
of his creative impulse as anything else.  Personally, I'm fascinated by
Tolkien's process, and while "Of Beleriand and its Realms" is a hard slog,
I'm glad to have it.



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