The Silmarils are jewels, okay? There are three of them. They hold the light of the two trees of Valinor. Um-hum. Following me so far? Not difficult, is it?
I have been reading The Silmarillion for two months now. It's a hell of a slog. It's not a big book, it's just a painful book. I'm going to work on a potted version for those who don't want to read it but would quite like to know the gist. Like those yellow books you have at A-level that tell you what a book is about! I never saw the point. Read that book or read the actual book you are supposed to be read it's all book learnin'. Unless they're significantly shorter, like about 2 pages as opposed to 340. I'm going to aim for a few paragraphs.
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I think you should do a Name that Tune thing. "I can tell you what happens in The Silmarillion in 10 words." "9." "8." "7." "Tell that story."
When I tried to read it, it just seemed like a mahoosive genealogy thing. I don't remember any jewels *at all*. Maybe I was so horribly mesmerised by the crushing weight of several hundred years of elven family history that I forgot about them.
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