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Love this book. It is only for the die hard Tolkienite however. Also if you have the desire to get yourself into this book it is a good idea to read the Silmarillion at least twice. C. Tolkien did an absolutely amazing job with all 12 volumes. The way he organizes the books and his commentaries are exquisite. The level of detail he goes into explaining the evolution of the history of his fathers world is breath taking. For me, there was never a dull moment of reading this book, every page there was something new for me to find out and it completely changes my concept of Middle-Earth and leaves me thinking "what if this idea had been kept" when i go back and read through the Silmarillion or the LOTR. Just reading through these works is an amazing experience. We, the reader, get to see what would have been lost FOREVER had not C. Tolkien compiled all his fathers decaying notes and notebooks and made these 12 volumes of pure gold. Our knowledge of Middle-Earth has the potential to grow ten-fold because of these books. One of the coolest things in my opinion after reading through this book was to see the first intended course of many of the main characters in the Silmarillion and what their fates would have been. I know its not possible, but I wish the Silmarillion was longer, filled full of more info from these books, but alas it can no longer be done :(
