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FOREWORD (Christopher Tolkien). AINULINDALË : The Music of the Ainur. The book, though entitled as it must be The Silmarillion, contains not only the Quenta Silmarillion, or Silmarillion proper, but also four other short works

FOREWORD (Christopher Tolkien). The book, though entitled as it must be The Silmarillion, contains not only the Quenta Silmarillion, or Silmarillion proper, but also four other short works. The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta, which are given at the beginning, are indeed closely related with The Silmarillion; but the Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power, which appear at the end, are (it must to emphasised) wholly separate and independent.

Tolkien drew the original maps.

Tolkien drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings.

In the Tolkien canon, THE SILMARILLION is the most highly contested of all his works. Constructed as a prehistoric history of the Universe, the book has the cultural significance of the Bible in Tolkien's universe. It is Tolkien's primary work, but it's also his most troublesome, in more ways than one. One thing you need to know. In Tolkien scholarship, there are two primary ways to refer to the "Silmarillion".

Millions of people around the world will be forever grateful to Christopher for bringing us 'The Silmarillion,' 'The Children of Hurin,' 'The History of Middle-earth' series and many others. We have lost a titan and he will be sorely missed

JRR Tolkien has created a compelling mythology in The Silmarillion. It must be made clear that is not a book written in its entirety by JRR Tolkien.

JRR Tolkien has created a compelling mythology in The Silmarillion. The many references contained within the Lord of the Rings to the Elder Days are fully explained here. The Professor’s son Christopher has taken a collection of writings regarding the Elder Days and put them together in the form of The Silmarillion. And Christopher Tolkien has done an excellent job. There were many doubters amongst Tolkien fans but what we are given is a rich set of tales that explain in rich detail the mythology behind Tolkien’s.

Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, h. .also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of our world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent counter-culture largely because of his concern with environmental issues

Christopher Tolkien, the son of author JRR Tolkien, has died at the age of 9. For many the Peter Jackson film trilogy adaptation of the books is their only connection to the extraordinary body of work, bu.

Christopher Tolkien, the son of author JRR Tolkien, has died at the age of 95. The WWII veteran became an Oxford don and guardian of his father's works. Tolkien was John Ronald Reuel's youngest son and grew up listening to tales of Bilbo Baggins, helping to shape his father's characters with his criticism. After serving with the RAF in South Africa during the war, Tolkien went up to Trinity College, Oxford, following in his father's footsteps to become a lecturer in Old and Middle English. For many the Peter Jackson film trilogy adaptation of the books is their only connection to the extraordinary body of work, but Christopher Tolkien held the blockbusters in utter contempt.

Christopher Tolkien disappeared during the night of Wednesday to Thursday at the Centre Hospitalier de la Dracénie . By becoming the literary executor of his father John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973), Christopher Tolkien had to expose himself many times.

Christopher Tolkien disappeared during the night of Wednesday to Thursday at the Centre Hospitalier de la Dracénie (CHD) where he had just been admitted for health problems. All his life, this erudite scholar had lived in the shadow of giants as well as small hobbits  . By becoming the literary executor of his father John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973), Christopher Tolkien had to expose himself many times

After his father's death in 1973, Mr Tolkien published the acclaimed work The Silmarillion.