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The Silmarillion

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By Rick Smeriglio, Moose Pass, Alaska / February 2, 2010

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J.R.R. Tolkien did not live to see the publication of his grandest work, The Silmarillion. In it, he lays out the creation myths and history of his fantasy universe, only a part of which included Middle Earth. Its deep parallels with the Old Testament make one rethink all the foundational literature of the West.

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