Well said! And thanks 🙂

Great insights and thanks for sharing! I know what you mean about feeling sorry for the Valar! 😅 I think, from the multiple readings I’ve done over the years, is how powerful Melkor is to be able to contend and challenge 14 other Valar. As for the Aule episode, I think this is a beautiful account of the origins of a race that has left an indelible mark both in Tolkien’s legendarium, and our modern conception of fantasy Dwarves in general.

Absolutely right 🙂 the maps are there for a reason and they’re practically indispensable when reading The Silmarillion (not just the first time, I keep referring to the maps over and over even after multiple reads). There’s just so much going on! 😅

Wow The Silmarillion in Norwegian sounds fantastic 🙂 Thanks for the support 👍

That’s great! It is dense indeed, but quite a unique read too 😄

Cheers!

Glad you’re finding these videos helpful! Thanks a lot!

Great! Keep at it!

He has multiple videos out on the various deluxe editions. Check them out!

Hi Eduardo! Thanks for your query 🙂 I think I might do such a video very soon 👍

@@ReadingRonin I know, but could be fine an actualization or an exclusive video

@@brewingbooks thank you for listen 🙏🏻 I really love your videos about your collection

Thank you very much! 🙂

Very interesting question and thanks sharing 🙂 Well, to be honest that’s how I did it! I was an avid fan of the films and decided to read Tolkien by tackling The Silmarillion first. It was tough to say the least and most of the book I just couldn’t understand. Some knowledge of the films certainly helped, but it was strictly limited. Also, back then, online resources were limited too. Thankfully today you can always look up videos and terminologies as you go along with your reading to help you out. So I’d say go for it! If it’s something you want to do chronologically, then why not? Just be prepared for a tough read (or not! Who knows?) You may want to follow this series of videos which might help you during your reading 🙂 Now, as for not being interested in Tolkien’s other works once you’re done with the more famous of his books, you wait and see till you’ve finished LOTR and let me know 😉

@@brewingbooks Thank you for the reply! I think I'll give it a shot then! Much appreciated, and yes I do believe these Silmarillion videos of yours will be very helpful. I've already watched through, and you've made it very easy to understand thus far. I'm excited to see the rest!

Not just Silmarillion, but it’s THE Silmarillion (cos there’s only one) 😁

I’ve only read his ‘On Writing’ book so far. Any suggestions on where to start? 🙂

Well I read them all in publishing date order but that's me 🤣 if you like fantasy tho I'd suggest his dark tower series.. absolutley fantastic

@@brewingbooks Funny story, about eight years ago I finished reading "On Writing" after stalling about a quarter of the way through. When I picked it up from where I left off, I felt myself drawn deeper and deeper into it, found the writing held my psyche in a way I didn't expect. On Writing has a passage where he describes very simply the answer to the question "Where do you get your ideas?" The core idea of many of his novels intrigued me, caused me to feel a respect and curiosity about SK, where before I rejected and ignored. I bought a handful of his books that he describes the core idea of, and started actually with Carrie, his first published book. As a slow reader, I was quite surprised by how quickly I plowed through it. Because it was such a great reading experience, I added a number of other books, feeling that his writing had proved to work well with me. I followed up with The Gunslinger, being a fantasy fan. From there I just went with my intuition, some more in publication order, others that I felt I could jump ahead with. The Dark Tower books I'll continue to read in order. I made out a list of books that feed into The Dark Tower series, relying on publication order timeline. And then added in other SK books I was interested in that weren't as connected to The Dark Tower. Like with any author, there are books I like more than others. I've like the two Dark Tower books I've read. I was disappointed by one of his other fantasy books, The Eyes of the Dragon. His short stories are actually pretty great for sampling, Night Shift and Skeleton Crew have some really good stories...a surprising number of stories from Night Shift have been adapted into movies.