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The Silmarillion is a collection of several works mostly narrative but with some poetry that make up the history of Tolkien's fantasy world. I think like most people, I didn't succeed in finishing until my second run through. It is dense. The number of names and places was sufficient in my copy to warrant 40 pages of appendixes documenting them in addition to the many maps. But such density of information leads to an epic scope beyond perhaps any other writing and also plenty of room for imagination. Two parts stuck out especially to me: The creation story of his world, which is words describing music, which is far more lovely than one would expect possible. And the story of Beren and Luthien which as one of among hundreds of stories in the Silmarillion single handedly trumped the epic feel of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. This is a fantastic book for anyone who loved, really loved Tolkien's other works.