I wan to applaud the Scanner and Editor of Tolkien's The Silmarillion and wish I had read it years ago before I had scanned books with pictures and captions. This book shows how to do it and does it beautifully with a separate which has the caption and description. I don't know if the picture is a whole page (which I tend to assume but did not double check) or a partial page but it is irrelevant. As it is, the reader can skip the page or read it as s/he chooses. I have not yet reached the geneologies but I don't doubt they are done as cleverly. I look forward to them. Now, when I get microphone, I look forward to teaching my reader how to pronounce the names. I just hope I do as well as the Scanner & Editor here and, I hope, with the rest of Tolkien.
I finally read The Children of Hurin and it has made me go back to all of Tolkien dealing with the same or related top
ics. C
hris' introduction says he has material that does not match previous versions of the legends but my memory did not find anything which has me heading back to the Lost Tales 1 & 2, as well as The Unfinished Tales after The Silmarillion. Thank you for all your work.. I, for one, find it worthy of its subject.
I wish I could still teach for I would teach Tolkien again but in depth and with these books and not just The Hobbit & LOTR.
Amy
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