Now Sauron's lust and pride increased, until he knew no bounds, and he determined to make himself master of all things in Middle-earth, and to destroy the Elves, and to compass if he might, the downfall of Númenor. He brooked no freedom nor any rivalry, and he named himself Lord of the Earth. A mask he still could wear so that if he wished he might deceive the eyes of Men, seeming to them wise and fair. But he ruled rather by force and fear, if they might avail; and those who perceived his shadow spreading over the world called him the Dark Lord and named him the Enemy; and he gathered under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it, and the Orcs were at his command and multiplied like flies.
i swear to god i have read this at some point but kept falling asleep trying
Right??? I’ve loved Tolkien since I was a kid. I’ve tried to read silmarillion several times and I swear my eyes just glaze over due to how pervasively stilted and baroque the language is.
If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.
Serkis reading it to you helps a lot, all of his readings are top tier
most of the time i fall asleep when being read to too.
also, i made it through (with the occasional nap with the book in my face), i just cant recall much of it but i cant really either from having read the first book of the old testament...
Now Sauron's lust and pride increased, until he knew no bounds, and he determined to make himself master of all things in Middle-earth, and to destroy the Elves, and to compass if he might, the downfall of Númenor. He brooked no freedom nor any rivalry, and he named himself Lord of the Earth. A mask he still could wear so that if he wished he might deceive the eyes of Men, seeming to them wise and fair. But he ruled rather by force and fear, if they might avail; and those who perceived his shadow spreading over the world called him the Dark Lord and named him the Enemy; and he gathered under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it, and the Orcs were at his command and multiplied like flies.
i swear to god i have read this at some point but kept falling asleep trying
Right??? I’ve loved Tolkien since I was a kid. I’ve tried to read silmarillion several times and I swear my eyes just glaze over due to how pervasively stilted and baroque the language is.
If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.
Serkis reading it to you helps a lot, all of his readings are top tier
most of the time i fall asleep when being read to too.
also, i made it through (with the occasional nap with the book in my face), i just cant recall much of it but i cant really either from having read the first book of the old testament...
it's a good thing i started with lotr instead
Here's a little treat for you
The BBC radio dramatization of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
I myself like that they kept most of the things the Peter Jackson movies left out, like the absurd amount of musical loredumps in the text.
my dude, the lord of the ring doesnt require watering it down with dramatization.
the silmarillion, on the other hand, could become much more accessible
I don't feel that it is watering anything down. They are very faithful to the books
Especially apt since Zuckerberg calls himself "the Eye of Sauron"
Accurate lol