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12th May '13 11:00:38 AM Sapphirea2

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8th May '13 10:25:04 PM karategal

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** ''TheSilmarillion'' is worse than ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and rightly so in that regard, as it covers more time of the history of Middle-earth. In the first forty pages alone, you have Eru, the fourteen Valar[[note]]Manwë and Varda, Ulmo, Aulë and Yavanna, Námo (Mandos) and Vairë, Nienna, Oromë and Vána, Irmo (Lórien) and Estë, and Tulkas and Nessa[[/note]] and Morgoth. And then, in the main part of the book, you have around another thirty or so main characters fighting for the limelight, including Fëanor and his seven sons[[note]]Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod and Amras[[/note]], Ungoliant, Thingol, Melian, Húrin, Túrin, Nienor, Fingolfin, Finarfin, Finwë, Galadriel, Sauron, Carcharoth, Beren and Luthien, Eärendil, Finrod, Morwen, Huor, Gothmog, Indis, Fingon, Turgon, Eöl and Aredhel, Idril and Tuor, Glaurung, Glorfindel, Elwing, Bëor, Haleth, Angrod, Aegnor, Orodreth, and Gil-galad. Half of these characters end up dying a couple chapters after they're introduced. E.g.: Fëanor didn't live long after he left Valinor, Glorfindel only shows up for a couple pages, Beren and Luthien are hardly mentioned after their tale is finished, etc. To be fair, ''TheSilmarillion'' wasn't exactly intended to be a novel, and the history of Numenor and retelling of the story of the One Ring are really separate stories (with their own characters) that just happen to be published in the same volume.
*** To make things worse, many of the characters are known by more than one name. For just a few examples, Finrod is also called Felagund, Túrin is also called Turambar, and Thingol is also called Elwe. On top of that, many of them also have special names for their horses, swords and in some cases even helmets.
** ''Literature/TheHobbit'' has much fewer characters than either of the two above examples, but 15 distinct main characters is still a little much for one rather short book; along with Bilbo and Gandalf, there are 13 Dwarves to remember (Dwalin, Balin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and Thorin) plus minor characters such as Gollum, Elrond, Beorn...

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** ''TheSilmarillion'' is worse than ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and rightly so in that regard, as it covers more time of the history of Middle-Earth. In the first forty pages alone, you have Eru, the fourteen Valar[[note]]Manwë and Varda, Ulmo, Aulë and Yavanna, Námo (Mandos) and Vairë, Nienna, Oromë and Vána, Irmo (Lórien) and Estë, and Tulkas and Nessa[[/note]] and Morgoth. And then, in the main part of the book, you have around another thirty or so main characters fighting for the limelight, including Fëanor and his seven sons[[note]]Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod and Amras[[/note]], Ungoliant, Thingol, Melian, Húrin, Túrin, Niënor, Fingolfin, Finarfin, Finwë, Galadriel, Sauron, Carcharoth, Beren and Lúthien, Eärendil, Finrod, Morwen, Huor, Gothmog, Indis, Fingon, Turgon, Eöl and Aredhel, Idril and Tuor, Glaurung, Glorfindel, Elwing, Bëor, Haleth, Angrod, Aegnor, Orodreth, and Gil-galad. Half of these characters end up dying a couple chapters after they're introduced. E.g.: Fëanor didn't live long after he left Valinor, Glorfindel only shows up for a couple pages, Beren and Lúthien are hardly mentioned after their tale is finished, etc. To be fair, ''TheSilmarillion'' wasn't exactly intended to be a novel, and the history of Númenor and retelling of the story of the One Ring are really separate stories (with their own characters) that just happen to be published in the same volume.
*** To make things worse, many of the characters are known by more than one name. For just a few examples, Finrod is also called Felagund, Túrin is also called Turambar, and Thingol is also called Elwë. On top of that, many of them also have special names for their horses, swords and in some cases even helmets.
** ''Literature/TheHobbit'' has much fewer characters than either of the two above examples, but 15 distinct main characters is still a little much for one rather short book; along with Bilbo and Gandalf, there are 13 Dwarves to remember (Dwalin, Balin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and Thorin) plus minor characters such as Gollum, Bard, Elrond, Dáin, Beorn...

7th May '13 2:50:08 PM Wyldchyld

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natter, also one of those characters still hasn't been confirmed dead yet.

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5th May '13 8:45:09 PM nombretomado

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4th May '13 12:20:31 PM karategal

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