The book of lost tales part one the one wiki to rule. Coyne uses the nanowrimo word count length of 50,000 words for his examples, calling 50,000 words a good foundation to build upon. Can you name the 50 characters given the most mentions in j. Ea, the world that is, is created, and the valar prepare the way for the children of iluvatar. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this. After reading first few paragraphs i thought that it is boring. The calculator below gives the number of words in a text, number of unique words total number of words minus all word repetirions. If you want a specific species or plot you will have to be specific. Reading length is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites. Tolkien, it is the story of the creation of the world and of the first age, this is the ancient drama to which the characters in the lord of the rings look back and in whose events some of them, such as elrond and galadriel, took part. The silmarillion is a collection of mythopoeic works by english writer j.
It felt like reading poetry, but in prose style, sensing the beauty of the language, how even a short phrase built out of. The lore of the istari from lord of the rings lotr lore duration. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, christopher tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from guy gavriel kay. Start a jam and invite your friends and classmates to join. A league is an unfixed unit of distance, often taken as around 3 miles, or 5 kilometers. Im curious regarding word counts for the original books in anne rices vampire series.
Word count estimates are not guaranteed to be accurate. To those familiar with the hobbit and the lord of the rings, be warned that the silmarillion is more grim and shocking than what you might have come to expect from tolkien, but this does not at all hinder its greatness. Before you decide your average chapter length, its a good idea to think about the purpose behind dividing a book into chapters. He asks thingol for his help, but thingol refuses to fight alongside the sons of feanor. The second of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of the silmarillion, tolkiens epic tale of war. Then the quendi wandered in the lonely places of the great lands and the isles, and took to the moonlight and the starlight, and to the woods and caves, becoming as shadows and memories, save those who ever and anon set sail into the west and vanished from middleearth. Though the average word count of a chapter is around 2,000 5,000 words, it all depends on your story. Tolkiens work sets the standard for fantasy, and this audio version of the bible of middleearth does the silmarillion justice. R download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It became clear to me that to attempt to present, within the covers of a single book, the diversity of the materials to show the silmarillion as in truth a continuing and evolving creation extending over more than half a century would in fact lead to confusion and the submerging of what is essential. Oct 18, 2011 can you name the 50 characters given the most mentions in j. Chapter intro music playing randomly mid chapterthe chapter title repeatedly being said over the top of the narrator. Although many have tried to compare it to other works the bible, le morte darthur, tolkiens masterpiece is truly unlike any other book you will ever read.
Along the way, the valar and the children of iluvatar battle evil in the form of melkor in order to survive and maintain good in ea. I remember two decades ago or more, hard to remember now i read the lord of the rings and the hobbit and loved them all. However, tolkien never completed the book of lost tales. That was the formula in the good old days when courier was the only typeface and typewriters were king. A story that is over 40,000 words is generally considered a novel. It also can remove all the repetitions from the text. Quotes from the silmarillion sauron was become now a sorcerer of dreadful power, master of shadows and of phantoms, foul in wisdom, cruel in strength, misshaping what he touched, twisting what he ruled, lord of werewolves.
The first complete version of the silmarillion was the sketch of the mythology written in 1926 later published in volume iv of the history of middleearth. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. I was exposed to book illustrations and movies and tv when i was young, and i lived in france for three years as a toddler. But his tales of arda and middleearth also grew from a desire to tell stories, influenced by a love of myths and legends.
One thing i think is absolutely critical is that you go slowly. The silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from valinor and return to middleearth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great enemy. Tolkien, and edited and published posthumously by his son christopher. Vocabulary jam compete headtohead in realtime to see which team can answer the most questions correctly. This sumptuous, oversized hardback beautifully presents a revised and reset edition of the silmarillion, illustrated by way of almost 50 fullcolour paintings by celebrated tolkien artist ted nasmith designed to match and complement the illustrated hobbit and lord of the rings. If youre asking this because youre wondering how long it is, i would tell you that if you worry about its length, youll never get through it. Well, if your goal is to publish and sell your novel, those rules are pretty darn important.
Since 2011, the average length of a bestseller has dropped steadily from year to year. R tolkiens the lord of the rings, and was originally published four years after the authors death and over two decades after the former book, it is set much earlier, in the first age of the world. Is the silmarillion actually a good book or is it one of. More beauties and sorrows are woven into those 300some pages than most fantasy series can manage to dredge up with dozens of doorstopping tomes. The calculator counts number of unique words in a given text. There are points where an entire epic story passes by in a few sentences, and if you lapse and stumble over a few words, youll get lost. Describe your favorite book in six words, lets see if we can figure it out.
I looked online out of interest and found the information for you from the lotrproject 1website. This study guide consists of approximately 51 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the silmarillion. All results are immediately shown and it is ridiculously easy to use and of course, the service is completely free. Morgoth appears throughout the entire book, making him the closest thing the silmarillion has to a main character. I read the ebook version out of curiosityresearch, and given the length, im surprised by how fast i read it. The silmarillion hardcover and paperback tolkienbooks. Dec 24, 2014 this book will be filled with scenarios of most characters involved with tolkien. The silmarillion is an account of the elder days, of the first age of tolkiens world. The word count of the silmarillion is just over k words, but i wouldnt worry too much about that. It was the book that made me very aware of how language can influence the perception of stories, and if before i had judged the use of language on an intuitive level, in case of the silmarillion it was very conscious. This is somewhat tricky, because there are a lot of characters in the silmarillion, which essentially tells the entire history of middle earth, from its creation through to the events of the lord. The silmarillion the one wiki to rule them all fandom. It is among the books i love the most, but this might not be the case if i had not read it in a bizarre way that i can hardly recommend to anyone else, and yet may be the best way to read it.
Tolkien the silamarillion multiple times in the past and always unsuccessfully and had basically given up, but i finally did manage to realise that i was attempting to read it the wrong way. Everything you need to know about word count and book length for books and novels and memoirs and childrens novels and picture books. A love song from the heart of war, and a lullabye to scare the daylights out of the little one. Start studying tolkien, the silmarillion, vocabulary. It also contains a slightly shorter version of the tale.
A league would, on average, take about an hour to walk. Eru the one, also called iluvatar allfather, is the monotheistic god of tolkiens universe. Aug 01, 20 the tales of the silmarillion are set in an age when morgoth, the first dark lord, dwelt in middleearth, and the high elves made war upon him for the recovery of the silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of valinor. Oct 14, 2018 the word count of the silmarillion is just over k words, but i wouldnt worry too much about that. If you are an author of a book or know of a book s accurate wordcount, contact me. The book of lost tales part two is its sequel and other half, which came a year later. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined. There are plenty of books that purposefully play with the word counts of their chapters. Great way to read the silmarillion as the book itself can be a bit impregnable to read. The lesson plan calendars provide daily suggestions about what to teach. The silmarillion is an essential book to better understand the occurrences surrounding the children of hurin. The silmarillion is actually tolkiens first book and also his last.
The silmarillion is perhaps the most unique and difficulttoexplain book i have read. With that in mind, ive tried to put together the definitive post on word count for fiction novels, young adult, middle grade, childrens books and even memoir. The tales of the silmarillion are set in an age when morgoth, the first dark lord, dwelt in middleearth, and the high elves made war upon him for the recovery of the silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of valinor. The hobbit has more unique words and a higher unique word density than both the silmarillion and each volume in the lord of the rings. The lord of the rings is an epic highfantasy novel written by english author and scholar j.
Tolkien, the silmarillion, vocabulary flashcards quizlet. We teach you how many words to write in your specific genre and. Tolkien the silmarillion is a collection of mythopoeic works by english writer j. I searched the identical character strings between the silmarillion and home length.
Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, the lord of the rings is one of the bestselling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. Knowing how many words in a novel is the first step toward writing a book. Other articles where the silmarillion is discussed. In origin it precedes even the hobbit, and is the story of the first age of tolkiens middle earth. Should i read the silmarillion before or after reading the lord of the rings. This work served as the model for tolkiens last full version of the history, which he composed in the mid to late 1930s. Tolkiens death, primarily as a result of the editorial efforts of tolkiens son, christopher tolkien. He created the ainur holy ones, angelic spirits who aided in the creation of the universe, as well as his children, the elves and men. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the silmarillion and avengers universe. Although the silmarillion takes place in the same imaginary world as j.
Since so many have asked, my book is outlander by diana gabaldon. However, it will be on the short side, as the average length of a novel hovers around 50,00070,000 words. A novelist of my acquaintance insists that the only way to estimate the number of words in a book is to multiply the number of pages by 250. Buy a cheap copy of the war of the jewels book by j. As with everything else when it comes to writing a book, these are only guidelinesnot rules. The characters i will be writing for are the ones in the hobbit, lord of the rings, and the silmarillion. Silmarillion and avengers crossover fanfiction archive with over 8 stories.
This season sees the dagor aglareb, construction of gondolin and nargothrond, the coming of men and the dagor bragollach. The silmarillion 1977 the silmarillion 1978 the silmarillion 1979 the silmarillion 1982 the silmarillion 1983 the silmarillion 1984 the silmarillion 1991 the silmarillion 1998 the silmarillion 1999 the silmarillion 2001 the silmarillion 2001 the silmarillion 2002 the silmarillion 2003 the silmarillion 2004 the silmarillion 2014. A full, book length form of the silmarillion existed by the early 1930s. I was trying to read the silmarillion like i have read and with pleasure reread lotr, as a story, an epic story, of course, but still first and foremost as a story. However, this does not necessarily mean it is more difficult to read. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the silmarillion. One of my biggest problems as a publisher is having authors deliver more than was agreed to. Tolkiens tragic, operatic history of the first age of middleearth, essential background material for serious readers of the classic lord of the rings saga. You can copy and paste your text with the characters to count in the text area above, or you can type your characters and words into the. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Character count online is a free online character and word counting tool. The majority of his story is wrapped up in his attempts to acquire three magic jewels called silmarils, and the wars he waged against elves, men, and the valar higher beings of great power who collectively created earth for. Tolkien never scoped the silmarillion to a single book length or even trilogy length story, and and left a legacy of a jumbled mess of versions of what happened before the hobbit. Should i read the silmarillion before or after reading the.
Jun 30, 2000 on my fathers death it fell to me to try to bring the work into publishable form. Can you pick the 5 words that together make up a famous book title. We can read the silmarillion as a book of truths, or we can see there the work of more or less biased elven scholar. The silmarillion was actually written and rewritten over a period of some sixty years by j. Home by morning has been nominated for a 2003 mithril award in the best poetry catagory. I was scared that agents would reject my book simply because i had got the length wrong. However sometimes, like today, the reverse happens. Reading the silmarillion can be a bit of a slog the first time around in parts. As with many publishing standards, word count guidelines. It was mostly upon entering high school that i was made aware of the obvious. Ive spent the last week counting manually to give you an accuranot really. The silmarillion was first published four years after j. The book of lost tales part one isbn 9780345375216 is the title of the first volume of christopher tolkiens 12volume series the history of middleearth, in which he analyses the unpublished manuscripts of his father j. Tolkien is a work of experimental fiction usually placed in the fantasy and science fiction genre.
It is the ancient drama to which the characters in the lord of the rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as elrond and galadriel took part. But while the length of a novel is to a large extent up to its writer, lengths may also vary by subgenre. It purports to be a compendium of history based on lost myths and stories passed down through a mysterious red book of westmarch mentioned in tolkiens masterpiece novel the lord of the rings. How to read the silmarillion and why observation deck.
There are a few time skips of several hundred years. That said, if your book is around 40,000 words, youre in good company. Lord of the rings and silmarillion crossover fanfiction. May 25, 2010 pages in category characters in the silmarillion the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 215 total. The story began as a sequel to tolkiens 1937 fantasy novel the hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. Tolkiens silmarillion is the prequel to the lord of the rings trilogy and is an extremely well written novel, with his language painting a vivid picture in the mind of a brand new world with.
Tolkien this study guide consists of approximately 51 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the silmarillion. One 44 pixels square is equivalent to a word and the colormap is associated with a home volume 15, 912 and unfinished tales ut. You are asking two different questions here, one in the title should i read the silmarillion before or after lotr. Great performance as well, but one thing that did start to get a bit annoying was the frequency of audio glitches throughout.
In 2011, the lists average length peaked at 467 pages. Word count for novels and books is something i dont think about too often until i travel to a writers conference, and then someone asks a simple, innocent question. I want to read silmarillion to expand my vocabulary and because i like fantasy books. Season 2 covers the long peace and the breaking of the siege of angband, from the beginning of the first age to year 456. The silmarillion isbn 0618391118 is a collection of j. Those of the elvenrace that lived still in middleearth waned and faded, and men usurped the sunlight. Aug 06, 20 deep, captivating, tragic, epic, violent. I dont remember dreaming of being an artist in particular, but i was a dreamer. Tolkien edited by christopher tolkien 1978 book club edition reset science fiction book club houghton mifflin company boston isbn. Is the silmarillion actually a good book or is it one of those things that only big tolkien fantasy fans like. I didnt know if you meant overall word count, or unique word count. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the lord of the rings and silmarillion universe. There are a lot of elements that go into writing a story, like fleshing out characters, piecing together the plot, and crafting the perfect ending.
Lord of the rings and silmarillion crossover fanfiction archive with over 9 stories. They include detailed descriptions of when to assign reading, homework, inclass work. It is said by the eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the music of the ainur more than in any substance that is in this earth. If youre working on a novel length book, aim for 50,000 words at the very least but its better to aim for 90,000. Theres a look back at the aftermath of an alaskan earthquake, and a study of the crisis facing americas bluecollar workers, and a couple of memoirs, one of them by a man who ran the length. The silmarillion and the lord of the rings both introduce many times more new concepts, characters and locations which makes them more complex.
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