02534cam a2200361 4500 67208844 TxAuBib 20100903120000.0 770428t20021977||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780345325815 0345325818 (OCoLC)48850793 TxAuBib Tolkien, J. R. R, 1892-1973, (John Ronald Reuel.) The Silmarillion : Middle Earth universe series / J. R. R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien. 2nd ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2002. ©1977. xxxi, 442 p. : map ; 18 cm. Middle Earth universe, the Includes index. "1st Del Rey books edition.". Ainulindale -- Valaquenta -- Quenta Silmarillion -- Beginning of days -- Aule and Yavanna -- Coming of the elves and the captivity of Melkor -- Thingol and Melian -- Eldamar and the Princes of the Rldalie -- Feanor and the unchaining of Melkor -- Silmarils and the unrest of the Nnoldor -- Darkening of Valinor -- Flight of the Noldor -- Sindar -- Sun and moon and the hiding of Valinor -- Men -- Return of the Noldor -- Beleriand and its realms -- Noldor in Beleriand -- Maeglin -- Coming of men into the West -- Ruin of Beleriand and the fall of Fingolfin -- Beren and Luthien -- Fifth battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad -- Turin Turambar -- Ruin of Doriath -- Tuor and the fall of Gondolin -- Voyage of earendil and the war of wrath -- Akallabeth -- Ofrings of power and the third age -- Tables -- Genealogies; House of Finwe -- Descendants of Olwe and Elwe -- House of Beor -- House of Hador and the people of Haleth -- Sundering of the elves -- Note on pronunciation -- Index of names -- Appendix elements in Quenya and Sindarin names. Beginning with the Music of the Ainur, The Silmarillion tells a tale of the Elder Days, when Elves and Men became estranged by the Dark Lord Morgoth's lust for the Silmarils, pure and powerful magic jewels. Even the love between a human warrior and the daughter of the Elven king cannot defeat Morgoth, but the War of Wrath finally brings down the Dark Lord. 20100903. Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Fiction. Fantasy. Fantasy fiction, English. Elves Fiction. Tolkien, Christopher, editor. the Middle Earth universe. TXDRI