Great story telling. This is, by far, one of the best readings of the best books I've ever heard! If you're familiar with Tolkien and haven't read this book, look no further than this audiobook narrated by Martin Shaw. I've listen to over a dozen male narrators of fantasy books Michael Kramer is a good one, particularly his Mistborn performance , and no one has topped Martin Shaw's performance with the Silmarillion.
I definitely recommend listening to this book and then actually reading it if you want to read the hard copy or Kindle editions , as Shaw gives you the proper pronunciations of the literally hundreds of names of people and places. Beyond the performance, this is my favorite work of Tolkiens' to date.
It has so much packed in, particularly the Ainulidale the first part that I have gone back and listened to the whole book three times now, and the first part eight times. I'm so glad they brought this to the US store, as before it was only available in the UK Audible store and had to jump through a few hoops to get at it. It's worth every penny or credit and more to add this title to your collection! I can't recommend this highly enough. I was so close to learning German just so I can listen to this amazing book.
The wait was worth it. Martin Shaw did an amazing job narrating and I shall listen to this about ten more times before deciding to go onto another book. Beautiful performance for a beautifully written piece of work.
It had some glitches, but overall it's a great retelling of my favorite JRRT story! I took a star off only for the audio issues. The audio overlaps only last about sec max at the start of one of the middle chapters. Great stuff, I listened twice in a little over a week! This book lives up to its legend. Do your life a favor and give it a listen. Great way to read the silmarillion as the book itself can be a bit impregnable to read. Great performance as well, but one thing that did start to get a bit annoying was the frequency of audio glitches throughout.
Examples being: - Chapter intro music playing randomly mid chapter -The chapter title repeatedly being said over the top of the narrator. The stories were great, but that's to Tolkien's credit and not the creators of the audiobook. Numerous times throughout the audiobook I encountered glitches in the track where suddenly the narrator would be repeating the title of the chapter or other pieces of the story in the background, thus resulting in near gibberish as the doubled tracks made it impossible to hear what was being said.
I went back a few times to check if it had simply been my phone that glitched out but found that each instance of this glitch occurred consistently at the same timestamp. In other words it's a production error. And considering how many times this occurred, the production company have no excuse not to be absolutely ashamed of their work.
Had it happened once I would have shrugged it off as a simple mistake, but when it happens just about a dozen times it becomes negligence. I recommend Tolkien's The Silmarillion, but I can't say I recommend this particular edition of the audiobook. Is the best casting decision I've seen on Audible to date. Can't praise the narration enough. As a kid reading it and ever since, the inflection and cadance I had in my mind is served up wonderfully by Martin Shaw.
Two thumbs up. Truly loved it, though it was a struggle to get into at first. Martin Shaw helps bring to life one of my most beloved epics in such an engaging and atmospheric way. Brilliant, the world from the begining of middle earth.
Do have a map handy though and perhaps a pen and paper to write some family trees. It certianly fills in a few blanks from There and Back Again. Tolkien at his best The world of middle earth and full history I believe. I've always wanted to read The Silmarillion, but could never get past the first chapter as the story was so complicated.
Listening to it via Martin Shaw's soothing tones enabled me to keep a grip on the characters and plot. I may even read the book, now! A very accessible audio experience of a book onerous to read.
Highly recommended if you enjoyed Lord of the Rings, and wanted more of the rich world of Middle Earth. If you aren't really into middle earth, this isn't for you, but personally I enjoyed it, it's well performed and interesting.
I first read The Silmarillion when it was first published in Compared with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings it is a much more difficult book to read being a semi-academical version of several myths and historical legends of the creation, the histories of the Elves, humans and their struggles against evil.
It is the Bilbo Baggins' translation of some of the Elvish historical records retained in Rivendell. Bilbo worked on the translations after his leaving of The Shire on his eleventy-first birthday. As such the style doesn't flow as well as the other JRRT tales. However this version is an absolute cracker of a book and that it works so well is down to the wonderful reading by Martin Shaw.
For me he brings the dry histories into real flowing life. I consider this performance to be one of the best I've heard. It is a truly wonderful rendition. Yes I'm a Tolkien nerd but I highly recommend this. Martin Shaw delivers a capable performance, given the pronunciation difficulties inherent to the text - his pronunciation can at times seem lofty and excessive, but he does the job well. The story is a bit bland and factual, but it certainly adds to Tolkien's world for invested fans of his mythos and narrative.
The first few chapters regarding the creation of Arda is very abstract and the coming of the elves to Valinor is a little dry but contains essential background information. It is a story better heard than read as with the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.
The Silmarillion contains stories of nearly very type. The best love story ever written is included here though the full version was recently released. Forget that crap Romeo and Juliet where they only knew each other for a few days then died with Romeo pinning after some other girl in the beginning The tale of Beren and Luthien puts all other love stories to shame.
The best tragedy stories is included here. The tale of the children of Hurin is tragic from page one and goes downhill for the main character from there, though his fostering as a child was a happy time for him as the foster son of an elvish king.
My favorite character Beleg Cuthalion did not deserve to die by his best friends hand the way he did in this tale. It will leave the audience crying every time. These stories consist of one tragedy after the next, the fall of Nargothrond, Gondolin, Doriath, Numenor. The fall of the great kingdoms of Nargothrond, Gondolin and Doriath. The elven kinslayings which claimed the lives of many including, most likely, Elrond's twin uncles who were only very young children at the time, all because of the love of shiny baubles.
Other character that are mourned greatly in these various tales is Finrod Felugand Galadriel's Brother , Fingolfin, Celebrimbor and many others. There is 2 words for hope in Sindarin. Estel: hope without reason.
Amdir: hope with reason to hope. Many of these stories contain both when all seems lost for the characters. The first sunrise on Arda.
The first sighting of the Gil-Estel The morning and evening star, translates to bright hope. The finding of the seedlings of the white tree. The coming of the elves from the west to aid in the battle against the first dark lord. The coming of the elves from Gondolin to aid the fight in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
The story was well read and much suited to the genre and very much suited to oral telling of tales as though by oral tradition. The only criticism I have is that I was not fond of the fate of Aredhel. She deserved better story wise and feels very much like the product of the time. Other than that one exception, these stories were very much ahead of its time.
An amazing experience. With this new legend data I expect that it will be much more profound experince of this wonderfull generally predictable world. In the end anyway, I got into the mood and revered all the lavishness of the whole advancement of his center earth universe.
Strangely enough, now I am re-perusing LOTR with a reestablished point of view and comprehension of the arcane references to center earth history all through the stories. Likewise, since the volumes have been altered and rereleased, I figure I should backpedal and read the most recent release of The Hobbit.
It is. Yet, it so extremely justified, despite all the trouble! The creation melodies and wonderful stories of the first and second age make this book simply stunning! So profound. The Silmarillion Audiobook by J. Furthermore, kid was I awestruck! With this brand-new tale information I anticipate that it will certainly be a lot more extensive experince of this wonderfull normally foreseeable globe.
Ultimately anyhow, I got involved in the state of mind and also prized all the opulence of the entire innovation of his facility planet cosmos. Oddly sufficient, currently I am re- browsing LOTR with an improved perspective and also understanding of the mysterious referrals to facility planet background throughout the tales.
Similarly, because the quantities have actually been modified and also rereleased, I figure I need to backpedal and also check out one of the most current launch of The Hobbit.
You have actually most likely listened to that the Simarillion is a beast to read. It is. Yet, it so very warranted, regardless of all the problem! The production tunes and also remarkable tales of the initial and also 2nd age make this book just magnificent! So extensive.
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