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could there be an appendices of 'Legends of uncertain authenticity'
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I think this is a fabulous idea! You see, if we try to put every version of every story throughout tolkien's years of writting, all together in the main part of the Silmarilion, we'd end up with a huge book that was fairly confusing and not as enjoyable to read. I think we should be expanding on the stories like with the fall of gondolin, but only expanding on the stories themselves. Should we explain the origins and meanings of each elf's name as we come to it? Should we point out the geneology of each person when they marry? etc, you should get my point. That is what an appendix is for, such things would only clutter the story.
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Should the Tale of the Children of Hurin and a longer Fall of Gondolin [salvaging much of the Lost Tales version w/ name updates] be given in a full version in the Silmarillion text or as CRT compressed it w/ the 'full' version available in an app. ?
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Same thing here, tell the stories as fully as we can, just don't try to turn it into a 'lecture as we go'.