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It's best to treat the Silmarillion as you would read the Bible. The styles are intentionally similar and both evolve throughout the works. There are narrative
by AlotOfReading 4y ago
It's best to treat the Silmarillion as you would read the Bible. The styles are intentionally similar and both evolve throughout the works. There are narrative diversions throughout Tolkien's work, but it's ultimately a history of Middle Earth rather than a narrative story.
- dharmab 4y agoSimilar to how modern franchises will have a "story bible" for writers to reference for themes and consistency.
- strken 4y agoThis is really interesting. Do you have any examples?
- dharmab 4y agoUsually these are internal documents not released. The Halo story bible is an exception which has seen parts released: https://www.halopedia.org/Halo_Story_Bible https://www.halopedia.org/Halo_Story_Bible A portion of the story bible for ATLA was leaked: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/aj0mfp/the_original_story_of_avatar_the_last_airbender/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/aj0mfp/th...
- DevopsTux 4y agohttps://clickhole.com/this-is-vince-gilligan-s-series-bible-for-breaking-bad-1825122142/ https://clickhole.com/this-is-vince-gilligan-s-series-bible-...