From the second age of the internet -- when livejournal was still a thing -- we have this: The Silmarillion in 1000 words. It is one of the jewels of the time,

From the second age of the internet -- when livejournal was still a thing -- we have this: The Silmarillion in 1000 words. It is one of the jewels of the time, and thankfully was not buried in the sea when livejournal went under. https://www.thetolkienforum.com/threads/the-silmarillion-in-1000-words.16370/ https://www.thetolkienforum.com/threads/the-silmarillion-in-... Want Shiny.