Then try the audiobook: http://www.randomhouse.com/book/179221/the-silmarillion-boxed-set-by-jrr-tolkien http://www.randomhouse.com/book/179221/the-silmarillion

Then try the audiobook: http://www.randomhouse.com/book/179221/the-silmarillion-boxed-set-by-jrr-tolkien http://www.randomhouse.com/book/179221/the-silmarillion-boxe... It's great. And I don't say that about any audiobook (and I listen to audiobooks quite often). The narrator does a great, great job.