Jubilare writes beautifully about the Akallabêth, J.R.R Tolkien’s telling of the downfall of Númenor near the end of The Silmarillion. If you read this fine piece then you will get so much helpful background to the material I am writing at present.
According to Pages Unbound, today marks the anniversary of Sauron’s downfall! I will take their word for it. To celebrate the occasion, the Tolkien Society is holding a Tolkien Reading Day.
The ways of participating are:
- Grab the event button from Pages Unbound and put it on your blog.
- Read a book by J.R.R. Tolkien this week and post a review! If you do, Pages Unbound, Tolkien Society, and I all want to know so that we can read it! (Find reading suggestions on the Tolkien Society’s Bibliography.)
- Spread the word on social media.
- Link to any past posts you may have made about Tolkien, his writings, or even the movies in the comments on this post.
To fulfill the second option, I am going to yammer about the Akallabêth, that short history of the Númenoreans tacked onto the end of J.R.R. and Christopher…
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Wisdom from The Lord of the Rings 