This book is an unauthorized summary and literary criticism of the plot and characters of J.R.R. Tolkien's almost-novel "The Silmarillion", with a detailed chapter by chapter analysis. It is written humorously, but covers a lot of serious topics.Most people who think of The Silmarillion, if they think of it at all, think of it as an uncompleted work of J.R.R. Tolkien, written in pieces many years before the Lord of the Rings but never finished. It...