...and ones that we can’t even nibble at without getting sick to our stomachs on the other....
Oh, I only meant that on the one hand we have The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings which everyone loves and has no problem reading. However, it seems that a majority of the people who begin The Silmarillion do not finish it.
I was just wondering at the two different reactions the same person can have to a different work by the same author.
I think the Silmarillion rocks!
And so do I. ;^)
Christopher Tolkien pieced together The Silmarillion after his father was dead. I'll give you a big reason -- it is written in verse! I might attempt it again, once I finish reading the Kalevala.
For those who don't care for verse, The History of the Middle Earth and Unfinished Tales are nice additions to the Tolkien universe.