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The Silmarillion Illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien (Tolkien Editions) (Tolkien Illustrated Editions)

J. R. R. Tolkien

Sauron has returned. . . watch The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Fëanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the im...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Kelsey Piper recalled being obsessed with the book in her teenage years, calling it a unique, almost biblical worldbuilding work and warning that AI surpassing Tolkien would be alarming.

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I was obsessed for my entire teenagehood with the Silmarillion, Tolkien's prequel to Lord of the Rings. It's not even a good fiction book. It reads something between a Bible and like a packet of world...

— Episode: Freaked Out? We Really Can Prepare for A...

Episode: Freaked Out? We Really Can Prepare for A.I.

Kelsey Piper recalled being obsessed with the book in her teenage years, calling it a unique, almost biblical worldbuilding work and warning that AI surpassing Tolkien would be alarming.

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I was obsessed for my entire teenagehood with the Silmarillion, Tolkien's prequel to Lord of the Rings. It's not even a good fiction book. It reads something between a Bible and like a packet of world building notes but I was in love with it. It's a beautiful insight into how someone puts a story together. When AIs can surpass Tolkien, that's when I'll know we're really in trouble.

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

It was mentioned as a book that Mary Holland attempted to read but found it to be incredibly detailed and overwhelming, which inspired a comedic element in the film 'Happiest Season'.

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And this is something that we wanted to capture With Jane in the book that she was writing Where there is such The thing about The Silmarillion Is it's of course So beautifully written all the books a...

— Episode: "Much Like Smaug..." (w/ Mary Holland)

Episode: "Much Like Smaug..." (w/ Mary Holland)

It was mentioned as a book that Mary Holland attempted to read but found it to be incredibly detailed and overwhelming, which inspired a comedic element in the film 'Happiest Season'.

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And this is something that we wanted to capture With Jane in the book that she was writing Where there is such The thing about The Silmarillion Is it's of course So beautifully written all the books are But they're so detailed That it really You really have to be in a certain mindset To absorb that information And not have it totally Bog you down

And not have it totally Bog you down So I did want that to be part of Jane's book Is that the history is so Detailed that anybody Who is kind enough to ask her About it will immediately Regret it and get lost And not be able to follow anything she's saying Because it's so specific And there's too much going on

Episode: "Sports, Sports, Sports!" (w/ Nicole Conlan)

It was mentioned that Nicole had read this book multiple times in the past, but could barely remember it now, which she attributed to the passage of time and changes in her interests.

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Oh, you read the Silmarillion.

Yeah, yeah. And now but now like I can barely remember Lord of the Rings at all. I read those books all the way through multiple times.

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