Silmarillion Daily
A few of you might remember that a while ago, I mentioned how cool it would be to compress the timeline of the First Age into a year-long newsletter, as a fresh way to experience The Silmarillion at the same pace as the events happen in the story. Well, @maitarussa and @warrioreowynofrohan offered to help me with that, and we're finally ready to let you guys sign up for it!
Once you sign up, you will get a welcome email that will tell you all you need to know, but here are some highlights:
- We'll start on September 15, 2022. A month from now, and also the anniversary of the publication of The Silmarillion
- Because we had to decide on arbitrary dates, we did some math and chose to cover everything from the birth of Fëanor to the end of the First Age - the idea is to track the tale of the Silmarils, although we won't neglect other aspects: if Tolkien has provided a date, we'll include it in the newsletter.
- If you like the book club aspect of Dracula Daily, you'll like this: every week, you'll get relevant reading suggestions that will cover the entirety of the Quenta, paragraph by paragraph. For the three Great Tales (the Leithian, the Narn, and Gondolin), optional daily reading suggestions will also be provided
- If, however, you're short on time, don't worry - each email should take less than five minutes to read
- Hopefully enough people will sign up that we can make this a sort of tumblr bookclub and have really fun weeks where everybody gets together to cry over a specific event! It you enjoy experiencing First Age emotions, please join us!
