In "The Silmarillion," Tolkien explained, "Immortal were the Elves, and their wisdom waxed from age to age, and no sickness nor pestilence brought death to them." Earlier in that book, the author ...

Among J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published Lord of the Rings books is The Silmarillion, a lengthy textbook that covers all ...

After his father’s death, Tolkien’s youngest son, Christopher (1924–2020), became his literary heir, publishing his father’s The Silmarillion ... we learn that the Elves never fell in ...