Silmarillion - Not True Tolkien Or His Greatest Accomplishment? Why you wouldn't have the Lord of the Rings without it

Yeah I said it

Clickbait titles amirite? Yeah, the clickbait title aside, this will not be a LOTR bashing article don’t worry (as though I’d ever do that, love that book too much). But what it is, is an essay on the importance of Tolkien’s greatest accomplishment; the Silmarillion.

Now there are probably many who will disagree, and cite me the sales-numbers to which I’…