being a fan of "sword & sorcery" genre, it's no surprise that i'm greatly enamoured with the lord of the rings. i've read the books, watched the dvd's, and played the pc games, over and over again.

however, i grew tired of it all, as expected. the dvd's either collect dust in a cabinet somewhere, or simply won't play anymore because of overuse; the games got boring; the books are left to rot (tolkien's writing style isn't exactly an easy read, in my opinion); and i gave up the idea that i'm an elf in my previous life, too.

i'm crossing my fingers on narnia and brothers grimm, but i feel they're not in the same league as lotr. harry potter doesn't fill the void either, as i'm not as much a fan of potter as i am of lotr. so where do we go from here, fantasy-wise?

well, while aimlessly wandering around powerbooks, i bumped into a copy of silmarilion.

now wouldn't that be a good prequel to the trilogy? we get to know about the history of middle-earth, about the characters whose names we can't even hope to pronounce, about the alliance of elves and men, and about...well, practically everything. now we don't have to read the books or watch the movies and say, "what the, who on (middle) earth is luthien?".

mr. jackson should give it a thought. regardless of how king kong fares, i think a movie adaption of silmarillion is a win-win case.

i don't know. it's free to dream, right?