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1I really hope the drafts of those first two chapters of Christopher's "proto-Silmarillion" survived. It would be fascinating to see his original motive, and also compare it to how his analytic approach developed through the UT and HoMe projects (and of course, I really hope his History of the Silmarillion has likewise been preserved). Also, GGK's mockup proposal of what became "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor" would be interesting to compare to the final version...– David RobertsCommented Jul 1 at 0:16
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I am greatly puzzled that JRRT expected Christopher to publish the Silmarillion in some form after his death, but apparently never discussed it with him!– m4r35n357Commented Jul 1 at 9:08
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@m4r35n357 But the answer says they DID discuss it.– suchiuomizuCommented Jul 1 at 11:54
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1@suchiuomizu whatever the answer says, it is clear from reading HoME that CT had to reconstruct the whole thing from scratch. The published Silmarillion is a chimera comprising the 1937 Silmarillion "B", unevenly updated with more recent Annals, and the two big post-LOTR rewrites of the main text, plus other snippets, plus some stuff from an external author. There is also a great deal of debate around the War of Wrath. In none of these cases does CT say anything like "my father was of the opinion . . .).– m4r35n357Commented Jul 1 at 12:05
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1@m4r35n357 - My understanding is that the discussions were more focused on what would have been needed for JRRT to finish it via continuing to write new material. Christopher had a completely different task, which was how to assemble a complete book without writing new material (or at least with keeping the new material to a minimum). I don't think that JRRT ever had a discussion or expectation about assembling a Frankenstein silmarillion from his various older drafts.– ibidCommented Jul 1 at 14:13
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