Moms I'd Like to Forget/References

When CBG starts his story saying it takes them "Back to the creation of Middle-Earth, as told in the Ainulindale, and Valaquenta. Behold Melkor, fondest of the Ainur" this is a Reference to "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R. Tolkien, wherein he describes the creation and early ages of his Middle Earth where later the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" will take part.