Did anyone else see the Silmarillion as...

[Tar-Palantir]

Did anyone else see the Silmarillion as an opportunity? What I mean is, an opportunity for some writer to take up where Tolkien left off and write about 30 books from it?

I got the impression I was reading Tolkien's notes (which I was basically). Had it been written with the detail of the LOTR it could have filled 30 volumes. Had Tolkien the lifespan of the Numenoreans he could have written dozens of best-selling trilogies out of the Silmarillion alone. The Silmarillion is a skeleton, at best, without meat. And yet it was still amazing. The reason it is difficult to read is because there is entirely too much information to absorb at one time. The number of proper names is astounding. But were it written at a slower pace, with more detail, with the proper names spread out further to allow for better absorption, it would be much more entertaining.

Did anyone else see that?