The Legendarium exists primarily as a book club for fantasy and sci-fi, both the classics and the new classics.Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, and more.
Episodes
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Craig welcomes Austin Freeman to the show to discuss Tolkien and his religious views. Tolkien was a staunch Catholic, but that doesn't mean that his views weren't idiosyncratic in some interesting and unexpected ways.
Check out Austin's book, Tolkien Dogmatics: Theology through Mythology with the Maker of Middle-earth, here: https://a.co/d/6jegZIE
Watch Craig's video on "the most important scene" in LotR: https://youtu.be/2L9Ph1MkKuA
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Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
She's almost across the finish line! Todd and Kenn drag Stephanie back for the penultimate Expanse podcast as they discuss the first half of James S.A. Corey's Leviathan Falls. [Craig's audio note: I had to use the backup audio for this one, so it kind of sucks. Sorry about that, but I figured you'd rather have the episode than not!]
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Craig welcomes Vaishnavi Patel, author of Kaikeyi, for this edition of the Author's Shelf. Vaishnavi has selected The Palace of Illusions, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. It's Craig's first foray into the Mahabharata (in this case a modern retelling), and Vaishnavi is the perfect guide.
Check out Vaishanvi's work, including Kaikeyi, here: https://vaishnavipatel.com/
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Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Craig, Ryan, Megan, and Stephanie sit down to discuss their experience with Brandon Sanderson's first "secret project" of 2023, Tress of the Emerald Sea. They also take your comments and questions.
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Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Craig and Todd (who is legally required to be on any episode involving D&D) welcome Brandon from Dirt Cheap Dungeons to talk Dungeons & Dragons. They spend a few minutes talking about the new Chris Pine movie, but the rest of the episode is devoted to why D&D is so popular, beloved, and useful after all these years.
Check out Dirt Cheap Dungeons here: https://dirtcheapdungeons.com/
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
We made it! It's the final episode in our First Law series, and we've got some thoughts. Craig, Ryan, and Kenn sit down to hash out how they feel about the series now that they've completed it. Did Kenn love the punchin'? (Just kidding, stupid question.) Did Craig change his mind at all? Does Ryan hate all good and decent things now, loving only evil and despair? Only one way to find out!
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Returning guest Veronica Roth and newcomer Amy Lukavics join Craig to talk about a day in the life of an author--or, at least, how a typical day goes for *these* two authors. Plus, they give us the details on their latest projects, linked below.
Check out Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth: https://veronicarothbooks.com/books/arch-conspirator/
Check out Cold Water Veins by Amy Lukavics: https://www.audible.com/pd/Cold-Water-Veins-Audiobook/B09CFKMND4
Veronica's site: https://veronicarothbooks.com/
Amy's site: http://www.amylukavics.com/
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Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Author, artist, and filmmaker Leopoldo Gout comes by the podcast to talk with Craig about his experience as a writer, and how he weaves history, myth, and culture into his stories.
Check out Piñata: https://www.amazon.com/Pi%C3%B1ata-Novel-Leopoldo-Gout/dp/1250781175
And visit Leopoldo's website: http://www.leopoldogout.net/
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Author Randee Dawn's new book, Tune In Tomorrow, has received some favorable comparisons to the like of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. So who better to join Craig in an Author's Shelf episode, talking about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? No one, that's who.
Check out Randee's stuff here: https://randeedawn.com/
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Craig, Ryan, and Kenn are together again for the final book of Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy. Ryan is already won over to the series, but what about Craig and Kenn? Has the journey been worth what destinations we've had so far?
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