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The Legendarium exists primarily as a book club for fantasy and sci-fi, both the classics and the new classics. Authors discussed have included Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, David Eddings, Ernest Cline, Robert Heinlein, Michael Crichton, and more. You'll also get the occasional movie review or Star Wars discussion. (Anything in the realm of the fantastic is fair game!)

Check out past episodes and other content at thelegendariumpodcast.com.

The Legendarium The Legendarium Podcast

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The Legendarium exists primarily as a book club for fantasy and sci-fi, both the classics and the new classics. Authors discussed have included Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, David Eddings, Ernest Cline, Robert Heinlein, Michael Crichton, and more. You'll also get the occasional movie review or Star Wars discussion. (Anything in the realm of the fantastic is fair game!)

Check out past episodes and other content at thelegendariumpodcast.com.

    #438. NEW - Caine's Law, part 2

    #438. NEW - Caine's Law, part 2

    What in the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is this book, anyway? Craig brings Drew back for one final discussion on Matthew Stover's Acts of Caine series. They wrap up with book 4, Caine's Law, which is a book about ... something. The guys will try to figure that out.
     
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    • 1 hr 32 min
    [Rerelease] The Lord of the Rings, Book 2

    [Rerelease] The Lord of the Rings, Book 2

    This episode was originally released on March 1, 2020
    Craig, Ryan, Megan, and Kyle discuss the second book in The Lord of the Rings--or to put it another way, the second half of The Fellowship of the Ring. They get into lots of listener questions, like whether the Rivendell chapters are too long, whether balrogs should have wings, whether the fellowship sufficiently mourns Gandalf, and much, much more. Enjoy!
     
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    MUSIC: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/
     

    • 1 hr 16 min
    [Rerelease] The Neverending Story

    [Rerelease] The Neverending Story

    This episode was originally released October 27, 2019.
     
    The Ladies of the Legendarium are back! And this time, Stephanie, Megan, and Kate are joined by Sara Hanks to discuss Michael Ende's classic book, The Neverending Story. There's laughing and crying, and a whole lot of love -- old and new -- for this particular book.
     
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    MUSIC: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    • 1 hr 1 min
    [Rerelease] Brent Weeks Spins the Wheel

    [Rerelease] Brent Weeks Spins the Wheel

    This episode was originally released October  17, 2019.
    Weeks Week begins on Monday with the release of The Burning White, but we thought we'd get a jump on it by airing a few minutes of Brent Weeks spinning The Wheel of Tangents. Brent answers eight questions scientifically designed in a lab to help us get to know one of our favorite authors a little bit better. (Narrator: "There was, in fact, no lab.") Enjoy!
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    MUSIC: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    • 11 min
    [Release] The Lord of the Rings, Book 1

    [Release] The Lord of the Rings, Book 1

    This episode was originally released February 9, 2020. The other episodes in this series are #268, #270, #274, #277, and #281.
     
    The time has come! Six years ago Craig and Ryan kicked off the Legendarium podcast with a read-through of the Lord of the Rings. Now they're back, and they've got Kyle and Megan in tow as well. In this episode they discuss a bit about the hobbits, the pacing, the poetry and the reasons for Gandalf's 17-year absence. If you're hoping to get your fix of Professor Craig, stick around, because that mostly happens toward the end. A note: If you're looking for an in-depth discussion of the minutiae of this book, look elsewhere! But you can enjoy a discussion amongst friends loosely based around the first book of The Lord of the Rings.
     
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    MUSIC: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    • 1 hr 15 min
    [Rerelease] Scary Stories and Why We Like Them

    [Rerelease] Scary Stories and Why We Like Them

    This episode was originally released October 10, 2015.
    We're joined again by Dr. Matt Woolley, who helps Craig, Ryan, and Kenn work through the benefits, pitfalls, and psychology of scary stories and people who love (or hate) them. (And no, you're not hallucinating, we swapped out our normal theme music; it was way too peppy for this episode.)
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    MUSIC: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

sir Snowsock ,

The friends we did not deserve

In a world of books, and people talking about books, this is a seldom gem. The Legendarium basically is some good friends sitting in a dungeon somewhere in Utah, talking about books; and yes, they’re Mormons.
This should give the whole project the life expectancy of a rat in a deep pool, but it does not. After a week of listening nearly religious to this podcast, I feel like I’m sitting in a pub with some friends discussing fantasy (and they never let me say a pleeping word, so I just sit there drinking beer, and it’s legendary).

Go listen, and if you like a laugh, go to the early Brent books.

Good listening

Kim-the-Bim ,

A few nerdy men!

These guys are awesome (at being nerdy)! They go through a lot of different sci-fi and fantasy book series, and also reviews a couple of movies now and then! Great insight, and lots of humour :)

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