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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.
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#437. You saw Dune 2, right?
Craig and Todd chat for a few minutes about the new installment of Denis Villeneuve's Dune adaptation. Before that, Craig makes an announcement about the show taking a short break.
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#436. FIRELORD - Author's Shelf with Daniel Ford
Returning guest Daniel Ford drops by to discuss a favorite of his, Parke Godwin's Firelord. This 1980 retelling of the King Arthur myth is one of the best you'll come across, and it made for some great discussion.
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#435. Project Hail Mary
Megan has brought the Blue Team back together to a discussion of a recent favorite: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary. Will she have better success in bringing them a good book than Todd did when he made her read John Carter of Mars? (Hint: How could she not?)
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#434. I AM THE MESSENGER | Author's Shelf with Kaela Rivera
Old friend of the podcast Kaela Rivera stops by for an Author's Shelf episode about I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak. This magical-realism novel was an absolute delight, and you should give it a read if you haven't yet. And as a bonus, it made for a fun 45 minutes of conversation!
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JADE CITY | Author's Shelf with Moses Ose Utomi
Moses Ose Utomi is Craig's guest today on the Author's Shelf series, and he's selected Fonda Lee's Jade City to discuss. As always, the first question is, "Why did you choose this book?" And with that, Moses and Craig are off to the races for a fun discussion.
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#432. A Game of Thrones (the book.) (finally.)
Craig and Kenn are joined by Eradandis (of Discord fame) to discuss A Game of Thrones, the first book in #georgerrmartin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Are they going to give it the lengthy treatment it deserves? Absolutely not. At least not today. But they are going to talk about its merits--and demerits--as they see them, for the next hour.
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Customer Reviews
They are the Icing on the Cake
I chose to read the Prydain Chronicles & The Belgariad just because this podcast had discussions on these classic fantasy titles. They did not disappoint. I love listening immediately after each book , I pick up plot points and themes that I may have missed. The best part is getting to re-live the most exciting moments of the book!!
Used to be good
I used to love this podcast, but it has gone away from discussing books as a group. It is now mostly Craig just bringing in guests or feeding his own ego. I started listening because I loved the group discussions on novels but there hasn’t been anything worthwhile in months.
Good, but…
I love this show, but the best episodes are the ones where their host, Craig Hanks isn’t on. The content, approach, and panel are fantastic, but Craig’s negative, dismissive, dominating personality have resulted in me listening less and less.