Wow
I have been waiting my whole life for this. I’m blown away. I thought I knew a fair amount about Tolkien and his legendarium, but I am a mere neophyte. Couldn’t recommend enough.
Calladriel via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/18/24
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JRR Tolkien never turned the Silmarillion into much more than a plot synopsis, and it's possible he never meant to. Alan and Shawn are correcting that. They dig into the terse sentences, and expand them out by extracting context from the less-accessible parts of the history of Middle Earth....Read full review »
Joe Mnbvcxz via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/21/16
For the past few months, The Prancing Pony podcasts have made my morning work much more enjoyable. You'll learn, you'll laugh, and you'll occasionally cry...not from boredom silly, because The Silmarillion is sad! Much thanks and praise to Alan and Shawn for all their hard work and...Read full review »
JustenC via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/09/17
My gosh do they know their Tolkien. I'm a college professor (in a different field) who has read The Silmarillion three times, and I didn't pick up on half the things that they did. Plus they know the fragmentary works also. A necessity for any Tolkien fan.Read full review »
Gaal Dornick via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/12/17
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