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.
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The Legendarium Podcast is a community for lovers of science fiction and fantasy books, from classic to contemporary. Red Team and Blue Team are under the main Legendarium Podcast. They're the pros. Green Team's podcast is a bit different. We are the newbies, upstarts, the kids in the back of the class who riff off of different one-off topics, about books, life, games, pancakes vs waffles, and all the important arguments. Suggestion Box: https://forms.gle/LwuEXz2uvsxMsViy8
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Hello and welcome to the rebranded and re-themed podcast where three gay nerds gush about Tolkien for an hour every month. (We could totally go over an hour, but anchor has restrictions.) Follow along as we read through his various works, book by book, and (in some cases) chapter by chapter and discuss their content. We hope you'll stay with us along the road that goes ever on. Tumblr: https://legendarium-pod.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/legendarium_pod
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#274: Penric's Mission & Mira's Last Dance (Penric and Desdemona 3 & 4)
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little red book hosts Colonel Rabbit and member of the main crew Todd Wente to discuss the next two installments of the Pen & Des saga.Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter…
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Ryan, Todd, and Craig reunite for a discussion about Todd's experience with the Wheel of Time. And because they came with a real purpose in mind, of course you know that they won't stick to that at all. Buckle up for Rings of Power, adaptations, Star Wars, and pretty much anything else that crosses their distractible little minds. Support the show …
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Happy spooky season listeners! Join Jingalls, Spooke, and Yettibeats as they spiral into the mad and unsettling world of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendari…
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Yettibeats hosts a roundtable discussion on the Halloween "classic" Van Helsing with Befuddled Panda, Jingalls, and Mr Anderson. Is this the horniest movie of 2004? Does the CGI hold up? And of course, Brendan Fraser or Hugh Jackman? Come join us and find out. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon…
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This episode was originally published on June 8, 2020 Craig, Ryan, and Megan reunite for the final part of the Lord of the Rings. Well, except for the appendices, and there will be an episode on that as well, it turns out. Anyway, for this one, they unlock the real meaning behind the Field of Cormallen scene, discuss why Frodo couldn't be the one w…
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#271: The Wurms of Blearmouth + The Healthy Dead (Bauchelain and Korbal Broach #3 & 4)
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Hurin, Ash, Panda, and Janath resume their readalong and discussions on The Wurms of Blearmouth (B & KB #3) and The Healthy Dead (B & KB #4). Video of Steven Erikson playing TTRPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8afZ7lxK6dE Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/l…
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Stormrunner hosts Kyptan, Jingalls, and BefuddledPanda to chat about The Truce at Bakura. The consensus is it's not the worst book in the Star Wars Legend collection.Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: ht…
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[Rerelease] Mort (Discworld #4) | Author's Shelf feat. Daniel Greene
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Daniel Greene joins Craig and Ryan for this installment of the Author's Shelf series. Daniel selected Mort, the fourth installment in the Discworld series. Why did he select it? Actually, Daniel isn't quite sure, and he and the guys spend an hour trying to figure that out. Subscribe to Daniel's YouTube channel ...and buy his book Visit TheLegendari…
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#269: Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota #1)
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Join Kyptan, Ashaman, Stormrunner, and Hurinfan as they discuss the first half (through chapter 13) of Too Like the Lightning, the first book of the Terra Ignota series by Dr. Ada Palmer. Finally, we meet Mycroft. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium…
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[Rerelease] The Lord of the Rings, Book 5
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This episode was originally released on May 3, 2020 Ryan, Megan, and Professor Craig (whose elbow patches are back from the shop and in better shape than ever) tackle book 5 of The Lord of the Rings. There are battles and ghosts and pirates and dramatic suicides, among many other exciting things, so Craig kicks off the discussion with ... 5 minutes…
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Seeker and jingalls90 discuss Oath of Swords. Book one of the Hardani Paladin series by David Weber.Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter: https://twitter.com/GreenteamPodY…
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#267: The Grace of Kings - Part 3 (The Dandelion Dynasty #1)
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BefuddledPanda, Sean, Spooke_, and Yettibeats wrap up their discussion on The Grace of Kings. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA…
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#266: The Grace of Kings - Part 2 (The Dandelion Dynasty #1)
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BefuddledPanda hosts Sean (aka BlackDiamond), Spooke_, and Yettibeats to continue their discussion on The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Disco…
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Hurin, Ash, and Kyptan discuss Gene Wolfe´s coda to The Book of the New Sun, Urth of the New Sun. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA…
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Kyptan hosts BefuddledPanda and Jingalls to discuss Exordia by Seth Dickinson. Hold on to your hats folks. It's a wild one. Like very. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Discord: …
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[Rerelease] The Lord of the Rings, Book 4
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This episode was originally published on April 14, 2020 Craig, Ryan, and Megan reunite remotely for the next installment of their Lord of the Rings series of podcasts. Up today, Book 4, or the latter half of The Two Towers. In these ten chapters, we follow Frodo, Sam, and Gollum through the Emyn Muil, the Dead Marshes, Ithilien, and Shelob's Lair. …
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Join Kyptan, Ashaman, Stormrunner, and belated guest Seth (Wombat) as they discuss their plan to read the Terra Ignota series by Dr. Ada Palmer. This episode will cover some of the information needed to start the series, but also tries not to ruin the mysteries of worldbuilding inherent to the work. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Consideri…
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[Rerelease] Determinism in SFF, with James Kennedy
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In this episode, author James Kennedy stops by to chat with Craig about predestination in speculative fiction. He's got four basic categories of determinism, and they walk through each, with a fine-toothed, good-humored comb. Originally released on August 22, 2022 Check out James Kennedy's website And his new book, Dare to Know Support the show on …
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Texasblade, littleredbook, Ceskyure and Jingalls90 discuss the fourth book in the Alex Verus series. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter: @GreenteamPodYouTube: https://ww…
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Originally published January 11, 2015. Craig and Ryan tackle their first game of Dungeons and Dragons and they are natural....ly poor at figuring it out at the start. Join the Legendarium crew at HaJoMaJe games for the abbreviated adventure into never winter and the quest for the best 401k option available to adventurers.…
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Join Kyptan, Panda, and Mr Anderson as they discuss what makes a zaddy, then argue about who fits the bill, from Star Wars to Malazan. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Discord: https…
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[Rerelease] Why Do Video Game Movies Always Suck?
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Originally released October 31, 2019 Do video game movies always suck? Maybe not. But they're never actually good, either. Why is that? Craig and Kyle are joined by Adam Sherlock from Deep Dive Film School to spend, oh...maybe 5 minutes teasing out the answer to the question at hand, and 45 minutes just laughing about terrible video game movies. Ch…
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little red book is joined by Mike from The Cosmere Deep Dive Podcast to discuss the The Princess Bride by William Goldman who also wrote the screen play for the beloved film. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/the…
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[Released] Worst Dates & the Merits of Michael Bay - Wheel of Tangents #8
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Originally released August 18, 2020 Ryan joins Craig and spins the Wheel of Tangents for the first time ever! They answer over a dozen questions submitted by patrons, including tough-to-visualize elements of books, their favorite love stories, and what they'd be reading if they weren't making a podcast. Support the show on Patreon Music: "The Seven…
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Yettibeats hosts Jingalls, Ian from Cinema in Seconds, and BefuddledPanda in a draft of the best Disney SFF films (excluding Marvel and Star Wars). Who ended up with the best draft picks? Let us know! Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.redd…
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[Rerelease] The Lord of the Rings, Book 3
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This episode was originally released on March 16, 2020 Craig, Ryan, and Megan (no Kyle today) talk about book 3 of The Lord of the Rings, being the first half of The Two Towers.They take on the entrelacement writing technique Tolkien employs, Aragorn's character arc (yep, he has one!), and the nature of the palantiri. Craig is of course back with h…
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Hurinfan hosts Ash and Cesky to talk about the final 1/4 and the book as a whole of David Foster Wallace`s doorstopper Infinite Jest. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter:…
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#257: The Lees of Laughter's End (Bauchelain and Korbal Broach #2)
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The Malazan Crew is back to discuss The Lees of Laughter's End by Steven Erikson, the second of the Bauchelain and Korbal Broach short stories. Unfortunately, not much laughter was to be had. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/…
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[Rerelease] The Dark Lord of Derkholm - The Author's Shelf, feat. Veronica Roth
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Originally released May 25, 2020. Veronica Roth, bestselling author of the Divergent series and the brand-new, adult-oriented fantasy Chosen Ones, joins Craig and Ryan to discuss her pick for the Author's Shelf podcast series. Veronica had the guys read Dark Lord of Derkholm, a 1998 fantasy parody by Diana Wynne Jones. The trio has a good time pick…
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BefuddledPanda sits down with Yettibeats, Seth (aka Wombat), and Kyptan to recap the first half of the year, look forward to some things coming in the second half of the year, but really it's just an excuse to hang out and chat. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legenda…
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Originally released April 26, 2020 Craig is joined by author Maram Taibah to discuss the assertion, "Great art has an age floor but no age ceiling." They get into contextual issues, content issues, and what place YA fiction has to play in this discussion. They also talk about Maram's book, Weathernose, and Craig gets an education on "children's ste…
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Texasblade, littleredbook, Ceskyure and Jingalls90 discuss the third book in the Alex Verus series. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter: @GreenteamPodYouTube: https://www…
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[Rerelease] The Truth (Discworld) feat. Brandon Sanderson
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This episode was originally released on January 27, 2019 Craig and Ryan welcome a new panelist, Brandon Sanderson (maybe you've heard of him?). The three of them discuss The Truth, the 25th book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Spoiler alert, technically, because we range all over the story, as usual. But as we mention during the show, this i…
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Hurinfan hosts Ash and Cesky to talk about the 3rd quarter of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter: @GreenteamPod…
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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. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives…
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Ashman and Hurinfan are joined by newcomer Cesky (who read most of the section) to discuss the second quarter of David Foster Wallace's encyclopedic novel Infinite Jest. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord…
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[Rerelease] The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
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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 fello…
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#252 Citadel of the Autarch (Book of the New Sun #4)
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Hurin, Ash, Kyptan, and Wombat finish their read-through of The Book of the New Sun, offering conclusive and definitive analysis of the series as a whole.Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discor…
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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. Support the show on Patreon:…
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#251: Sword of the Lictor ( The Book of the New Sun #3)
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Hurinfan, Kyptan, Ashman and Wombat continue on their journey of trying to understand Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. This time its the third book in the series "Sword of the Lictor".Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelege…
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Jingalls90 hosts Texas Blade and little red book to discuss the second installment of Benedict Jakka's Alex Verus series Cursed. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter: @Gre…
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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 litt…
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#249: The Grace of Kings - Part 1 (The Dandelion Dynasty #1)
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BefuddledPanda, Sean (aka BlackDiamond), and Spooke_ embark on a new journey with The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In this episode, we chat about expectations going into the series, what silkpunk is, and chapters 1 - 11. First part of the episode is spoiler free. Ken Liu's FanFiAddict guest post: https://fanfiaddict.com/guest-post-an-introduction-to-…
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[Release] The Lord of the Rings, Book 1
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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 …
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Stormrunner is joined by Kyptan, Spooke_, Befuddled Panda, and Jingalls to talk about The Last Command by Timothy Zahn (Book 3 of the Thrawn Trilogy).Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg…
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[Rerelease] Scary Stories and Why We Like Them
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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.) Supp…
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Jingalls, Cesky, LRB and TexasBlade talk about the first book Fated in Benedict Jacka´s Alex Verus series. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter: @GreenteamPod…
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This episode was originally released May 13, 2018. In 1944, Professor Tolkien published a short story about a strange little man who was obsessed with a single piece of art that consumed his entire life. Sound familiar? It should. And if it doesn't, then listen on, and we'll lift the extraordinarily thin veil from this little wishful allegory. Ryan…
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#246: Claw of the Concilliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)
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Hurin and Wombat continue on their confusing quest of trying to figure out what is up with Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun.Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksConsidering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendariumReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuATwitter: @Greentea…
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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. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.co…
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