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The Legendarium

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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#64. The Silmarillion - Ainulindale, with Kip Rasmussen

#64. The Silmarillion - Ainulindale, with Kip Rasmussen

The Silmarillion is not a novel. It's barely even a story, at least as you're used to. This may be one reason that many ... Read more

30 May 2015

1hr 6mins

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#178. The Name of the Wind #1 (chs. 1-35)

#178. The Name of the Wind #1 (chs. 1-35)

Welcome to the first(ish) of three episodes on The Name of the Wind, the first book in the Kingkiller Chronicle, by Patr... Read more

23 Apr 2018

1hr 16mins

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#202. Goosebumps

#202. Goosebumps

Wait...are they really doing Goosebumps? Those books we all used to read in the 6th grade? Yes, thanks for asking! Tood,... Read more

5 Nov 2018

55mins

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#84. The Alloy of Law (Mistborn)

#84. The Alloy of Law (Mistborn)

We continue our Mistborn podcast series with a discussion of The Alloy of Law. Listener notes at the top of the show.

16 Feb 2016

58mins

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#234. God Emperor of Dune, ep.1

#234. God Emperor of Dune, ep.1

For our first discussion on God Emperor of Dune, Todd and Kenn welcome Jack Butler back to the Legendarium. Jack was pre... Read more

15 Jul 2019

1hr 4mins

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#226. Children of Dune, ep.1

#226. Children of Dune, ep.1

Blue Team assemble! Todd, Kenn, and Megan are back with their take on Children of Dune, book 3 in Frank Herbert's classi... Read more

13 May 2019

1hr 4mins

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#238. God Emperor of Dune, ep.2

#238. God Emperor of Dune, ep.2

Todd, Megan, Kenn, and Jack are all back for a wrap-up of their discussion of God Emperor of Dune, the fourth book in Fr... Read more

13 Aug 2019

1hr 3mins

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#5. LotR Ep.4 - Striders and Riders

#5. LotR Ep.4 - Striders and Riders

Book 1 Chapters 9-12 Picking up the pace, we go from Bree to the Ford of Bruinen, meet Strider, and run away from Black... Read more

24 Feb 2014

46mins

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#256. The Rise of Skywalker

#256. The Rise of Skywalker

Craig, Ryan, Megan, Kenn, and Todd crowd around the mics to give you what you all need: another podcast of people chatti... Read more

24 Dec 2019

1hr 28mins

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#46. Heroes of Scifi - The Time Machine

#46. Heroes of Scifi - The Time Machine

The Legendarium crew talks a bit of nerd news and then begins the "Heroes of Science Fiction" series by reviewing H.G. W... Read more

19 Jan 2015

45mins

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#165. Oathbringer #1 (parts 1 & 2)

#165. Oathbringer #1 (parts 1 & 2)

Recorded in the unfinished studio space, so the sound may be a bit off! Craig, Ryan, Megan, and Todd get rolling on what... Read more

22 Jan 2018

1hr 14mins

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#119. The Dragon Reborn, part 1

#119. The Dragon Reborn, part 1

The guys discuss book 3 of the Wheel of Time. Craig forgets Kyle's name. Mat finally gets some pagecount. Everybody hate... Read more

23 Jan 2017

1hr 14mins

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#58. Heroes of Scifi - Sphere

#58. Heroes of Scifi - Sphere

Craig and Ryan, along with Todd and Kenn, discuss the '80 classic novel Sphere, by Michael Crichton. They try to figure ... Read more

13 Apr 2015

41mins

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#168. Oathbringer #2 (parts 3 & 4)

#168. Oathbringer #2 (parts 3 & 4)

Craig, Ryan, Megan, and Todd dive into parts 3 & 4 of Brandon Sanderson's Oathbringer. We get into the lessons learn... Read more

12 Feb 2018

1hr 23mins

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#172. Oathbringer #3 (part 5)

#172. Oathbringer #3 (part 5)

It's our third of thr--- wait, this just in: It looks like we're going to need a fourth episode to get through everythin... Read more

12 Mar 2018

1hr 25mins

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#31. LIVE from Salt Lake Comic Con

#31. LIVE from Salt Lake Comic Con

We got the band back together! Craig, Ryan, Todd, and Kenn are joined by a live audience at Salt Lake Comic Con, recorde... Read more

5 Oct 2014

52mins

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#123. The Shadow Rising, part 1

#123. The Shadow Rising, part 1

Spoilers for all of The Shadow Rising. It's a frantic rush to cover as much as we can as we work our way through a discu... Read more

20 Feb 2017

1hr 14mins

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#6. LotR Ep.5 - The Council of Elrond and other Elvish Nonsense

#6. LotR Ep.5 - The Council of Elrond and other Elvish Nonsense

Book 2, Chapters 1-2 Welcome to Rivendell! We don’t go anywhere, but we hear a lot about many far away places, from man... Read more

24 Feb 2014

40mins

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#102. The Way of Kings, parts 1 & 2

#102. The Way of Kings, parts 1 & 2

Number 1 in a 3-part series. Discussing parts 1 & 2 of Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings. We're giving away a San... Read more

22 Aug 2016

1hr 9mins

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#63. Heroes of Scifi - Ready Player One

#63. Heroes of Scifi - Ready Player One

Finishing our sci-fi series by bringing it into the 21st Century, the guys discuss Ernest Cline's Ready Player One.

20 May 2015

1hr

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