The Legendarium
The Legendarium Podcast
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 30, 2015 • 1h 7min
#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 struggle with Tolkien's lifelong passion project. Craig, with the help of guest Kip Rasmussen, tries once again to throw Ryan headlong into Middle-earth. Mellon, goheno nin!
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May 20, 2015 • 1h 1min
#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.
May 5, 2015 • 1h 2min
#62. Heroes of Scifi - Starship Troopers
We've solved the Case of the Missing Episode! We read and discussed Starship Troopers in February, and we got in way over our heads in that discussion. But we give it a good shot anyway.
May 1, 2015 • 6min
#61. Rapid Fire Review - Avengers: Age of Ultron
Todd, Ryan and Kenn give their impressions of the new Avengers movie right after seeing it!
Apr 28, 2015 • 57min
#60. Viva la Revolución !
The Legendarium Brain Trust squees in delight at some of the Star Wars Celebration announcements, we review the trailer for The Force Awakens, and preview Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Apr 18, 2015 • 40min
#59. Daredevil and stuff.
A midweek featuring the full crew (we'll count Ryan even though he just up and leaves halfway through) talking mostly about Daredevil. Todd also reviews the Star Wars Battle Pod arcade game.
Apr 13, 2015 • 42min
#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 out just what genre it belongs in, and try to convince Ryan that it was a good book. He seems ... underwhelmed.
Mar 21, 2015 • 36min
#57. Nerd News. Mostly Star Wars News.
The guys are back on the Star Wars trail, talking Episode 7 rumors, spin-off casting, and the Rebels season 1 finale.
Feb 28, 2015 • 59min
#56. The Horror! The Horror!
After an extended absence, Craig returns with several new panelists for a discussion on the horror genre. The panelists do their best (which, it turns out, is pretty darn good) to convince us that horror has more to offer than just guts and ghosts.
Feb 21, 2015 • 40min
#55. Oscars, film reviews, and books
In this episode we talk about what we expect out of good films, make some Oscar predictions, (which Craig couldn't possibly care less about) and we briefly make book suggestions.
