Craig sits down with Kaitlyn Facista from Tea With Tolkien to talk about The Silmarillion, the Rings of Power, and other various Tolkien-connected topics. Kaitlyn is the purveyor of Tea With Tolkien, a book club and erstwhile (but still valuable) podcast that Craig has enjoyed from afar for quite a while now, so this is episode has been a long time coming.

Check out Tea With Tolkien here: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/

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.

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Craig and Kenn welcome Ryan Van Loan to the Author’s Shelf series. Today’s book is Dreamcatcher, the much-maligned 2001 sci-fi horror novel by Stephen King. So does it deserve all that maligning? In some ways, yes! In other ways, it’s still an example of a master novelist at work. We’ll hit a few of the highs and lows (including the 2003 movie adaptation) in this episode, so strap in!

Check out Ryan’s website and his new book, The Memory in the Blood.

Craig and Todd welcome author Ed McDonald onto the podcast to talk about something near and dear to Todd’s heart: the E-11 Blaster Rifle. And lots of other issues related to weapons and combat in science fiction and fantasy.

Check out Ed’s books (including the new one, Daughter of Redwinter) here

“Step out of your comfort zone,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said. Turns out…they were right! Craig and Stephanie welcome Alyson Noël to the Author’s Shelf series. Today’s book is Rebecca, the classic 1938 gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier. This is not our normal fare, but who cares, when it’s such a great book? Thanks to Alyson for selecting this one!

Check out Alyson’s new book, Stealing Infinity.

Craig and Ryan are joined by Brian McClellan for this entry to our Author’s Shelf series. Today we discuss The Black Count, by Tom Reiss. The Black Count is a biography of Alexandre Dumas Sr., the father of the French Novelist, who inspired many of the stories and scenes in his sons book.

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Craig is joined once again by Drew McCaffrey from Inking Out Loud. Together they welcome Scott Lynch, author of the Gentleman Bastard series, to discuss HEROES DIE, by Matthew Woodring Stover.

Check out Inking Out Loud here: https://www.iolpodcast.com/

Welcome to the Legendarium’s Silmarillion read-along! In this ninth installment, Craig, Ryan, and Kyle discuss the next chunk of The Silmarillion: “Of the Ruin of Doriath,” “Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin,” and “Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath,” chapters 22 through 24 of the Quenta Silmarillion.

Check out the rest of the reading schedule here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_NO4iO1fRX19UiwYtKHAjyvwAWsXS4yGD3b9Rt8vbSk/edit?usp=sharing

Craig, Ryan, and Todd sit down and … *kind of* talk about a variety of subjects, including Dr. Strange In the Multiverse of Madness, the upcoming Kenobi series, and sequels. In reality, they just end up using those topics to explore their own psyches for an hour. But that’s pretty normal by now.

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Welcome to the Legendarium’s Silmarillion read-along! In this eighth installment, Craig, Ryan, and Kyle discuss the next chunk of The Silmarillion: “Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad” and “Of Turin Turambar,” chapters 20 and 21 of the Quenta Silmarillion.

Check out the rest of the reading schedule here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_NO4iO1fRX19UiwYtKHAjyvwAWsXS4yGD3b9Rt8vbSk/edit?usp=sharing