Paul is joined by returning guests Fynn and Coen to discuss the Rings of Power TV series. 

McKay, Patrick and J. D. Payne. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. NZ and UK: Amazon Studios and New Line Cinema, 2022. 

You don't need to ever go to a movie theatre again. Paul's suggestion: don't!

Paul talks about speculative fiction, and how some of its best writers proved that their escapism is more real than many of the best writing reality. Apologies to Cormac McCarthy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy

Shippey, Tom. J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. London: HarperCollins, 2001.

Paul talks about what was once a very fine show: HBO's Westworld. 

Paul discusses the reinterest in Norse Faith around the world, and how--what a shock!--it has all the same issues as every other religion out there. 

McIntosh, Christopher. Beyond the North Wind. Newburyport: Weiser. 2019.

Sturlusson, Snorri. The Poetic Edda. 

Paul discusses the complex source of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power in anticipation of the forthcoming Amazon series.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (1977), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, Boston: Houghton Mifflin,

Paul talks about being a feminist and how it's impossible to be a good one if you have a Y chromosome. Also, books.

Brust, Stephen. Jhereg. Ace: USA, 1983.

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.
                                                   King Lear. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.
                                                   Macbeth. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.
                                                    Merchant of Venice. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.

Perez, Caroline Criado. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed For Men. Abrams: New York, 2019

The audio was wrong on the first one. Use this one!

Hey, man, Paul's gonna look at, like, the book that kicked off the whole Beat Generation groove and made Jim Morrisson realize that, like, any cat can spout nonsense and call it poetry. Dig it!

Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Viking: New York, 1957. 

Hey, man, Paul's gonna look at, like, the book that kicked off the whole Beat Generation groove and made Jim Morrisson realize that, like, any cat can spout nonsense and call it poetry. Dig it!

Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Viking: New York, 1957. 

Paul reviews a movie he really wanted to see: The Northman! Can it possibly live up to the hype?

Eggers, Robert. The Northman. USA: Universal, 2022