David and Chris discuss Shadows Linger, by Glen Cook, published in 1985.

Next episode we will discuss Book Three of The Chronicles of the Black Company: the Books of the North, The White Rose.

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David and Chris take on the seminal work of military fantasy, and one of the foundational works of the grimdark subgenre, The Black Company, by Glen Cook. Published in 1984, this series is still in print, and still in progress, with eleven titles so far, and a final book forthcoming.

Next episode we will discuss Book Two of the Books of the North, Shadows Linger.

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Arrow's Fall, Book Three of The Heralds of Valdemar, by Mercedes Lackey.

David and Chris reach the end of Mercedes Lackey's first Valdemar trilogy, and she saved the best for last.

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Arrow's Flight, Book Two of The Heralds of Valdemar, by Mercedes Lackey.

NOTE: This episode replaces a former edit, which was subject to a technical glitch. The episode has been re-edited, and is nor 99% glitch-free!. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Arrows of the Queen, Book One of Heralds of Valdemar, by Mercedes Lackey.

We start off this episode with a discussion of the new Amazon Prime show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, then dig into Arrows of the Queen, by Mercedes Lackey. 

NOTE: There is a technical glitch at the 1:09:53 mark, where about ten seconds of audio seems to have disappeared. We were discussing horses and Companions, and then it skips to what sounds like a non-sequiter about the character Alberich. Apologies for the inconvenience. The missing dialogue is an observation from me remarking upon the lack of "people hitting other people with swords" in this book, and Alberich, as the martial training master, is brought up as an exception. 

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J. R. R. Tolkien is the spine around which fantasy as a body of work is constructed. In this episode, we discuss the history of the genre, starting with its most influential practitioner, his influences, who he influenced, and even how the genre developed before and after the publication of The Lord of the Rings. 

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This is the preamble to our upcoming podcast The Fantasy Canon. In this introduction we will explain what we mean by canon and what fantasy books, authors, and series best fit that description. We discuss how we will proceed in future episodes, we tell you a little bit about ourselves, and why we hope listeners will find the perspective we bring to the conversation engaging and enjoyable.

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