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  • #320. The MCU on Disney+ | Wandavision, Falcon & the Winter Soldier, Loki

    We're now in phase 4 of the MCU, and it's mostly taking place on Disney+. So how's it going? Craig, Ryan, Megan, and Kenn sit down to discuss the three major shows to come out so far: Wandavision, Falcon & the Winter Soldier, and Loki (with just a dash of Black Widow thrown in for good measure).

     

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    1 hr 11 min
  • What Makes Prose Good? | Part 2: Defining Prose

    What makes for good prose? In this episode, to better try to answer that question, Craig dives into just what the definition of prose should be. Is it simply "not poetry"? Or does is go deeper than that? With a little help from the Oxford Book of English Prose, we're going to work our way toward a common definition of what prose actually is.

     

    Check out part one on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/yGtVPRnFi_s

     

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    27 min
  • Why (and How) Should Stories End? w/ Brent Weeks

    SPOILER ALERT. We talk about the ending of Harry Potter, but that's over a decade old. So maybe this note is unnecessary. But you have it anyway.

    Brent Weeks knows a thing or two about ending a story. So when Craig wanted to do an episode all about endings -- why must stories end? what makes a good ending? do authors owe readers an ending? -- it was a pretty easy call to ask Brent to join in.

    Check out Brent's talk, "On Ending Well"

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    1 hr
  • #318. The Stone Sky (Broken Earth #3)

    Craig, Ryan, and Sara discuss The Stone Sky, the third and final book in N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series. Was the ending everything they hoped? Was Schaffa really a changed man? Did the flashback sequences work? Stay tuned for one more Broken Earth wrap-up episode after this one.

     

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    Music: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    1 hr 26 min
  • When does a book go from HOMAGE to THEFT?

    Craig is flying solo again today (don't worry, we're recording a regular episode this weekend), and the topic at hand is literary homage vs outright theft. Where is the line? How should we go about thinking about books that some say are TOO directly tied to their inspirations?

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    16 min
  • Is it better to read DEEPLY or WIDELY?

    Let's try something different today. In this short episode, Craig is using his newly-found oodles of time to bring you a short, solo episode. Today's quick topic is whether we should read deeply or widely. Which is better? What does our preference say about us? It's a strange new format, let's see how we all feel about it!

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    Music: "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    15 min
  • #317. The Wheel of Tangents #9

    Ryan, Craig, Kenn, and Todd are together again, this time to spin the Wheel of Tangents. They take on completely random topics in and out of the SFF fold, including fantasy fashion, amusement park food, issues of distance in sci-fi, absurd dream house features, and much, much more.

     

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    Music: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    1 hr 6 min
  • #316. Jurassic Park (the book, not the movie)

    Todd and Kenn welcome Kyle from the Red Team for this episode discussing Michael Crichton's classic, Jurassic Park. Is John Hammond evil? What is Crichton's view of scientific ethics? Does Kenn dream of dinosaurs punching each other? Only one way to find out...

     

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    Music: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    1 hr 5 min
  • #315. Video Game Movie Redux, starring Mortal Kombat 2021

    Craig, Ryan, and Kyle welcome back Adam Sherlock from Deep Dive Film School to have a very serio-- sorry, a completely ridiculous discussion of the new Mortal Kombat reboot and video game movies generally. What's the balance between fan service and storytelling? Are bright colors such a bad thing? Is this the right time to introduce a new character? Only the hard-hitting questions here, folks.

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    Music: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    58 min
  • #314. The Obelisk Gate

    Craig, Ryan, and Sara sit down for a discussion of The Obelisk Gate, book 2 in N.K. Jemesin's Broken Earth trilogy. Is Schaffa really a bad guy anymore? Is the moon relevant yet? How does a child deal with parental trauma? The group gets into this and more on this episode.

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    Music: "Adventure Time" and "The Seven Seas" courtesy of https://www.philter.no/

    1 hr 12 min

About The Legendarium

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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.