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The Silmarillion – Part 1

We read the Ainulendale and Valaquenta from The Silmarillion. Next time we’re reading chapters 1 – 10 ( I – X) of the Quenta Silmarillion from The Silmarillion. You can g

Sep 11
3 h 20 min

The Lord of the Rings Appendices

We read all of the Appendices. Next time we’re reading Ainulendale and Valaquenta from The Silmarillion. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and acc

Aug 28
3 h 01 min

The Return of the King – Part 4

We finish The Return of the King. Next time we’re reading the appendices to The Lord of the Rings. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access th

Aug 14
3 h 06 min

The Return of the King – Part 3

We read BOOK SIX I – IV. Next time we’re finishing The Return of the King (but not the appendices). You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access t

Jul 31
3 h 17 min

The Return of the King – Part 2

We read BOOK FIVE VI – X. Next time we’re reading BOOK SIX I – IV of The Return of the King. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonu

Jul 17
3 h 28 min

The Return of the King – Part 1

We read BOOK FIVE I – V. Next time we’re reading BOOK FIVE VI – X of The Return of the King. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonu

Jul 3
3 h 17 min

The Two Towers – Part 4

We read BOOK FOUR V – X. Next time we’re reading BOOK FIVE I – V of The Return of the King. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus

Jun 19
4 h 06 min

The Two Towers – Part 3

We read BOOK THREE X, XI; BOOK FOUR I, II, III, IV. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka BOOK FOUR V – X You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show a

Jun 5
1 h 59 min

The Two Towers – Part 2

We read BOOK THREE V – IX. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka BOOK THREE X, XI; BOOK FOUR I, II, III, IV You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show

May 22
2 h 40 min

The Two Towers – Part 1

We read BOOK THREE I – IV. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka Book Three chapters V – IX. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the

May 8
2 h 59 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 5

We read BOOK TWO VIII – X. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka Book Three chapters I – IV. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the

Apr 24
2 h 06 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 4

We read BOOK TWO III – VII. Next episode we’ll read BOOK TWO VIII – X of The Fellowship of the Ring. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access

Apr 10
3 h 18 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 3

We read BOOK ONE XI, XII; BOOK TWO I, II. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK TWO III – VII of The Fellowship of the Ring. You can go to patreon.co

Mar 27
3 h 15 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 2

We read the Notes, Foreword, Prologue, and BOOK ONE V – X of JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK ONE XI,

Mar 13
3 h 15 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 1

We read the Notes, Foreword, Prologue, and BOOK ONE I – IV of JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK ONE V –

Feb 27
3 h 52 min

The Hobbit – Part 4

We finish JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read Notes, Foreword, Prologue, BOOK ONE I – IV of The Fellowship of the Ring. You ca

Feb 13
2 h 38 min

The Hobbit – Part 3

We read chapters X – XIV of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read through the end of The Hobbit. You can go to patreon.com/range

Jan 30
2 h 48 min

The Hobbit – Part 2

We read chapters V – IX of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read chapters X – XIV. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to supp

Jan 16
2 h 48 min

The Hobbit – Part 1

We read chapters I – IV of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read chapters V – IX. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to suppo

Jan 2
2 h 51 min

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Murder

We talk about a delightful holiday film. Content warnings for: murder. Next episode we’ll reading the first four chapters of The Hobbit. You can go to patreon.com/rangedt

Dec 19 2025
2 h 11 min

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Amidst these stacks so straight and tall a shirtless torturer and witless monk roam. Where fantasy's dust coats sci-fi's hallowed halls in the Catholics' imagined future homes. With tomes lined end to end, Great wizards learn their craft! Where dragons burn and angels... um.. neigh? Mages of legend cling to love like a raft. How are you to find your way where corporate and corporeal horrors creep? Go technical or go crude - but beware, the faulty urges run deep. It's shelved by genre, friend, And more stories yet abound. For wit and depth, laughs and sighs, There's no better genre lit podcast around. *pops my eye out and dumps wine on my head while shouting TA-DA*

Oliveulots · May 2025

Up until the unit covering it, I misheard The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy as the last Harold Mage trilogy, and assumed it was some sort of Harry Potter parody that was inexplicably of note, despite itself. Imagine my delight when it was not that, but about talking horses and gay wizards! Truly, this is a wonderful show. Digging in to genre series that I might have no awareness of otherwise is a great excuse to listen to Austin, CMRN, and Michael talk with one another! I drop everything and listen every time there’s a new episode.

SpacejamLunchbox · Mar 2025

Reasons to listen to this show: In depth analysis of the literature that also breaks down the surrounding context and discussions about genre in a way that makes it understandable and enjoyable. Reasons not to listen to this show: The voice Cameron puts on when doing the summaries is some kind of memetic brainworm that I have caught using in my own head throughout my life. I do not need my brain going ‘the grand curl’ in an extremely dramatic tone when I’m trying to style my hair. Help.

Dissimo · Feb 2025

Come for the literature analysis, stay for what is surely the world’s first sport-souls-like podcast featuring tidbits and lore masterfully hidden throughout genres and works of literature detailing the exploits and adventures of the Dragon Lord. Not since I last played a Metal Gear Solid game have I listened to hours upon hours of dialogue and witty banter with the goal of figuring out how it could possibly relate to our protagonist and their travels, and not even Miyazaki has mastered this level of suspense and speculation about how the teeniest crumb could influence the next arc of the story and where it goes from here. Now the latest episode introduced MichaelSquad, a poetry podcast within a podcast, which adds layers upon layers to this fine onion of an experience, and even more books and crannies in which to hide lore pieces to completely overlook. I can’t to see how cyberpunk influences Dragon Lord’s quest and how they will definitely end up getting a subdermal football pouch to help with the Big Game.

LemonPuddin · Feb 2025

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