Episode Notes

Good morning and welcome! Speak, friend, and enter the Bag End Book Club, a celebration of Tolkien's most famous and influential works. Every two weeks we will come together having read a handful of chapters and discuss the stories of Middle-Earth, from the Hobbit to the Lord of the Rings and further on to the Silmarillion. Stop a moment and enjoy some good company and better books.

In this episode we discuss the first four chapters of the Fellowship of the Ring! What begins with a simple outpouring of affection leads to a conversation about the writing styles of fantasy authors, depictions of evil, and more! Next episode: Chapters 5-8 of Fellowship of the Ring!

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