Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week

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**Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week**

Three friends read and react to the greatest story you’ve never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is a book everyone should read, but it can be intimidating. Go on a journey with us: witness the creation of Tolkien’s universe, meet the villain who’s bigger and badder than Sauron, and hear a love story that will leave you in tears. We are not experts, we’re just fans like you. And we’re having a blast going through this masterpiece of fiction, 15 minutes at a time. Grab a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us each week!

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The First Epic Battle against Melkor (pages 18-22) — Episode 2 Aug 31, 2022

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Today we read the battle between the Creation of the Valar and the destruction of Melkor.

Three friends read and react to the greatest story you've never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.

00:17 Cameron Reads (pages 18-22) from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
16:00 Discussion

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The Rings of Power comes to Amazon, but nothing compares to the real story JRR Tolkien wrote. Is the Silmarillion his masterpiece? The Silmarillion is a book everyone should read, but it can be intimidating. Go on a journey with us.

Witness the creation of Tolkien's universe, meet the villain that's bigger and badder than Sauron, and hear a love story that will leave you in tears. We are not experts, we're just fans like you. And we're having a blast going through this masterpiece of fiction, 15 minutes at a time. Grad a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us every week!

Eru Creates Middle Earth, through Music! (pages 15-18) — Episode 1 Aug 31, 2022

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Today we hear about the Creation of all things, through music! But Melkor wants to be a bigger part of the music and so discord begins...

Three friends read and react to the greatest story you've never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.

00:16 Greg reads the Creation Story: 'The Music of the Ainur' (pages 15-18) from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
11:06 Discussion

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The Silmarillion is the Greatest Story You've Never Heard (so let's read it together!) Aug 31, 2022

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Why is this podcast different? Because we get right to the story. We are not experts, we're big fans. Meet the hosts: Cameron O'Hearn (Camwë), Dan Driver (Danrod), and Greg Montana (Gregolas) as we begin our journey to read the Silmarillion in a year. (In memory of Guy Kay)

00:13 Why is this podcast different?
14:41 Danrod reads the Appendix
16:49 Final thoughts

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Ever wondered if Tolkien wrote anything that matched the Lord of the Rings? Well he did! Kind of. The Rings of Power comes to Amazon, but nothing compares to the real story JRR Tolkien wrote. Is the Silmarillion his masterpiece? The 'Before the Fellowship' Podcast gets right into the story. So grab your cup of tea or favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us each week as we read and react to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.

Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week (Trailer) Aug 30, 2022

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