Alan and Shawn finally draw swords together in person for a live recording from Mythmoot V in Leesburg, Virginia! We interview this year’s special guests, including Signum University president Corey Olsen, Tolkien and the Great War author John Garth, The Annotated Hobbit editor Douglas A. Anderson, and Klingon conlanger Marc Okrand. We look back at the history of the podcast, answer questions from the audience (many of whom have never had to suffer through our jokes for an entire podcast before), and finally revisit pantsless bears, Schrödinger’s Dwarf, and “when to swipe left” in our first-ever live trivia competition.
To learn more about Mythmoot and other regional moots sponsored by Signum University and Mythgard Institute, see the Mythgard Events website at mythgard.org/events.
To learn more about the Signum Academy Summer 2018 Reading Camps, see signumuniversity.org/academy.
Recommended Reading:
Tolkien, J. R. R. and Douglas A. Anderson, ed. The Annotated Hobbit (HarperCollins, hardcover)
Anderson, Douglas A., ed. Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (Del Rey, paperback)
Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth (Mariner Books, hardcover)
Garth, John. Tolkien at Exeter College (Exeter College, paperback)
Olsen, Corey. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (Mariner Books, paperback)
Okrand, Marc. The Klingon Dictionary (Pocket Books, paperback)
Is this episode available in video format anywhere? I see the youtube link no longer works, which is understandable. Curious if the video is available somehow. 🙂