Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
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The Silmarillion is the Greatest Story You've Never Heard (so let's read it together!)
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
08/31/22 • 19 min
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.
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Ar-Pharazón Makes War on the Valar — Ep 71
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
08/21/24 • 44 min
As Ar-Pharazôn ages, Sauron urges him to make war on the Valar and claim the “land of the deathless”. Amandil decides to sail into the west like Eärendil his forefather and seek the pardon of the Valar. He counsels Elendil to take any remaining faithful men and flee from Númenor before the outbreak of war. These men take with them their families and heirlooms, namely the Seven Stones and the sapling from the fruit of Nimloth the White Tree. A great eagle-shaped cloud comes out of the West. Ar-Pharazôn boards his great ship, Alcarondas, Castle of the Sea, and he and the mighty fleet of Númenor disappear into the western sea.
01:45 Greg reads pages 274-278 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
16:00 Summary
17:00 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. Grab a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us every week!
Beren and Lúthien's Story Rallies the Noldor — Ep 49
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
08/23/23 • 40 min
Beren and Lúthien return. Lúthien heals the winter of Thingol. Melian cannot bear to look upon Lúthien, knowing that it is now their fate to be separated by death. Beren and Lúthien travel into Ossiriand and bear a son, Dior Aranel, the heir to Thingol. Maedhros attempts to rally the Eldar against Morgoth, but mistrust keeps them divided. The sons of Fëanor demand Thingol return the Silmaril that is rightly theirs, but he refuses. Maedhros gathers willing soldiers from Menegroth and from among Men and Dwarves. On the day of their assault, Maedhros’ plans are frustrated by betrayal.
01:40 Dan reads pages 188-191 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
14:31 Recap
15:53 Discussion
"But now a cry went up, passing up the wind from the south from vale to vale, and Elves and Men liften their voices in wonder and joy. For unsummoned and unlooked for Turgon had opened the leaguer of Gondolin."
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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. Grab a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us every week!
The Men Come as the First Sun Rises (pg 103-105) — Episode 31
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
03/29/23 • 23 min
At the first rising of the Sun, the Mankind, the Second Children of Ilúvatar awake in the far east. Their main distinction from the Elves is that they suffer illness and die in old age, they are aloof from the Valar, and they prefer the light of the Sun to starlight. Men quickly spread across Middle-Earth and befriend the Elves.
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00:35 Cameron reads pages 103-105 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
08:38 Recap
09:05 Discussion
"Yet it is told that ere long they met Dark Elves in many places, and were befriended by them; and Men became the companions and disciples in their childhood of these ancient folk, wanderers of the Elven-race who never set out upon the paths to Valinor, and knew of the Valar only as a rumour and a distant name."
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Aulë makes the Dwarves, but his wife (and Iluvitar) are not happy about it! (pages 43-46) — Episode 9
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
10/19/22 • 32 min
Aulë creates the dwarves in secret, so Iluvatar rebukes him. Now what will happen to the Dwarves?
Three friends read and react to the greatest story you've never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
00:38 Dan reads pages 43-46 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
15:36 Discussion
"For it is said that after the departure of the Valar there was silence, and for an age Ilúvatar sat alone in thought. Then he spoke and said: 'Behold I love the Earth, which shall be a mansion for the Quendi and the Atani! But the Quendi shall be the fairest of all earthly creatures, and they shall have and shall conceive and bring forth more beauty than all my Children; and they shall have the greater bliss in this world. But to the Atani I will give a new gift."
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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
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
08/31/22 • 24 min
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 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!
Twelve Men make a final stand against Morgoth — pg 154-161 — Episode 43
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
07/05/23 • 46 min
Twelve men make a final stand against the armies of Morgoth in Dorthonion: Barahir, his son Beren, and ten others. Sauron takes Tol Sirion and transforms it into an outpost for Morgoth. Morgoth captures many men and elves and makes them his thralls; but he also releases many back into Beleriand to sew treachery.
01:04 Dan reads pages 154-161 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
24:57 Recap
26:11 Discussion with special guest Andy Norton
"Rumour came to Morgoth of these things, and he was unquiet amid his victories; and he desired greatly to learn tidings of Felagund and Turgon. For they had vanished out of knowledge, and yet were not dead; and he feared what they might yet accomplish against him. Of Nargothrond he knew indeed the name, but neither its place nor its strength; and of Gondolin he knew nothing, and the thought of Turgon troubled him the more. Therefore he sent forth ever more spies into Beleriand."
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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. Grab a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us every week!
The Betrayal of Mîm and that Dreadful Sword — Ep 54
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
10/04/23 • 34 min
Túrin and Beleg, the Helm and the Bow, win acclaim for their heroics. Through this, Morgoth learns the whereabouts of the son of Húrin. Mîm betrays them and leads a band of orcs to Amon Rûdh. The orcs slay many of the men at night and capture Túrin. Mîm realizes that there is a survivor: Beleg. He takes up Anglachel to slay him, but the injured elf fights him back, and Mîm flees. Beleg heals and pursues Túrin’s captors. He finds Gwindor, an elf of Nargothrond who was captured in Nirnaeth Arnoediad but escaped through secret tunnels. Gwindor joins Beleg, and they find the orc camp and Túrin tied up.
01:20 Cameron reads pages 205-209 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
17:40 Recap
19:09 Discussion
"When all in the camp were sleeping Beleg took his bow, and in the darkness shot the wolf-sentinels, one by one and silently. Then in great peril they entered in, and the found Turin fetter hand and foot and ties to a withered tree; and all about him knives that had been cast at him were embedded in the trunk, and he was senseless in a sleep of great weariness."
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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. Grab a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us every week!
The Greatest Love Story You've Never Heard — Episode 44
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
07/12/23 • 49 min
The twelve outlaws in Dorthonion fight for survival. Sauron deceives Gorlim, and convinces him to betray his companions. Beren wanders in the wilderness for four years, eventually making his way through the Girdle of Melian into Doriath. He encounters Melian’s daughter, Lúthien.
01:19 Greg reads pages 162-167 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
21:55 Recap
22:51 Discussion with special guest Andy Norton
"Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures."
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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. Grab a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!) and join us every week!
Beren enters Sauron's outpost but Luthien follows — Episode 45
Before the Fellowship: Fans Read and React to the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Every Week
07/19/23 • 40 min
Beren journeys into Nargothrond and tells Felagund his story. Felagund sees that the Oath of Fëanor is again at work. And the Doom of Mandos survives. Felagund decides to depart with Beren to attempt to steal back the Silmarils. The two of them and several trusted companions disguise themselves as orcs and come to Tol-in-Gaurhoth, Sauron’s outpost. He battles Felagund in song, and overcomes him, taking Beren and the others captive. Lúthien leaves Doriath, hoping to save Beren from his distress. She is found by Huan, the wolfhound of Celegorm. The sons of Fëanor trick her into returning to Nargothrond and hold her captive there. She befriends Huan, and he helps her escape.
01:02 Cameron reads pages 168-174 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
21:46 Recap
22:55 Discussion
"In the time when Sauron cast Beren into the pit a weight of horror came upon Lúthien's heart; and going to Melian for counsel she learned that Beren lay in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth without hope of rescue. Then Lúthien, perceiving that no help would come from any other on earth, resolved to fly from Doriath and come herself to him; but she sought the aid of Daeron, and he betrayed her purpose because he would not deprive Lúthien of the lights of heaven, lest she fail and fade, and yet would restrain her, he caused a house to be built from which she should not escape."
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