Escapism & Eucatastrophe: Booked All Night & Lore of the Rings talk On Fairy Stories
03/25/25 • 56 min
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Join us for a special mission into the enchanting world of J.R.R. Tolkien as we explore his essay ON FAIRY STORIES. Jess and Maggie are joined this week by Aaron from the Lore of the Rings podcast (RingsPodcast.com) and our very own Producer Rob from right here at Booked All Night. (Also one of his cats....)
We'll reminisce about our experiences with Tolkien's works, dissecting the lore, world-building, and emotional connections that kept us coming back for more. We talk about the importance of consistency in fantasy worlds and the impact of eucatastrophe on storytelling and Tolkein's significance in today’s literary landscape.
Hosts: Jessica Mary, Magdalyn Ann, Aaron from Lore of the Rings, and Producer Rob
Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook and edited by Rob Cook & Jessica Mary
Visit LNK.BIO/BookedAllNight to follow us everywhere and join our Discord community.
Theme: Whistle Joyride by TopFlow
Join us for a special mission into the enchanting world of J.R.R. Tolkien as we explore his essay ON FAIRY STORIES. Jess and Maggie are joined this week by Aaron from the Lore of the Rings podcast (RingsPodcast.com) and our very own Producer Rob from right here at Booked All Night. (Also one of his cats....)
We'll reminisce about our experiences with Tolkien's works, dissecting the lore, world-building, and emotional connections that kept us coming back for more. We talk about the importance of consistency in fantasy worlds and the impact of eucatastrophe on storytelling and Tolkein's significance in today’s literary landscape.
Hosts: Jessica Mary, Magdalyn Ann, Aaron from Lore of the Rings, and Producer Rob
Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook and edited by Rob Cook & Jessica Mary
Visit LNK.BIO/BookedAllNight to follow us everywhere and join our Discord community.
Theme: Whistle Joyride by TopFlow
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Theme: Whistle Joyride by TopFlow
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This week’s book: Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccerelli
Hosts: Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Magdalyn Ann
Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook and edited by Rob Cook & Jessica Mary
Visit LNK.BIO/BookedAllNight to follow us everywhere and join our Discord community.
Theme: Whistle Joyride by TopFlow
Game show music credits: Music by Dvir Silver from Pixabay
00:00 - Welcome to Book DL Night, Season two. Each week, Jess, Katie and Maggie explore new worlds
00:29 - This episode discusses topics that may be distressing for some listeners
03:15 - As someone who is currently editing Heartless Hunter, there is one place
04:17 - I feel like the antagonist is taking a backseat to this story
07:14 - I feel like this section could have benefited from being stretched out a bit
12:20 - I want to see Gideon get to this point. And this is the point where we absolutely should be crossing
17:42 - Set dressing in this scene is terrible. Hopefully gets fixed in the published version
18:55 - Runuhn shows up at Gideon's apartment to steal food
22:45 - A lot of these chapters are now single scenes where we used to have multiple
24:10 - Chapter breaks are a big part of literature as you get older
25:17 - These chapters needed a lot more substance, I think
28:46 - Jessica: I wanted Ruhn to be an ordinary witch magic caster
32:55 - For most of these chapters I wanted Cressida to show up
37:03 - I feel like there was over editing on someone's part in this book
39:56 - We finally find out why Ruhn was taken
43:02 - The war for Cascadia has begun. Right. The siege begin. Um, so, like, my. Yeah, whatever
43:15 - Both Cressida and Seraphine needed to be around more throughout book
44:54 - Characters just come in and go. I don't like that. Every character should have depth to them
48:18 - All of these characters being introduced is akin to inexperienced dm
51:29 - Book All Night is produced by Rob Cook and his cats
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