Romantasy, LotR Everything, The Death of the Franchise, and a Smoked Black Lager

About this episode

The hosts reflect on the changes in Nerd Nation over the past year and discuss various topics important to nerdy story lovers.

Hello Nerds, Thank you for joining Mike, Shaun and Adam as we look back at the changes the Nerd Nation experienced this year that we haven't covered yet. Three friends, three different takes on what's important to we nerdy story lovers. Thanks for joining us this year, and while we take the summer off, consider looking back at our back catalogue! While you're there, you could also check out our Bookshop.org page. It's the easiest way to support financially while getting something you were going to purchase anyways. You are reading over the summer, right?! Until the fall, take care, Nerd Nation!

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Shaun, Adam

Topics covered

• Nerd culture
• Literature
• Franchise discussion
• Fantasy
• Summer reading

Keywords

• Nerd Nation
• LotR
• franchise
• romantasy
• summer reading

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nerd Nation

Products: Bookshop.org

Books & works: LotR

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