The Sillymarillion Ep 02 - The Choices of Master Fëanor (J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion)

The Sillymarillion Ep 02 - The Choices of Master Fëanor (J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion)

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May 29, 2026 · 1h 8m

About this episode

Craig and Andrew explore the world of Middle-Earth and the character Fëanor in this episode about J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion.

For this show-within-a-show, Craig and Andrew learned about the world of Middle-Earth by reading J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published legendarium THE SILMARILLION. This episode posted first for our Patreon supporters in July 2025. If you want to hear our current longread project TOKYO DRIFTERS (and a bunch of other stuff besides), visit Patreon.com/overduepod. The Elves are here, and it's time to learn all about them! Because there are a whole bunch of different sub-types of them, mostly sorted by whether and how quickly they decided to heed the summons to come party with the gods on their paradise island. The most important one we meet is Fëanor, who forges the book's MacGuffins and then instantly gets super weird and possessive about them, in a way that ensures lasting misery for all involved. Hooray! The reading list: Ep 1 - Ainulindale, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion Ch 1-3 Ep 2 - Quenta Silmarillion Ch 4-10 Ep 3 - Quenta Silmarillion Ch 11-16 Ep 4 - Quenta Silmarillion Ch 17-20 Ep 5 - Quenta Silmarillion Ch 21-24 Ep 6 - Akallabeth, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, Appendices Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis . Follow @overduepod on Instagram and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Craig, Andrew

Topics covered

  • Middle-Earth
  • Elves
  • Fëanor
  • Tolkien
  • The Silmarillion
  • legendarium

Keywords

  • Middle-Earth
  • Elves
  • Fëanor
  • Tolkien
  • The Silmarillion
  • legendarium
  • MacGuffins

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: The Silmarillion

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