About this episode

The hosts read and discuss the early chapters of JRR Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.

We read the Notes, Foreword, Prologue, and BOOK ONE V – X of JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK ONE XI, XII; BOOK TWO I, II of The Fellowship of the Ring. You can go to  patreon.com/rangedtouch  to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. Send stuff to the PO Box! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.

People in this episode

Hosts: Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, Austin Walker

Topics covered

• literature
• Tolkien
• The Fellowship of the Ring
• reading
• analysis

Keywords

• Tolkien
• Fellowship of the Ring
• literature analysis
• book discussion
• racism

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Books & works: The Fellowship of the Ring

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