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Coffee - Rockets and BattleaxesAuthor: RWJ
Rob takes you on a galactic cruise of human creativity and the art of the short story - with a focus on speculative fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. In each episode, we'll take a sip of my "coffee of the day" and delve into a fantastic tale written by a famous, or almost-famous writer. We'll briefly discuss the author along with defining any words or phrases used in the story that may not be in our current lexicon. Credits: Hosted by Robert Woody Jr. Music score "Soundtrack From The Starcourt Mall" by Bryan Teoh www.robwoodyjr.com https://www.instagram.com/rwoody76/ Language: en-us Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 23: "Leaf By Niggle" by J.R.R. Tolkien (part 1)
Episode 23
Saturday, 28 February, 2026
Welcome to episode 23! We finally have a story by the great JRR Tolkien on the show. Niggle is the primary character of this inwardly-reflecting story. It was long enough that I decided to cut it into 2 parts. Part 2 will be released in a couple of weeks. Before the story, we take a shallow dive into Tolkien's history. I knew he was in World War I and it inspired some of his writings. One thing I didn't know is how he would invent languages - just for fun! Quite a brilliant chap and I am glad we still celebrate his works today.If you want to know more about Tolkien in detail, a great place to start is https://www.tolkiensociety.org/ .Our coffee of the month is a dark roast from Dice and Drip! Check out this veteran-owned company at https://www.diceanddrip.com/ . Thanks for tuning in - Enjoy the show!
