Brooks's Books

Brooks's Books

Welcome to Brooks's Books, the show where we read all the works of Terry Brooks in publication order. Josh, Dave, and Leah are here to dig into Terry's nearly five decade long career. Most notably, this includes the Shannara series, one of the longest-running and most influential works in fantasy fiction. We'll also be discussing his other work: The Magic Kingdom of Landover series, The Word & Void series, and all the other smaller projects from the last 50 years. We're welcoming to long-term Shannara fans, lapsed readers, and total newcomers. If you'd like to read along, we'll be announcing our reading schedule as we go. However, you can feel free to just listen to our summaries and discussion if that suits you better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

July 17, 2025 • 135 mins

That's a wrap on Season 3! Before we return to the Magic Kingdom of Landover, we're taking a detour to the magic kingdom of Sam Raimi's brain to watch Army of Darkness! Boy, this movie is wild and Dave and Leah were not prepared for it! Join us as we dive into just how Looney Tunes the Evil Dead franchise can get.


Next time we'll be reading chapters 1-10 of The Tangle Box. If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email...

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The finale of Heritage is upon us, and there's a lot for Terry to get done in this last reading. Join us as we discuss some of the cool maneuvers that the book makes, elements of the ending that didn't quite get there for us, and how we feel about the Heritage project as a whole.


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It's time to kick off the last book of Heritage! Will Terry be able to pay off all the mysteries he's laid out? What's going to happen when these story lines start crashing into each other? How many terrible plans can our heroes make?

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This week we're finishing off Elf Queen, a book that has a chapter that is simultaneously one of the best and worst things we've covered on the show. Join us as we learn the answers to big questions like: Will Wren be able to complete her quest? What is the secret of the elven magic? And, most importantly: Which Ohmsford makes the most boneheaded decision? There's a lot to choose from!

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After a brief sojourn to Neverland, we're back in Shannara to continue the Heritage series. We're finally getting some real time with Wren Ohmsford and Garth as they travel to the the mysterious jungles of Morrowindl! We also discuss the worst name in these books to date.


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May 8, 2025 • 194 mins

This week we're bringing you two readings for the price of one! First up is the short story IMAGINARY FRIENDS, the precursor to the Word & Void series. Next is the novelization of the film HOOK, a book that we read so that you don't have to! At least we had fun talking about it.


If you'd like us to answer your questions, send them in to brooksbooksshow@gmail.com and we might read them on the show!


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April 24, 2025 • 186 mins

This book is so good.


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April 10, 2025 • 174 mins
We've finally arrived at the book all three of us agreed was our favorite way back at the start of this show. Does it meet expectations?

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March 27, 2025 • 163 mins
Welcome back to Brooks's Books, the only podcast about THE PIT. Join us this week as we descend into THE PIT. Meet new friends and reunite with old ones in THE PIT! Did I mention there's a PIT?

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March 13, 2025 • 4 mins
We share some impromptu thoughts on Terry's announcement that he is retiring.

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March 13, 2025 • 158 mins
Welcome to Season 3 of Brooks's Books! It's time to dive back into Shannara with the fan-favorite Heritage series. We're excited to explore what's happened to the Four Lands while we were away, get to know Terry's best cast of characters yet, and soak up the new darker tone that Scions is filled with.

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February 27, 2025 • 155 mins
We're between seasons again, which means it's movie time! We've watched Willow, and boy do we have Feelings about it. Pros: Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, and a bunch of other great performances! Cons: You can probably guess.

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February 13, 2025 • 145 mins
We're closing out our inaugural season of Landover with a bang! Terry really lets loose in the back half of Wizard at Large, and Landover as an idea really hits its stride here. We've got heist movie plans, we've got lots of great comedy, and most importantly, we have the most astonishing ending of a chapter that Terry has written to date. It's a great time.

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January 30, 2025 • 149 mins
We're diving into Wizard at Large this week, and we're having a great time doing it. Questor's up to some new shenanigans, and it seems to be leading to exactly the type of Landover story we've been hoping for. World hopping antics, Questor being the absolute worst, a weird bottle with clowns on it -- It's all here, folks.

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January 16, 2025 • 175 mins
The dark omen foretold by Dave has come to pass: we've hit our first book that we just don't especially care for. While there is still some fun to be had, we're pretty frustrated by the directions this book heads, and we get into some thorough discussions on what broke down for us here. At least Strabo is reliably great!

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January 4, 2025 • 133 mins

This week we're continuing our journey into Landover with the mystery of the Black Unicorn. Our characters embark on some extremely short quests, we get to see Chicago again, and Ben makes some really unfortunate errors of judgement. Turns out some former foes might still be a threat!

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We have a great time with our continuing journey into Landover. This time there's evil witches, delightfully annoying gnomes, and we get very excited about a talking dragon. What's up with this Paladin guy?

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We're embarking on the second season of the show by diving into the Magic Kingdom of Landover series! It turns out that it's a lot of fun. We've got terrible wizards, we've got dog men, we've got weird kobold guys. Most importantly: We've got an avalanche of delightfully dated pop culture references.

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November 21, 2024 • 108 mins
Now that we've finished Season 1 of the show, we're establishing a tradition of taking a break between seasons by watching a fantasy movie that released in the same time period as the books we just read. This season we've chosen 1985's Ladyhawke with Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Buckle up for some goofy action, ridiculous soundtrack choices, and some of the wildest effects sequences we've seen in a long t...

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November 7, 2024 • 181 mins
It's time to wrap up the original Shannara Trilogy by reading the back half of Wishsong! Join us as we get a lot more quality time with Team Brin, see the Coolest Man Who Ever Lived live up to his name, and say goodbye to an old friend. Also there's a big cat!

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