Knights of the Hardcover

Knights of the Hardcover

Huzzah!!! Dragons, Magic, and the Knights of the Hardcover: Brandon (BJ), Zach, and Chris summarize and dissect their favorite fantasy books with a sharp edged blade. Grab your maps, fill up your horn with ale, and take the heroes journey with us to the lands unknown.

Episodes

January 6, 2025 335 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach grab their sacred stones and head to Roshar to discuss Days 3-10 of 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson (for Days 1-2 view our previous sample chapter pods). This is the number one podcast on how to trick skyeels into people's drawers, so find your humor spren and join us!


Podcast is split up Days 3-5 (2:06), Days 6-8 (1:46:10), and Days 9-10 (3:15:55). We stopped reading to record without spoilers...

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Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach enter a perpendicularity to discuss early sample chapters 31-33 and interludes 3-4 of 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson (found at reactormag.com). The stew is cooking and the lute is playing so come sit around the cookfire with us!

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November 19, 2024 70 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach woke up on an intelligent day to discuss early sample chapters 21-30 of 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson (found at reactormag.com). We are not eating dirt, we are merely trying new experiences. Listen or you'll never learn our secret handshake!

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Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach woke up on an intelligent day to discuss early sample Interludes 1 + 2 and chapters 14-20 of 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson (found at reactormag.com). You'd think Odium wiped our memories based on the number of of times we forgot to hit record on this podcast!

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September 18, 2024 55 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach woke up on an intelligent day to discuss early release chapters 5-13 of 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson (found at reactormag.com). Honor is not dead if we get to read this book 3 months before it comes out!

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Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach travel to Lasting Integrity for a discussion of the first five sample chapters of 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson (can be found at reactormag.com). Sharpen your Shardblade (not necessary or possible) and cover your safehand, because were getting into the rockbuds on this one!

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June 5, 2024 99 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach travel to Syl Anagist for a discussion of 'The Stone Sky' by N.K. Jemison. We'll teach you everything we know about magic and orogene, which you'll find out, isn't very much.


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April 23, 2024 71 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach go down into the crystal comm to discuss'The Obelisk Gate' by N.K. Jemison. We'll teach you everything we know about magic and orogene, which you'll find out, isn't very much. Give the pod a listen and it will grow on you like stone on an arm.


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Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach take you and the rest of the roggas to the Fulcrum to discuss 'The Fifth Season' by N.K. Jemison. You know to stay focused so you don't end up in the breeding program or, in the worst case scenario, at a dreaded node station. To perfect your orogenic skills, you turn up the volume and enjoy your favorite podcast.

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Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach start with a brief discussion of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros followed by a late reflection on our most and least favorite books of 2023! If you are here to listen to a disussion on how much we loved Fourth Wing, I would turn back now (we didn't). We wish you all luck on your 2024 Goodreads reading goals!

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January 30, 2024 81 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach review our first class in the Thieving Guild as we discuss, 'The Blacktongue Thief' by Christopher Buehlman. We are prepared to play a very high stakes game of Towers, so put on a new set of legs and burn off your crotch fleas because its time to play "pull" sport with some goblins (Zach and Chris).

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January 10, 2024 109 mins

Were planet hoppin baby! Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach take a break from evading the Night Brigade to discuss Secret Project #4, 'The Sunlit Man' by Brandon Sanderson. We max out our Breath Equivalent Units and praise Adonalsium so youre not going to want to miss this. That is unless youre afraid of a sun that burns everything it touches!

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December 12, 2023 59 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach depart on our first hunt to discuss 'Untethered Sky' by Fonda Lee. Sharpen your spears and prepare your chariots because we are crossing Dartha for The Great Hunt. Podding about ruhkers is not for the faint of heart!

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November 29, 2023 115 mins

Now hiring - Bamboo artists wanted! Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach become spiritually bound to discuss Secret Project #3, 'Yumi and the Nightmare Painter' by Brandon Sanderson. Turn up your Sion lines and prepare a fresh canvas as we travel to the natural spring of sexual tension. Clear your mind and lets get to the rock stacking!

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November 14, 2023 108 mins

Are you coming to the podding tree? Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach return to the Hunger Games arena to discuss 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' by Suzanne Collins. Update your rabies vaccine and conquer your fear of snakes as we enter the Capital ahead of the much anticipated theatrical release. May the odds be ever in your favor!

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Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach are real judgmental "aerses" this week as we discuss 'The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England' by Brandon Sanderson (aka Secret Project #2). No dimension is safe as we figure out what exactly Sanderson has against the state of Nebraska (our home state). Check your augments and replenish your nanites because we go to extreme lengths to defy our lord and Savior, ...

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Brandon, Chris, and Zach switch it up and take on a special Sidequest mission to debate a Mount Rushmore of Favorite Magic Systems.  Before they get to that, the Knights discuss the new trailer for 'Dune: Part II', whats going on with the WGA writers' strike, the season 3 finale of 'The Mandalorian', 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3' coming soon, and rumors around the casting for 'The Fantastic Fou...

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April 26, 2023 88 mins

Brandon (BJ), Chris, and Zach carry their pigs to the top of the mountain to discuss 'The Poppy War' by R.F. Kuang. Join the Trifecta as we tend to our poppy garden and summon the Phoenix in this week's drug fueled backpacking trip. But dont worry, you dont need hallucinogens to talk our gods, just give the Pod a listen.

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Brandon, Chris, and Zach switch it up and take on a special Sidequest mission to debate our Mount Rushmores of Top Star Wars Properties (excluding the books) and favorite locations in Fantasy stories. Before we get to that the Knights discuss 'Harry Potter and the Seasonal Depression Reading Slump', our thoughts on HBO's 'Succession' final season, and dive into the Living Waters for Season 3 of 'The Mandalor...

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Zach vs. Chris. Chris vs. Brandon. Brandon vs. Zach. Who will win the Pod war?! Join the Knights of the Hardcover as we discuss the 2019 Fantasy/SciFi novel 'This is How You Lose the Time War' by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Remove your feeding tube and exit the Garden cause we've left this special note just for you, Red.


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