Episode · This Week in Startups · 2026-03-27
Books mentioned on The $60 billion resource hiding in space, and the start trying to mine it (feat. Matt Gialich, Astroforge) | E2268
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Lon Harris discussed The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling. Also mentioned: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“They only own The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. So, everything they do has to come out of those two books.”
Where to get it
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Discussed“They only own The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. So, everything they do has to come out of those two books.”
Where to get it
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.
Discussed“They're redoing, if I understand correctly, Harry Potter books. Each book will be a series. Each series will be 10 episodes or so.”
Where to get it
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Discussed“But the movies had to condense because some those books get very long like Goblet of Fire and on. They're very long books.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Silmarillion
“A lot of the times when this comes up, people are like, "But there's the Simmerelion. There's so many other Tolken writings about Middle Earth. Why not adapt them?"”
“120 million just for the first book, The Philosopher Stone, translated into 80 plus languages.”