Episode · Timcast IRL · 2020-06-19
Books mentioned on TimcastIRL #79 - Facebook BANS Trump Ads Because Media Demanded It, This Story Is WEIRD
Tim and Adam open the show with a little conversation about how supposedly-racist Dungeons and Dragons is now, and what they'll be doing to 'fix' these problems.
Tim Pool discussed The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and 1984 by George Orwell. Also mentioned: Dragonlance Legends by Margaret Weis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“it's actually an old idea because this is actually from Lord of the Rings and this stretches back a few years and what's really interesting about the Lord of the Rings is that there are actually multi-ethnic different kinds of races in the Lord of the Rings universe”
Where to get it
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel that explores totalitarianism, surveillance, state control, and the manipulation of truth.
Discussed“and what is it saying that he who controls the past controls the present and who controls the present controls the future what is that from 1984”
Where to get it
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Dragonlance Legends
Dragonlance Legends is a fantasy novel trilogy written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman that continues the epic adventures of the popular heroes from the fantasy universe.
Recommended“I would highly recommend the legends trilogy and the Raceland chronicles from Dragon Lance”
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