Newly online free Mythmoot V recordings of talks. Mostly these talks are of interest to Tolkien scholars, but there’s also an excellent hour with the great SF/fantasy scholar Tom Shippey, titled “The Hero and the Zeitgeist”. This ranges widely across the nature of heroes and the state of the culture, and is outstanding in both delivery and content.

The playlist omits a good focussed 90-minute round-table discussion of Tom’s new book on Vikings, titled Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings (Reaktion, 2018), with the author. It also has clear and listen-able audio. Those interested in the background of the long R.E. Howard – Lovecraft discussion on Nordics and barbarians may find this one especially interesting.

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