Podcasts TV Geek Syndicate GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep 1: Orcs and other Hordes

GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep 1: Orcs and other Hordes

Published: Aug. 5, 2015, 12:21 p.m.

In this episode our Northern Hobgoblins debate Orcs and their place in geek fiction including:

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are Orcs racist or snobbish or both?

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 The Noble Savage

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Other narratives of the Lord of the Rings

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Glorantha's Trolls and hateful Broo

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Walking bags of experience points and the morally acceptable FPS cannon fodder

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 More French philosophers than ever before!

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sci-Fi Orcs

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\u25cf\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 and of course numerous digressions.....

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The wikipedia page for The Last Ringbearer is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer and the actual text can be found online (but may be inlicensed use of IP)

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Kehaar's bookshelf is the 10 American Presidents podcast from Roifield Brown

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http://www.10usp.com/

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