A spoiler-dense, chapter by chapter discussion of Gene Wolfe‘s science fantasy masterpiece The Book Of The New Sun, covering all four volumes and a little bit from Urth of the New Sun when necessary. They don‘t try to spoil anything else but, then again it‘s not a prepossessing podcast. https://www.patreon.com/rereadingwolfe
Episodes
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 2, "Severian"
Where in Urth is Nessus? Does Severian really die in the Gyoll? Why does this chapter have two sections? Errata from Ch. 1 and "Curiositas Urthus" featuring a name well known to Urth List subscribers.
Links
- Alice K Turner explains her theory that Nessus is Alexandria, Egypt here:
http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0001/0002.shtml - And defends it here:
http://www.urth.net/whorl/archives/v0004/0251.shtml
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This episode is sponsored by Little Paddlers Swimming Academy.
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- Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack
- Errata from "Wrong" by The Music Machine
- Outro from "City Drops into the Night" by the Jim Carroll Band
- Logo art by SonOfWitz
Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 1, "Resurrection and Death"
James and Craig dive right in and try not to get buried in a foggy graveyard of confusion with a discussion of Shadow of the Torturer's first chapter and epigraph. Curiositas Urthus: Who was that livid, dead woman?
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This episode is sponsored by Giant Keys, Mementos.
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Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack
Outro from "I Remember It Well" by Maurice Chevalier, from "Gigi"
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
tBotNS 0:0 Who, What, and Why?
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Introduction 0:0 Who, What, and Why?
In our very first episode, we talk about what we hope to accomplish, why we chose New Sun, how our approaches to Wolfe do and don't correspond, and generally introduce ourselves. (Short episode...and if you want to jump right to the good stuff, go to Episode 1:1.)
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- Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack
- Outro from "Back in the Saddle" by Aerosmith
- Logo art by SonOfWitz
Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.