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
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Christmas Special 2019 - War Beneath The Tree
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
A reading of Gene Wolfe's "War Beneath the Tree" with Joan Gordon, Michael Andre-Driussi, Marc Aramini, and Nigel Price.
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Songs
- "Toyland" by Doris Day
- "The Dirty Dozen Main Theme" by Frank De Vol
- "Silent Night (Dark Piano Version" by Myuu
- Logo art by SonOfWitz
Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
The Shadow of the Torturer, the rest of Chapter 10, "The Last Year"
Severian and Thecla continue talking all summer and fall. Palaemon and Gurloes prepare to induct Severian into the Guild as a journeyman.
By the end of this chapter, we have progressed a bit less than 18 months into this story.
Links:
- Nigel Price - Gene Wolfe Correspondence
- Jordon Flato's post on Attention
- Curiositus Urthus: The Guild of Torturers are Dominicans
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This episode is sponsored by That Ain't Rose Pot Pourri.
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- Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
- Errata from "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas" by Eric Whitacre
- Outro from "Use Me" by Bill Withers
- Logo art by SonOfWitz
Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 8, 9, and the start of 10, "The Conversationalist", "The House Azure", and "The Last Year"
Severian begins his duties to keep Thecla company and then goes to the House Azure.
Links:
- Seventeen Redux
- Nigel Price's "Great Expectations" Allusions 1, 2, 3
- Stephen Frug discussions
- Curiositus Urthus: Thecla and Thea are khaibit cousins
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This episode is sponsored by All Occasion Vials.
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- Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
- Errata from "It's a Mistake" by Men At Work
- Outro from "Image" by T Bone Burnett
- Logo art by SonOfWitz
Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.