ReReading Wolfe

tBotNS 1:23 Hildegrin - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 23, "Hildegrin"

Severian and Agia meet Dorcas and Hildegrin in the Garden of Endless Sleep. 

Links:

• clew-ah-saw-nay or cloyzn-nay?
• Curiositus Urthus: Old Man at the Gyoll = Old Man at Lake of Birds? 
  • Old Man By the Gyoll
  • Among the Nenuphars
• Octagonal Prisms (FB)
• Octagonal Prisms (Wikipedia)
• Michael Andre-Driussi's Reddit Ask Me Anything
• Book of Gold Origin Story (Kalle Vilenius)
• A Crush on Hildegrin?
• The Blind Mole?

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• Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
• Errata cue from "Wrong" by The Music Machine
• Outro from "After All These Years" 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.

tBotNS 1:22 Dorcas - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 22, "Dorcas"

Severian and Agia go to the Garden of Endless Sleep. Severian meets his grandfather who is looking for Grandma 'Cas. Then Severian falls into the lake and has an underwater encounter. 

Links:

• Cloisonné in wikipedia  
• Ultan's Library interviews Marc Aramini
• Michael Andre-Driussi's Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide
• The Something Awful Form talks about Wolfe
• Korkut Guie:
  • Origin story and Pratchett's Library of the Unseen University
  • Origin story and other Wolfean works
  • Attempts to transcribe all the episodes of the RRW podcast
• Adam Roth asks if Ossipago and Dr Talos are the same person
• Austin Beeman asks if The Book of New Sun could be the First Severian's wish fulfillment fiction
• Gary Owen asks how many times Severian is regenerated 

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• Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
• Outro from "Cloisonné" by They Might Be Giants
• Logo art by SonOfWitz

Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

Bonus: Michael Swanwick talks about his Nebula/Hugo winning career and about Gene Wolfe

Michael Swanwick, Nebula and Hugo award winner, talks about Gene Wolfe and his own writings.   

Links:

• Tor review of Shadows of the New Sun that contains Swanwick’s short story “The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin”

• "The Hagiography of St Dozois" by Michael Swanwick

• "The Gardner Dozois You Didn’t Think You Knew" by Michael Swanwick

• Tor review, “25 Years in the Making — City Under the Stars by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick”

• "The Iron Dragon’s Daughter" by Michael Swanwick

• "The Dragon’s of Babel" by Michael Swanwick

•  "The Iron Dragon’s Mother" by Michael Swanwick

• "Stations of the Tide" by Michael Swanwick 

• “The Eyeflash Miracles” and “Tracking Song” are included in “The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories”

• “The Ziggurat” is collected in “Strange Travelers”

• Carol Emshwiller on Wikipedia

• Jack Dann on Wikipedia

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• Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
• Outro from "Bad Seed Rising" by Bad Seed Rising
• Logo art by SonOfWitz

Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

tBotNS 1:21 The Hut in the Jungle - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 21, "The Hut in the Jungle"

Marc Aramini assists. In the Jungle Garden, Severian and Agia sit in a hut and listen to a conversation among the inhabitants.  

Links:

• Craig posts a bibliography of Wolfe criticism 
• Father Inire, Lewis Carroll, and Rubber Bend 
• Baudrillard, Domnina as a horror story, catoptromanchy and Agia/Agillus
• Jonathan Goodwin on captoptramancy
• Father Inire's mirrors and Star Trek 
• Wolfe as a non-Star Trek fan 
• Plato, Socrates, Apollodorus, and Glaucon 
• Why the Pelerines's robes are red
• "The Conciliator was a man: Severian the Lictor"
• Thecla's Religion 
• The Forged Excruciation Orders Theory 
• How did Wolfe choose Thecla's name 
• The shape of the Botanical Gardens 
• The Crystal Palace - London
• The Crystal Palace - New York
• Time, dreams, Severian’s memories, and the Cumaean

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• Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
• Outro from "Concrete Jungle" by Marley and the Holmes Brothers
• Logo art by SonOfWitz

Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.