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
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Sunday May 31, 2020
Sunday May 31, 2020
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.
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