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Listener comments end at: 37:05

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 24 "Dr. Talos's Play" - PART 1

Marc Aramini joins us at great event of the late Commonweath has come at last! Talos's play "Eschatology & Genesis!" We get started with it in this episode. We'll keep doing this for as long as it takes. 

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Joan Gordon and Diane Lambert discuss the meaning and implication of the character Jolenta in The Book of the New Sun.

Gordon wrote the first non-fiction book on Gene Wolfe's works. She's a teacher and scholar. 

Lambert is a moderator of the Gene Wolfe Appreciation Society Facebook Group. She is also a teacher and a scholar. 

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Listener comments end at: 27:00

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 23 "Jolenta"

Severian and Jolenta tour the House Absolute grounds. Absolutely nothing controversial happens. /sarcasm

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The Darrell Schweitzer Interview

Darrell Schweitzer has been a fanzine/genre magazine contributor and interviewer since the late 60s, a published author since the 70s and the editor of Weird Tales and various anthologies. He is considered a foremost anthologist of weird fiction, dark fantasy, and horror, having edited definitive collections of Lord Dunsany, H. P. Lovecraft, and Robert E. Howard. 

He won the Asimov's Science Fiction's Readers' Award for his poetry and a World Fantasy Award for his editing. 

His novel The Mask of the Sorcerer is often cited by Wolfe enthusiasts as within the Wolfe genre.

He also has some books for sale (please use these links b/c they will go directly to his personal ebay account):

• Mask of the Sorcerer
• Sekenre: the Book of the Sorcerer
• Refugees from an Imaginary Country
• Echoes of the Goddess
• The Shattered Goddess
• The Best of Darrell Schweitzer

You can also go to any of these listings, click "Visit Store" or "See Other Items" to see the other books he has for sale (his and others').

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Listener comments end at: 24:50

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 22 "Personifications"

Dorcas puts Severian on the couch, but it seems she's the one who could benefit from analysis.

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Nathan Carson: musician, agent, writer, Wolfe interviewer

- nathancarson.rocks

- Interview with Gene Wolfe

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1 First encounter with a Wolfe story. 

2 Favorite novel or short story, either or both 

3 Favorite Wolfe word 

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Listener comments end at: 24:50

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 21 "Hydromancy"

Severian reads a really, really big book and then gets his fortune told by the fountain.

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Listener comments end at: 13:05

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 20 "Pictures"

Looking for the Green Room, Severian meets some old friends from the Citadel.

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- Chapter 19 "Closets" 

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- Chapter 19 Closets

- Reddit: Part 1 The Usefulness of Valeria

- Reddit Part 2 The Geneology of Valeria

- Reddit Part 3 The Valeria Train Goes On!

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John Kissane considers what makes a Wolfe story special.

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2 Favorite novel or short story, either or both 

3 Favorite Wolfe word 

4 A personal non-consensus theory about a Wolfe story or your favorite one. 

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Listener comments end at: 30:35

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 19 "Closets"

After Jonas disappeared into the mirror, Severian goes looking for his sword and encounters old friends and new ones.

Links:

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- Chapter 17b The Tale of the Student and His Son

- Capricon Dispatch

- Noodus' Crab C'thuhlu

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- A Mantis View on "The Student and His Son" (with First Severian interpretation)

- Chapter 17b The Tale of the Student and His Son

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Warning: almost no Wolfe content at all. James and Craig just sit around in the same room (for the first time ever) and talk about going to a relatively uneventful con. Never say we don't provide novel, exciting content. But we do throw around some ideas for a Wolfe-con near the end.

And we mention books we bought and/or learned about:

• Damon Knight, Three Novels
• Humphrey Carter, Tolkien: A Biography
• Tolkien, Unfinished Tales
• Greg Ketter (ed.), Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores [includes Wolfe's "From the Cradle"]
• Tom Disch, Neighboring Lives and The Priest
• C.S.E. Cooney, Desdemona and the Deep
• Swanwick, Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures
• Theodora Goss, Snow White Learns Witchcraft
• Christopher John Farley, Kingston by Starlight
• Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow
• K.B. Wagers, Out Past the Stars
• William Horwood, Duncan Woods
• Nicole Korner-Stace, Firebreak
• Barry Hughart, Bridge of Birds
• and a new (to us) podcast: The Skiffy and Fanty Show 

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Listener comments end at: 30:35

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 17 parts 3, 4, & 5, "The Tale of the Student and His Son"

Severian continues to read to Jonas from the "The Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky:" "The Encounter with the Princess," "The Battle with the Ogre," and "The Death of the Student."

 

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- Chapter 17b

- Chapter 17a The Tale of the Student and His Son  

- Reader Interview - Sian Greening

- How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen

- The Circular Ruins by Jorge Luis Borges

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- Chapter 16 Jonas (part 2)

- Chapter 16 Jonas (part 1)

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* Outro from "The Monitor" by Cage 
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The story of a youth who encounters strange people in a moment of rebellion which sets them on a path to leave their family and their ideals behind.  Yes, that's Severian's story. It's also Sian's.

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1 First encounter with a Wolfe story. 

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Craig and James talk about Gene Wolfe's Christmas ghost story "How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen."

Published in:

* Spirits of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales (1989)

* Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, (December 1989)

* Innocents Aboard: New Fantasy Stories (2004)

* Season of Wonder (2012)

 

David G Hartwell Christmas books:

* Christmas Ghosts (1987)

* Spirits of Christmas (1989)

* Christmas Stars (1992)

* Christmas Forever (1993)

* Christmas Magic (1994)

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Listener comments end at: 15:45

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 17 parts 1 & 2, "The Tale of the Student and His Son"

Severian reads to Jonas from the "The Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky:" "The Redoubt of the Magicians" and "The Fleshing of the Hero."

 

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- Chapter 18 Mirrors 

- Chapter 16 Jonas (part 2)

- Chapter 16, Jonas (part 1)

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* Outro from "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by Kina Grannis 
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Listener comments end at: 27:45

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 18, "Mirrors"

Severian wakes up as Thecla. Hethor's critter is hunting them, so Sev wakes up Jonas and they go to Inire's mirrors. 

 

Links:

     - The Yarn of the Nancy Bell

     - Stephen Frug on Jonas

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- Chapter 16 Jonas (part 2)

- Chapter 16, Jonas (part 1)

* Reddit

- Chapter 16 (part 2)

- Chapter 16 (part 1)

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* Outro from "Go To The Mirrors" by The Who
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Listener comments end at: 51:05

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 16, "Jonas"

The chapter continues with Severian gets treats from the concession cart.  Jonas discusses his past in his broken confused way. He talks about Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass."

 

Links:

     - Tea-based time travel clue in the Atrium of Time

     - Teilhard de Chardin and THEORY of OMEGA POINT

     - Matt Puz

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- Chapter 16, Jonas (part 1)

* Reddit

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* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
* Incidental music from "White Rabbit" by Baja Brass (1967)
* Outro from "Band on the Run" by Foo Fighters
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The (first) Brian Evenson Interview 

Brian Evenson is an academic and acclaimed, award-winning author of novels and stories spanning every conceivable genre. Naturally he is also a Wolfe fan. 

Links:

* Blending Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer at Tor.com

* brianevenson.com

* bibliography

* "The Glassy Burning Floor of Hell"

* Interview at Los Angeles Review of Books 

"I returned to Wolfe a few decades later because of a student’s interest in his The Fifth Head of Cerberus and realized that Wolfe (along with the very different J. G. Ballard) had had a deep subterranean impact on me as a developing writer, almost without my knowing. I feel like I’ve learned a tremendous amount from him since, as I’ve systematically gone through and read all of his work."

* Civilian Reader Interview  

Q: "What inspired the novella? And where do you draw your inspiration from in general?"

A: "It was inspired partly by Gene Wolfe’s novella The Fifth Head of Cerberus. I think that’s such a deft little novella — all three parts of it, but the first part especially — and is really satisfying to read. I think I began there, with an admiration for that book, and then let it take me somewhere slightly different. Lurking in the background are aspects of the world and character characteristics of my novel Immobility, though it’s set in a somewhat different place."

* Coode Street Podcast Interview 

"Gary K. Wolfe spends 10 minutes with Brian Evenson to discuss his relationship to genre, reading catastrophe fiction, the rewards of reading Gene Wolfe and Algernon Blackwood, and his forthcoming collection, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell."

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Listener comments end at: 1:05:00

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 16, "Jonas"

Innocents of the Antechamber are whipped and terrorized by Great Wizard of Oz knock-offs, and robot-man Jonas can't decide on the definition of sanity. (The first of two episodes on this chapter.)

 

Links:

* Sierra Reynolds on Kim Il Sung and Kimleesoong

* Stephen Frug on Heliocentric metaphors and hunting leopards

* Stephen Frug on the Ferentarii's song and Talking heads

pending

* Facebook 

  - Chapter 16, Jonas (part 1)

  - Chapter 15, Fool's Fire

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  - Chapter 15, Fool's Fire

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Listener comments end at: 45:15

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 15, "The Fool's Fire"

Severian meets the inhabitants of the Antechamber (not that he learns it is called that) and Jonas starts his mental breakdown. 

Links:

* Jordon Flato and the Claw

* Chris Ott: A dweller in forgotten yesterdays  

* Mark Mandarano and Sev thinks about his death in the Flower of Dissolution chapter

* Gary Owens and the averns as an Undine Repellant 

* Michael Grant thinks about the relationship between Baldanders and BFO

* Facebook 

  - Chapter 15 The Fool's Fire

  - Chapter 14 The Antechamber

* Reddit

  - Chapter 15 The Fool's Fire

  - Chapter 14 The Antechamber

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* Outro from "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by Grand Funk Railroad
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C Derick Varn Interviews Craig and James

Derick interviewed us about Gene Wolfe, his works, and his legacy. 

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The Ada Palmer Interview

Ada Palmer wrote the introductions to the latest edition of "Shadow & Claw" from Tor, "The Path of the New Sun" as well as to the upcoming "Sword & Citadel." And now she talks to us. Yay!

She is a professor of History at the University of Chicago and a scholar of the Renaissance. Her novel "Too Like the Lightning" was a Hugo Award nominee in 2017, and that year she won the John W Campbell award for Best New Writer. 

Links:

* Ada's Website and Terra Ignota series 

* Writing the Distant Future of Global Politics by Ada Palmer 

* Ada and Jo Walton's podcast 

* The Great Books Podcast interviews Palmer about The Book of the New Sun

Things we talked about:

* Jacques the Fatalist and his Master by Denis Diderot

* Phoenix manga series by Osamu Tezuka

* Cesare Beccaria, 18th century Italian criminologist

* Neon Genesis Evangelion anime 

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Listener comments end at: 14:15

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 14, "The Antechamber"

Severian and Jonas do NOT "come to the garden alone," but instead are accompanied by invisible praetorians and strange giant statues. 

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  - Chapter 14 The Antechamber

  - Chapter 13 The Claw of the Conciliator

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  - Chapter 14 The Antechamber

  - Chapter 13 The Claw of the Conciliator

  - Morwenna's Guilnocence

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* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
* Outro from "Walk Into The Sun" by The March Violets 
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Listener comments end at: 48:30

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 13, "The Claw of the Conciliator"

Severian resurrects an uhlan and reconnects with the president of his fan club and its first rank and file member.

Links:

* Facebook 

  - Chapter 13 The Claw of the Conciliator

  - Chapter 12 Notules

  - Jeremy Sheets Correction on Baluchitheres, etc

  - Stephen Frug's corrections and comments on Chapter 30 - Night

  - Stuart Hamm's rant on pronunciation

* Reddit

- Chapter 13 The Claw of the Conciliator

- Chapter 12 Notules

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* Outro from "Claw" by Motörhead
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Listener comments end at: 20:06

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 12, "The Notules"

Severian and Jonas flee extra-terrestrial ritual murder bats. 

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  - Chapter 12 Notules

  - Chapter 11 Thecla

* Reddit

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- Chapter 11 Thecla

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* Outro from "Leatherwing Bat" by Red Yarn
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Listener comments end at: 19:30

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 11, "Thecla"

Severian and Jonas share a meal with the Vodalarii -- and that meal is Thecla.

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  - Chapter 11 Thecla

  - Chapter 10 Thea

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- Chapter 10 Thea

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* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
* Outro from "Please Don't Bury Me" by John Prine
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From New Zealand, Aaron Raisey, collector of signed, first edition Gene Wolfe books, brings love for "The Land Across."

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* Aaron's Instagram

* Author Hugh Walters 

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1 First encounter with a Wolfe story. 

2 Favorite novel or short story, either or both 

3 Favorite Wolfe word 

4 A personal non-consensus theory about a Wolfe story or your favorite one. 

5 Most frustrating mystery in a Wolfe story (any).

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Mike Farrar draws the line between the Whorl and Yesod.  

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4 A personal non-consensus theory about a Wolfe story or your favorite one. 

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Listener comments end at: 21:45

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 10, "Thea"

Over lunch with Severian and Jonas, Vodalus discusses his plan to return humanity to space and his Megatherian allies. Thea reveals an... unsavory... secret about the Vodalarii. 

Links:

* "Chapter Guide to The Shadow of the Torturer" by Matthew Chiarello

* Phorusrhacos 

* Behold the Lord High Executioner

* Facebook 

  - Chapter 10 Thea

  - Chapter 09 The Liege of Leaves

* Reddit

  - Chapter 10 Thea

  - Chapter 09 The Liege of Leaves

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* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
* Outro from "I'd Like to Visit the Moon" by Paul Dateh and Ken Belcher
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Sierra Reynolds reads from her magic, fabled notes.  

• Fact checking:
  "cacogen" = "an anti-social person"? Checks out. 
  Lexicon Urthus notes this but James was never fully conscious of it.
  
  
• "Jolenta" and violet flowers? Checks out.
  Lexicon Urthus associates the name with "Jolie" but it definitely is also possible to associate with Iolantha which means "violet flower." Also with names like Jolanta and Yolanda. 

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The Questions:

1 First encounter with a Wolfe story. 

2 Favorite novel or short story, either or both 

3 Favorite Wolfe word 

4 A personal non-consensus theory about a Wolfe story or your favorite one. 

5 Most frustrating mystery in a Wolfe story (any).

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* Outro from "The Dismemberment Song" by Kid Blue
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