ReReading Wolfe

The Trial of Morwenna - Marc Aramini Submits a Rebuttal

Marc Aramini is not having it with our exoneration of Morwenna and putting the blame on poor flower-gifting Eusebia. 

Links

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---- Chapter 05 The Bourne 

---- Chapter 04 The Bouquet

* Reddit

---- Marc's Rebuttal 

---- Mike Farrar's A Little More-wenna 

---- Chapter 05 The Bourne 

---- Chapter 04 The Bouquet 

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003 Reader Interview - Stephen Frug

Stephen "I can do the Frug" Frug

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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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002 Reader Interview - Diana Lambert

Teacher and Gene Wolfe fanatic Diana Lambert

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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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tBotNS 2:05 The Bourne - Gene Wolfe’s The Claw of the Conciliator, The Book of the New Sun

Listener Comments ends at 39:20

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 05, "The Bourne"

Post-Game conversation with Severian and Jonas over dinner. Then Severian get's a letter from "Thecla" and has to bug out.  

Links:

* Pantopsalis on the significance of Valaria Parts 1, 2, 3

* Lord of Atlantis on the Geography of the Commonwealth

* Emragoolio on Your First Wolfe Story

* Luzellil on the Botanic Gardens 

* Facebook

---- Chapter 05 The Bourne 

---- Chapter 04 The Bouquet

* Reddit

---- Chapter 05 The Bourne 

---- Chapter 04 The Bouquet 

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001 Reader Interview - Jordon Flato

Urth Lister and NoMeansNo podcaster Jordon Flato. 

Links:

* NoMeansNo Thing Podcast

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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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tBotNS 2:04 The Bouquet - Gene Wolfe’s The Claw of the Conciliator, The Book of the New Sun

Listener comments end at 31:20

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 04, "The Bouquet"

Morwenna gets executed but who is guilty? It's surprising how much debate there is and how sure opposing partisans are of their positions.  

Links:

* The Green Children of Woolpit

* The Flammarion Engraving 

* Basic analysis of word and sentence structure in The Shadow of the Torturer

* Facebook:

* Facebook

---- Chapter 04 The Bouquet

---- Discussion of chapter 3 

* Reddit

- Discussion of chapter 4

- Discussion of chapter 3 

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tBotNS 2:03 The Showman‘s Tent - Gene Wolfe’s The Claw of the Conciliator, The Book of the New Sun

Listener comments end at 17:30

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 03, "The Showman's Tent"

Severian chases Agia through the fair. He talks religion with the tea lady. He gets his fortune told by a Green Man. Why doesn't the Green Man, who has been through time from the future, remember the coming of the New Sun?

Links:

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- List of animals with an entry in "The Book of Imaginary Beings" by Luis Borges.

* Facebook:

- Discussion of chapter 3 

- Discussion of chapter 2

 

* Reddit:

- Discussion of chapter 3 

- Discussion of chapter 2

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tBotNS 2:02 The Man in the Dark - Gene Wolfe’s The Claw of the Conciliator, The Book of the New Sun

Listener comments end at 15:55

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 02, "The Man In the Dark"

They pull Barnoch from his House/Tomb. So many parallels between the beginning and end of this book. Was Mother Pyrexia a Cumaean-type of Heiro?

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- Discussion of chapter 2

- Discussion of chapter 1

 

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- Discussion of chapter 1

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tBotNS 2:01 The Village of Saltus - Gene Wolfe’s The Claw of the Conciliator, The Book of the New Sun

Listener comments end at 09:45

The Claw of the Conciliator Chapter 01, "The Village of Saltus"

How long has it been since the riot at Piteous Gate? What is the strange connection Severian has to Morwenna even before the execution?

Links:

* Facebook: Discussions of the Shadow of the Torturer Summary 
                     Discussion of the 2020 Christmas Bonus 
                     Stephen Frug's analysis of chapter 18, vol 01 

* Reddit: Discussions of the Shadow of the Torturer Summary

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tBotNS - SUMMARY - Gene Wolfe‘s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

Listener comments end at 47:08

The Shadow of the Torturer Summary

We talk about our opinions of Severian and company at this point and how our opinions have changed. Also, yes, it is a good book but WHY is it good? Did we accomplish what we wanted? 

Links:

* Coalsack Nebula wikpedia 
* Gene Wolfe subreddit 
* Reddit: Discussions of Chapter 35 
* Facebook: Discussions of Chapter 35 
* Mike LeJeune's connection between New Sun and Free Live Free 
* Stephen Frug expands and corrects 
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Christmas Special 2020: Overview of Wolfe's Christmas Stories

Christmas Special 2020

Craig and James sit down with Glenn McDorman of the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast to discuss and rate four Gene Wolfe Christmas stories.

* La Befana
* The War Beneath the Tree
* And When They Appear
* No Planets Strike

Links:

* Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast site 
* Claytemple Media site
* Weird Christmas Podcast site 

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tBotNS 1:35 Hethor - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

Listener Comments ends at 29:45

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 35, "Hethor"

This is it! The last chapter of The Shadow of the Torturer! Let's talk about Hethor again. And what DID happen at the end of this chapter?

Links:

* Facebook: Discussions of Chapter 34 
* Reddit: Discussions of Chapter 34

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* Obiwanspicoli's citations where Severian says the havoc at Piteous Gate was caused by uhlans attacking the travelers:

Claw of the Conciliator, chapter 12: The Notules:

The day before, we had seen uhlans on patrol, men mounted much as we were and bearing lances like those that had killed the travelers at the Piteous Gate. 

 

Citadel of the Autarch, chapter 1, The Dead Soldier:

It was much like the old road the uhlans had been blocking when I had become separated from Dr. Talos, Baldanders, Jolenta, and Dorcas when we left Nessus, but I was unprepared for the cloud of dust that hung about it.

 

Urth of the New Sun, chapter 34 Saltus Again:

A good inn's there." I answered, "I know," thinking as I did how Jonas and I had walked there through the forest after the uhlans had scattered our party at the Piteous Gate, of finding the wine in our ewer, and many other things.

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tBotNS 1:34 Morning - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 34, "Morning"

The Garden of Eden in Nessus! How is Talos like Pandora? Also, Severian suddenly remembers Valeria 30 chapters later.

Links:

* A Weird Mystery: James Wynn considers Gene Wolfe’s ‘A Borrowed Man’

* Ultan's Library: A Curiously Conflicted Book: Craig Brewer reviews ‘Interlibrary Loan’

* Facebook: Discussions of Chapter 32, The Play

* Reddit: Discussions of Chapter 32, The Play 

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tBotNS 1:33 Five Legs - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 33, "Five Legs"

Severian has a nightmare about going to political science class and having to take a test he didn't study for. Why are Severian's memories about Master Malrubius so fuzzy? What is the point of the events of this chapter? Hi, Triskele! Who's a good boy!

Links:

• A Weird Mystery: James Wynn considers Gene Wolfe’s ‘A Borrowed Man’
• Ultan's Library: A Curiously Conflicted Book: Craig Brewer reviews ‘Interlibrary Loan’
• Facebook: Discussions of Chapter 32, The Play
• Reddit: Discussions of Chapter 32, The Play 

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Bonus: Don Maitz talks about creating the famous covers for Wolfe

Important: Due to the visual nature of this interview, this episode is best viewed at the YouTube channel. 

The Don Maitz Interview

Don Maitz created the covers for The Book of the New Sun and The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories. And also how he got started and the book cover illustration industry. 

Links:

• The Don Maitz/Janny Wurtz website

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tBotNS 1:32 The Play - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 32, "The Play"

Marc Aramini assists on this one to talk about symbolism and Talos's play. Severian and Dorcas try out some improv drama. 

Links:

• On Ultan's Library: "A Weird Mystery: James Wynn considers Gene Wolfe’s 'A Borrowed Man'"
• Cody Martin doesn't think Thecla gets the treatment most exultants do after execution. 
• Boombaptraprap talks about chapter 31 and Jung
• The Psychologist that Went Mad to Understand Madness
• Angus Townsend theorizes about Agilus and Kim Lee Soong 

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tBotNS 1:31 The Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 31, "The Shadow of the Torturer"

We are Jung! Severian removes his first head, finds the Claw, and has a vision of a Temple in the Sky!

Links:

• Chapter 30 episode subreddit 
• Chapter 29 episode subreddit 
• Chapter 30 episode Facebook post 
• Chapter 29 episode Facebook post 
• Jack Redelfs on why the castrate failed Autarch's 
• "Black Robes in Paraguay" by William F. Jaenike 

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tBotNS 1:30 Night - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 30, "Night"

What the heck is the deal with Hethor? Also, New Wave SF sex!

Links:

• Adrian de Forest on Agia's coin, her name, and Ultan's rats
• Eurobubba sees something going on with Agia and Agilus' halos, also her name
• LaughterHouseV wonders what Agia scratched 
• Urth List Ryan Dunn asks Is Agia a Robot?
• Goonhandz and James talk about Agia
• Michael Andre-Druissi takes inventory on Agia's weapons

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tBotNS 1:29 Agilus - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 29, "Agilus"

Severian visits Agilus in prison. Agia draws... what? A face? A map? A symbol? 

Links:

• Michael Andre-Driussi and Cody Martin comment.

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tBotNS 1:28 Carnifex - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 28, "Carnifex"

Severian wakes up in the lazaret to discover he's being attended to by a baboon. He wanders around the Hall of Justice and comes back to talk to Dorcas.

Links:

• Michael Andre-Driussi, Cody Martin, Bowenkage, and Ubikan responded to chapter 27 and other things. 
• Sean Michael Robinson on Cadroe of the Seventeen Stones
• Ian C Smith on Raucho and the events at the Botanic Gardens 1 and 2
• Marco Gouvea on the pronunciation of "Gurloes"
• Adam Roth's First Severian/Agia Curiositus Urthus

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Bonus: John Crowley talks about Hamlet's Mill and a little bit about Wolfe

The John Crowley Interview

John Crowley has never read a whole Gene Wolfe story but he's read Hamlet's Mill and that is the only 20th-century work included in the Chrasmological Writings (The Book of the Long/Short Sun). So we talked to him about that and about related works. 

Then Craig and James talk about why James is so obsessed with the Wolfe/Hamlet's Mill connection.

Links:

• Hamlet's Mill - Wikipedia 
• Hamlet's Mill - Amazon
• Little Big by John Crowely - Amazon
• Aegypt franchise by John Crowley - Amazon
• A Fish Dinner in Memison by ER Eddison
• Thinking with Demons: The Idea of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe by Stewart Clark
• Francis Yates
  • Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964)
  • The Art of Memory (1966) 
  • The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (1979)
• Black Athena by Martin Bernal 
• Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

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tBotNS 1:27 Is He Dead? - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 27, "Is He Dead?"

Severian battles with averns at the Sanguinary Fields. Dorcas takes him to find medical help.

Links:

• Michael Grant on Agia being provoke to worried about the note only after Severian mentions Vodalus
• Sean Michael Robinson why Dorcas doesn't let Severian buy clothes for her at the Inn of Lost Loves. Also, why Severian is such a good wine critic.
• Mickey Smith wonders if when Dorcas said "Sun" in the Hildegrin chapter, she actually said "Son".
• Wolfe and the number 17

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tBotNS 1:26 Sennet - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 26, "Sennet"

Severian and Dorcas and Agia continue their search for the writer of the secret note. Severian considers the connection between love and desire and offers bad relationship advice.

Links:

• The Dragonstairs Press release official of the print version of Rereading Wolfe's interview with Michael Swanwick about Gene Wolfe. Handbound and signed by Swanwick.
  • Dragonstairs Press FB page
  • Dragonstairs Press website
• GoonHandz: Dorcas and the Hyacinth -- labryrinths, mists, fog, Sev getting lost are all signals of time-travel
• Mickey Smith on Inire's mirror room and what happens if you turn on a light in a circular mirrored room
• Ask Me Anything on Reddit: Author of Lexicon Urthus, Michael Andre-Driussi
• Review of Operation Ares posted on Ultan's Library
• A bugle tattoo

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Bonus: Jack Dann talks about Gene Wolfe’s influence on the genre and his own Renaissance Man career

The Jack Dann Interview

Dude, it’s Jack Dann. What more do you want to know? 

Links:

• The Official Jack Dann page
• Jack Dann’s ISFDB page

Errata:

Jack requested that we note the following corrections:

• "Joy In Our Cause" was written by Carol Emschwiller, not Kit Reed.

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tBotNS 1:25 The Inn of Lost Loves - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 25, "The Inn of Lost Loves"

Severian, Agia, Dorcas, go to supper at a restaurant in a tree. Severian finds a note on his plate.

Links:

• Aeneid Book 6
• At Ultan's Library, Marc Aramini reviews "Gene Wolfe's 'The Book of the New Sun': A Chapter Guide"
• Ask Me Anything on Reddit: The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast
• Austin Beeman: Was Dorcas Possessed?
• Gary Ownens: Does the Cumaean summon aquastors?
• Ted Kuster: A ReReading Banks Podcast?

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tBotNS 1:24 The Flower of Dissolution - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 24, "The Flower of Dissolution"

Severian, Agia, Dorcas, and Hildegrin cross the Lake of Birds. Severian and Dorcas both pick flowers.

Links:

• Sean Michael Robinson on Beatrix Potter of the New Sun
• Mike Bennewitz on Hildegrin's persistent presence at resurrections
• Sean Michael Robinson on the coincidence of Severian happening upon Dorcas's body
• Mike Farrar's theory about the voices Severian hears on the Lake of Birds
• Fillipo di Paola on Agia's peacock print dress and the Islamic Garden of Eden story
• Wolfe on the tBotNS being about "a man who was raised to do terrible things and who reforms himself from inside” 
• Michael Andre-Driussi's new article on Ultan's Library about the timeline of the Autarchy
• Redditor Harshael on Gene Wolfe's female characters

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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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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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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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