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**ReReading Wolfe**

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.
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tBotNS 1:29 Agilus - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun Sep 21, 2020

Show notes

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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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Outro from "Mask of My Own Face" by Lemon Demon
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Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

tBotNS 1:28 Carnifex - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun Sep 06, 2020

Show notes

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

This episode is sponsored by Tough Love Medical Center.

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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Outro from "Dog Faced Boy" by Eels
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Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

Bonus: John Crowley talks about Hamlet's Mill and a little bit about Wolfe Sep 06, 2020

Show notes

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:

This episode is sponsored by The Precession of the Equinox.

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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Outro from "Lost In the Stars" [Kurt Veil] by Leonard Nimoy
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Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

tBotNS 1:27 Is He Dead? - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun Aug 23, 2020

Show notes

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

This episode is sponsored by TRIALS by Ordeal.

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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Errata music from Godzilla Eats Las Vegas Part II
Outro from "Black Jacket" by Uncle Ben's Remedy
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Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

tBotNS 1:26 Sennet - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun Aug 11, 2020

Show notes

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

This episode is sponsored by Quills for the Day.

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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Outro from "Bad As Me" by Shovels and Rope
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Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

Bonus: Jack Dann talks about Gene Wolfe’s influence on the genre and his own Renaissance Man career Jul 31, 2020

Show notes

The Jack Dann Interview

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

Links:

Errata:

Jack requested that we note the following corrections:

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

This episode is sponsored by Collaboration.

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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Outro from "Renaissance Man" by The 77s
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Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

tBotNS 1:25 The Inn of Lost Loves - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun Jul 28, 2020

Show notes

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?

This episode is sponsored by Grub, Bath, & Beyond.

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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Outro from "The Last Supper" by Larry Norman
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Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

tBotNS 1:24 The Flower of Dissolution - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun Jul 12, 2020

Show notes

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

This episode is sponsored by Brother Cook's Iron Cauldrons.

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Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
Outro from "Poison Flowers" by Mono Puff
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 1:23 Hildegrin - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun Jun 28, 2020

Show notes

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?

This episode is sponsored by Unbountiful Gardens.

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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
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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 Jun 15, 2020

Show notes

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:
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

This episode is sponsored by Rack, Pillory, and Thumbscrew Law Offices.

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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.

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