ReReading Wolfe

BONUS: Joan Gordon talks about Gene Wolfe, and 1.6 "The Master of the Curators" from The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun


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Joan Gordon, Gene Wolfe scholar, talks about Gene Wolfe's career and works, the Library of Nessus, and Master Ultan

Also, appended to the end of this episode (1:04 mark) is a hidden track where James shares a comprehensive theory of "The Fifth Head of Cerberus."

People and Things discussed in this episode:

  • Joan Gordon: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24015
  • Books by Robert Borski: Solar Labyrinth, The Long and the Short of It, and multiple chapbooks from Sirius Fiction
  • Peter Wright: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24015
  • Brian Attebury: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?10790
  • Bill Johnson: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11198
  • Jose Luis Borges: https://www.famousauthors.org/jorge-luis-borges
  • Nigel Price is the co-founder of Ultan's Library: https://ultan.org.uk/
  • The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop
  • http://clarion.ucsd.edu/
  • Joanna Russ review of Operation Aries: 
  • https://sffbooksonmars.blogspot.com/2011/06/retro-review-joanna-russ-on-gene-wolfes.html
  • Klein bottle:
  • Informally, it is a one-sided surface which, if traveled upon, could be followed back to the point of origin while flipping the traveler upside down. 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle

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