Squabbling over horses and swords. Watching the Beast on Merlin's big screen. The usual. But also, Zerbino dies?!

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They get got by the Plan, a mixture of Sefirot and Great Beauty. See also: Call Me By Your Name, feat. the music of Sufjan Stevens.

We may be reading 2666 next!

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Approaching the end of the mystery, Pow and the others concoct the Plan.

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The frenzy descends upon Orlando, bringing us to the close of Reynolds' first volume.

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Building up to the Plan.

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Continuing to ruminate on the rollicking Renaissance epic.

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Discussing His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust, from the bench in the Botanic Garden to the Moon Festival at the end of The Rose Field, with the human and daemon behind His Dork Materials. Includes the origin story of that account, theories as to the shift in style between the former and latter volumes, and reflections on reflections--as well as perspectives on a possible way out of the hall of mirrors...

Audio clips are from Dvorak's lyric fairy tale Rusalka, The Song to the Moon, interpreted by Lucia Popp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPEDeWyWgw4

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The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Chrono Trigger prompted us to write about the game, and we've submitted our essays at last. Reflections on the drafts, as you might imagine, open up big questions and some ideas for next steps. Thanks for listening!

Continuing our reading and reflecting on the magical mayhem of Ariosto's countless characters whose names we can't--or don't want to--recall.

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We consider the curious case of Foucault's Pendulum, Eco's conspiratorial follow-up to the Name of the Rose.

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