Very Bad Wizards

Episode 255: Beloved Child of the House (Susanna Clarke's "Piranesi")


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David and Tamler get lost in the world of Susanna Clarke’s "Piranesi," a hauntingly beautiful and thrilling novel with echoes of Borges, Plato, C.S. Lewis, and even Parfit. The first part of our conversation is spoiler-free so you can listen to that section if you haven’t read it yet. (But seriously read this book! We both read it in a few days.)

Plus, watch out ladies - Sydney the Bing chatbot is coming to steal your man.

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Links:

  • Why a Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled - The New York Times
  • Kevin Roose’s Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot: Full Transcript - The New York Times
  • From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
  • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke [amazon.com affiliate link]
  • Piranesi (novel) - Wikipedia
  • The meditative empathy of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi - Vox — Carla Baricz’s reading of Piranesi through the Romantics, at Ploughshares
  • Piranesi’s Disenchanted World
  • Susanna Clarke’s Fantasy World of Interiors | The New Yorker
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