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We're not in Nessus anymore, Triskele! Lions and tigers and good writing, oh my! Grab your hot chocolate, favorite plushie, and legally-distinct blanket wrap, and join us as we journey once more into Strange Birds, Wolfe's delightful little short story collection inspired by the work of Lisa Snellings-Clark. While our protagonist Tom heads off to the stars, we'll dive into our opinions about how Wolfe's later short story writing compares to his earlier writing in Book of the New Sun.

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A bonus episode? In THIS economy?? Hello dear listeners! We're BACK after our long hiatus for yet another adventure! Before we rejoin Severian and dive back into the world of Book of the New Sun, we're going to instead step foot into the most haunted place in the midwest, Gene Wolfe's imagination, and explore a story that... we really like?? Jumpscare! Join us for a part-storytime part-discussion frolic into Wolfe's rare short story collection, Strange Birds.

Don't forget to check out Lisa Snellings-Clark's (extremely old) blog at slaughterhouse studios

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We have been saving this pun all season! Please clap for our pun game! Join us as we recap Shadow of the Torturer and discuss House of the Dragon, obviously! Oh, and our Goodreads star ratings, our impressions of how the book works (or doesn't work) as a whole, and that most central of questions: does the second reading pay off?? Later, we make up for all of our past failures and imagine how we would fix this most tricky of books.

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It's over! It's done! Join us as we read chapters 34 & 35 of Shadow of the Torturer and finally finish book one of The Book of the New Sun series. What awaits us here at the end of all things? A beautiful woman (who we are not supposed to like), a boring robot (who we are supposed to like), and our favorite freak Hethor! Later, we ascend the heights of literary society and see what the luminaries of Goodreads have to say about ol' Wolfe.

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Warning!! If you don't want to hear a colonoscopy story (lol) skip to 10:00.

You heard it here first folks, Severian went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Join us as we read chapters 32 & 33 of Shadow of the Torturer and learn about Severian's own techniques and goals as a writer, what the "Key to the Universe" might be, and why torturers don't go to the doctor. Later, we ask which attachment is greater: the attachment to the person of the monarch or the attachment to a very cute dog?!

Second Warning!! Severian uses the worst phrase ever invented to describe a woman's boobs and we are contractually obligated to say it on air.

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Can True Crime Fans be fun, actually? Thanks to one freaky little guy, we think so! Join us this week in wading through chapters 29, 30, and 31 of Shadow of the Torturer, perhaps the bleakest and most wearying stretch of the novel so far. To keep the existential dread at bay, we take a few exciting detours into The Silmarillion, breaking evolutionary news, and recent cinema.

Also, please welcome our special guests, 5 million airplanes! We have no idea why so many planes decided to fly over Will's house, but fly they did and thus we (reluctantly) have many new guests to share with you.

And FINALLY, we're on Apple Podcasts!! As of this recording (and a few future recordings) we were not yet, but now we have ascended. Check us out here!

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Is Dark Souls the Gene Wolfe of video games? Is Severian the Dark Souls of people who suck? We answer these pressing questions and more in our discussion of chapters 25 & 26 of Shadow of the Torturer, in which Severian tells us why dueling is cool (eugenics), Dorcas makes a reasonable suggestion, and once more we are treated to some batshit ideas about gender. Then we discuss 9/11 (!!!) before journeying to that ever-flowing font of Gene Wolfe wisdom, Twitter

Also, FINALLY, we're on Apple Podcasts!! As of this recording (and a few future recordings) we were not yet, but now we have ascended. Check us out here!

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Say hello to our special little aryan princess! Can an uwu baby bwain widdle gworl be a legitimate love interest? Apparently yes! Does this have sinister implications? Of course! Join us as we read chapters 25 & 26 of Shadow of the Torturer and get into some truly baffling narrative choices as well as some even more baffling diatribes on women. Later, we turn once more to reddit to understand just who Dorcas is and what the hell she is doing here.

*Also featuring the hosts absolutely not getting a masturbation joke, please don't laugh at us ;;

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What awaits Severian in the Garden of Endless Sleep? Join us as we read chapters 22, 23, & 24 of Shadow of the Torturer. While Severian cruises the Lake of Birds for hot GILFS, we attempt to untangle Severian's twisty family tree, the philosophical implications of the observer effect, and Terminus Est (which has become stuck in some water weeds). As we do that, we also finally meet Dorcas and wonder, is Severian at all capable of acting normally around women? (Once more, we have some surprise guest hosts! Please enjoy the delighted sounds of Will's neighborhood as his neighbors enjoy the evening.)

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We're going on a field trip! Join us as we read chapters 20 & 21 of Shadow of the Torturer and visit Father Inire's mysterious and fantastical Botanic Gardens. Inside, we'll encounter venomous beasts, otherworldly mirror-fish, and racism! Later, we take a deep dive into who and what, exactly, Father Inire is supposed to be. As always, we turn to the eternal wisdom of Reddit to find out. (Also, some birds outside Will's window decided to join as unexpected guest hosts! Hopefully we will be able to have them on again soon!)

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"The Cat" by Gene Wolfe

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