We open this episode with almost half of England devastated by this plague, and this lovely October scene marks one step closer to the end of this trailblazing dystopian novel. It really hits the gas as we get closer to the close, as Shelley is well known to do. If I'm honest, even though I really enjoyed this story (especially once it got going), I was a little unnerved by the plague coming in for the second half of the book given the way the world around us has continued to progress. It's really quite a chilling scene at the end there, having lived through a plague that's even done some small fraction of what's going on in the text here.

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Just two episodes this month, folks, I really decided to lean in on making these episodes longer, and that put me over the size limit just barely on the third one.  Like the title says, our intrepid protags have fled mama Britain's happy embrace, and are now flexing Shelley's ability to write about serene mountaintop nature finding their way down south to at least ride out the last dregs of the plague in comfort and style, or, well, that's the ideal plan anyway. Stirring descriptions as usual from our favorite child of philosophers!

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First off, I gotta say: Content warning for the rest of The Last Man, we're dealing with a plague story now!  Ok, now that that's outta the way, how have y'all been? It's a new year, let's hope it's gonna go better than the last two have! Honestly, even despite the sudden turn to plague in this story, I love the way it's going, and just like Shelley's other work, Frankenstein, it REALLY picks up speed here in the next few episodes, so make sure to keep tuning in!

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Bit of a longer episode this time, I'm going to try to really stretch these things out as long as I can so we actually make progress through the books! Heck, we're only a third of the way through the book by the end of this episode, but the good news is, since this is Mary Shelley, that means it's about to pick up in a MAJOR way, and that's not even mentioning the steam we've been building to get here throughout the episode! Such intrigue between Raymond, Evadne, and Adrian's sister, just what could be happening next?

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This episode, we dive a little further into The Last Man, which is getting increasingly affectionate between our main character and Adrian. Listen, I know that nothing's going to come of it, but that tension, especially for a modern reader, really builds between the two, huh? Who knows, this book doesn't get talked about, maybe I'm just out and out wrong about my guesses and it DOES do what a modern reader expects! One way to find out, and that's to Attend our Tale, Dear Reader!

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Welcome to Season 2 of Paper Cuts, everyone! We open this brand new set of episodes with a brand new book, The Last Man by Mary Shelley, of Frankenstein fame! I'm really happy to be back recording episodes, it's been a long time. We are _finally_ actually getting to be live on Fridays once more, so feel free to drop by on Twitch, it'll be 5:30 Pacific time every week! Also, I ditched actually using Reading Simulator, found a better way to have the text on screen. If only that game didn't have its shortcomings, could be such a fun way to read, you know?

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For this last episode of the first "season" of Paper Cuts, I took a bit of a different approach. For a little context, while this is streamed live on twitch, I stream under the category Reading Simulator, as well, I'm reading aloud, and the more appropriate podcasts/talk shows tag is a bit busy. Well, turns out, Reading Simulator isn't just a snarky tag inserted by someone who dislikes Visual Novels, it's a real game! I gave it a shot here to read more Sherlock Holmes. How's the result? Feel free to let me know on twitter, @PaperCuts_Pod should find you me!

You can find the text (to read along with) here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661

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This time, we dive into a well-known classic, that character that the author WISHES the public would hate, tumblr's favorite darling, the infamous know-it-all that all others are patterned after, that's right! It's sherlock holmes, everyone! I knew I was going to get to this one as soon as the podcast started, it's practically THE well known public domain book that everyone's got some awareness of. While we read here, however, the question really becomes, how many of the adventures will I wind up finishing?

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In this thrilling episode of Paper Cuts, we finish up The Secret Garden, this time learning just what the response can be when you mention that hey, I've maybe discovered the secret that's got everyone all tense! If I may be a bit honest in oversharing, I think Colin in particular is part of why this book stuck to me as a kid. I had a lot of medical nonsense occur when I was younger, so having someone find a path to recovery for this kid who was in a real rough spot is kinda cathartic!

You can find the text (to read along with) here: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396

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For the last episode this month (And the last episode before we're properly recording live episodes again! AAA!!!) we get a little further into the Secret Garden, learning more about just what wonders the earth can hold, let alone just how much wonder and whimsy can crop up when you least expect it to get ahold of you. I was genuinely tempted to dig up my childhood copy of this for the recording of these episodes, but I didn't have any luck rummaging around for it. Ah well, the digital copy certainly reads just like I remember it, after all, so that's basically the same thing, though I'd much prefer finding that old tattered book.

You can find the text (to read along with) here: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396

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