ReReading Wolfe

ReReading Wolfe

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ReReading Wolfe episodes

  • tBotNS 1:23 Hildegrin - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 23, "Hildegrin"

    Severian and Agia meet Dorcas and Hildegrin in the Garden of Endless Sleep. 

    Links:

    • clew-ah-saw-nay or cloyzn-nay?
  • Curiositus Urthus: Old Man at the Gyoll = Old Man at Lake of Birds? 
    • Old Man By the Gyoll
  • Among the Nenuphars
  • Octagonal Prisms (FB)
  • Octagonal Prisms (Wikipedia)
  • Michael Andre-Driussi's Reddit Ask Me Anything
  • Book of Gold Origin Story (Kalle Vilenius)
  • A Crush on Hildegrin?
  • The Blind Mole?

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Errata cue from "Wrong" by The Music Machine
  • Outro from "After All These Years" by T Bone Burnett
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    1 hr 50 min
  • tBotNS 1:22 Dorcas - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 22, "Dorcas"

    Severian and Agia go to the Garden of Endless Sleep. Severian meets his grandfather who is looking for Grandma 'Cas. Then Severian falls into the lake and has an underwater encounter. 

    Links:

    • Cloisonné in wikipedia  
  • Ultan's Library interviews Marc Aramini
  • Michael Andre-Driussi's Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide
  • The Something Awful Form talks about Wolfe
  • Korkut Guie:
    • Origin story and Pratchett's Library of the Unseen University
  • Origin story and other Wolfean works
  • Attempts to transcribe all the episodes of the RRW podcast
  • Adam Roth asks if Ossipago and Dr Talos are the same person
  • Austin Beeman asks if The Book of New Sun could be the First Severian's wish fulfillment fiction
  • Gary Owen asks how many times Severian is regenerated 

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Outro from "Cloisonné" by They Might Be Giants
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    1 hr 11 min
  • Bonus: Michael Swanwick talks about his Nebula/Hugo winning career and about Gene Wolfe

    Michael Swanwick, Nebula and Hugo award winner, talks about Gene Wolfe and his own writings.   

    Links:

    Tor review of Shadows of the New Sun that contains Swanwick’s short story “The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin”

  • "The Hagiography of St Dozois" by Michael Swanwick

  • "The Gardner Dozois You Didn’t Think You Knew" by Michael Swanwick

  • Tor review, “25 Years in the Making — City Under the Stars by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick”

  • "The Iron Dragon’s Daughter" by Michael Swanwick

  • "The Dragon’s of Babel" by Michael Swanwick

  •  "The Iron Dragon’s Mother" by Michael Swanwick

  • "Stations of the Tide" by Michael Swanwick 

  • “The Eyeflash Miracles” and “Tracking Song” are included in “The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories”

  • “The Ziggurat” is collected in “Strange Travelers”

  • Carol Emshwiller on Wikipedia

  • Jack Dann on Wikipedia

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Outro from "Bad Seed Rising" by Bad Seed Rising
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    57 min
  • tBotNS 1:21 The Hut in the Jungle - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 21, "The Hut in the Jungle"

    Marc Aramini assists. In the Jungle Garden, Severian and Agia sit in a hut and listen to a conversation among the inhabitants.  

    Links:

    • Craig posts a bibliography of Wolfe criticism 
  • Father Inire, Lewis Carroll, and Rubber Bend 
  • Baudrillard, Domnina as a horror story, catoptromanchy and Agia/Agillus
  • Jonathan Goodwin on captoptramancy
  • Father Inire's mirrors and Star Trek 
  • Wolfe as a non-Star Trek fan 
  • Plato, Socrates, Apollodorus, and Glaucon 
  • Why the Pelerines's robes are red
  • "The Conciliator was a man: Severian the Lictor"
  • Thecla's Religion 
  • The Forged Excruciation Orders Theory 
  • How did Wolfe choose Thecla's name 
  • The shape of the Botanical Gardens 
  • The Crystal Palace - London
  • The Crystal Palace - New York
  • Time, dreams, Severian’s memories, and the Cumaean

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Outro from "Concrete Jungle" by Marley and the Holmes Brothers
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    2 hr 8 min
  • tBotNS 1:20 Father Inire's Mirrors - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 20, "Father Inire's Mirrors"

    Severian and Agia walk the Jungle Gardens as Severian tells the story of Domnina and Father Inire's mirrors. Also, we discuss Inire and Sancha's cat. It all wraps up at the hut in the Jungle.

    Links:

    • Filippo Di Paola on the Adamnian Steps
  • The Vision of Adamnan (wikipedia) 
  • Filippo on the word "mensal" and on the term "monach" and the connection between Terminus Est and the Claw.
  • Redditor dergrimnebulin's First Severian/Thea is Hyperion/Theia - Our Severian is his son, Helios 
  • Redditor tbhidgafAboutReddit suggests that Thecla's excruciation was scheduled for Holy Katherine's Feast day but had to be delayed two days. 
  • Redditor GoonHandz considers why the Pelerines cloaks are red
  • Oliver Byrne on the Claw as a "symbol that shapes us"
  • Redditor Lord_of_Atlantis that the purpose of the Claw is to GRAB Severian
  • Adam Nelles-Boulton on the SHAPE of the Claw 
  • Brendan Greaves on discovered secret tunnels in Brazil
  • Michael Grant on the analeptic alzabo, on why Abia/Erebus didn't like the flood, on what are the Witches
  • Jérôme Laberge's Heirodules inspired music
  • Pelycosaur (wikipedia)
  • Wolfe Riddle in NYRSF

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Outro from "In the Garden" by John Fogerty
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    1 hr 58 min
  • tBotNS 1:19 The Botanic Gardens- Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 19, "The Botanic Gardens"

    Severian and Agia go to the Botanic Gardens discussing matters religious and historical. They visit the Sand Garden and then enter the Jungle Garden. 

    Author and journalist, Fabio Fernandez, joins Craig and James for this chapter. Fabio has just completed a series for Tor.com entitled Rereading Wolfe. Nice title.

    Links:

    • List of Fabio Fernandez's writings at Tor.com
  • Regarding the word "Matachin"
  • Who Are the Witches?
  • GoonHandz about the Claw and McGuffins on Reddit
  • Jordon Flato about the Claw on FB

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Errata theme from "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas: Gawdsilla Eats Las Vegas!" by Eric Whitacre 
  • Outro from "Nightmare #71" by Larry Norman
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    1 hr 50 min
  • tBotNS 1:18 The Destruction of the Altar - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    Severian and Agia take off for the Botanical Gardens. They get in a street race. They crash into the Cathedral of the Pelerines. The Claw goes missing.

    Links:

    • CS Lewis Discusses God and Time and the First, Second, and Third Persons of the Trinity in ways that, James thinks, are especially applicable to the First and Second Severian:
    4:3 Time and Beyond Time
  • 4:4 Good Infection
    • Samuel R. Delaney about the blow up over Gene Wolfe's teaching methods at Clarion
  • Mike Bennewitz shares his theory about elevation and the hierarchy of Severian's advesaries 
  • Charles Gillingham stirs it up about the First Severian on FB
  • Bruce Pennington vs Mandelorian?
  • Gene Wolfe Fan Fiction

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Clip from "I Am the Bandersnatch" from "The Hunting of the Snark"
  • Outro from "Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy)" by Jim Croce
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    1 hr 56 min
  • tBotNS 1:17 The Challenge - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    Severian meets Agilus in the rag shop. He gets a challenge to a duel. Agia agrees to take him to get the flower he'll need to fight it and give him tips.

    Links:

    • Robert Borski's theory of Severian's family tree
  • Lee Berman's theory on Severian's family tree (again)
  • Patrick Chesney on UP-Down confusion on FB
  • Sean Michael Robinson re: Thackery on FB
  • "Eating the Fantastic" podcast by Scott Edelman with Michael Dirda
  • "Hoof and Hide" blog on the Marc Aramini episode on the Long/Short Sun
  • Talking Goonhandz about the Marc Aramini episode on Long/Short Sun
  • Catherine Theory by DrEvil1380

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Errata from "You Was Wrong" by Freddie King
  • Outro from "She Ain't No Good" by Cake
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

    2 hr 5 min
  • tBotNS 1:16 The Rag Shop - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 16, "The Rag Shop"

    Severian has breakfast with Baldanders and Talos and meets a skinny waitress. Then Severian bids Baldanders & Co fare-thee-well and encounters Agia in front of her rag shop.

    Links:

    • Philip Bonner on FB
  • Mike Farrar theories: First Baldanders Theory and Whorl=Yesod Theory
  • Brett Loftesnes on which side of the continent Nessus is on
  • Bsharp on Dionysus the Fox
  • David Stockhoff on Dionysus and the theater

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Outro from "Angel of the Morning" by Joya Landis, Tommy McCook, and the Supersonics
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

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    1 hr 49 min
  • tBotNS 1:15 Baldanders - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

    The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 15, "Baldanders"

    Severian's first night on his own. He stops at an inn and gets an interesting bed partner.

    Links:

    • The Decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus’ Last Secret
  • The Unseen Lands of Dark Souls and Dark Souls Lore - Do the Souls Games Share A Universe?
  • Ubikcan Reddit theory
  • Mavoris13 Reddit post on the First Severian theory
  • Disagreers
    • DrEvil1380
  • bsharporflat
  • Stephen Gordon one and two
  • Nigel's comments one and two
  • Calum MacPherson's one and two  
  • Judge Dee Mysteries

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    • Intro from "The Alligator", Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
  • Alternate outro for the First Severian episode: "Getting Better" by The Beatles
  • Outro from "Atlantis" by Donovan
  • Due to copyright issues, the outro for the Youtube version of this episode uses Maria Bamfords "Old MacDonald Had a Pterodactyl"
  • Logo art by SonOfWitz

    • Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

     

    2 hr 21 min

About ReReading Wolfe

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A spoiler-dense, chapter by chapter discussion of Gene Wolfe‘s science fantasy masterpiece The Book Of The New Sun, covering all four volumes and a little bit from Urth of the New Sun when necessary. They don‘t try to spoil anything else but, then again it‘s not a prepossessing podcast.

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