ReReading Wolfe

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

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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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