The ReReading Wolfe Podcast | 重读沃尔夫播客
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A chapter-by-chapter spoiler intense deep dive into Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun" stewing in unhinged speculation.
a man with no memory write's a memoir? someone get gene wolfe on the phone.
Going to be the first postmodern memoir. Non-chronological narrative, leaping back and forth through time to suggest experience as a single entity, not a timeline. One chapter devolves into recaping an episode of Gilligan’s Island and it’s actually a metaphor for Afghanistan
It is defective to judge a story by whether the author told THE story you wanted. No, Bombadil was never endanger in his woods. What'd happen if he left them? Irrelevant question since if he left them he wouldn't be Bombadil. You want LotR w/o Tom? Read The Sword of Shanara
Tom Bombadil stops the story cold. You go from an exciting trip cross-country, heading through a creepy old forest to avoid the sinister Black Riders, then a terrifying tree ensnares them. Poof comes Tom deus-ex-machina Bombadil to save the hobbits from a danger which Tolkien…
I like it but I have absolutely said “what the hell” out loud like 4-5 times this book alone
I like it but I have absolutely said “what the hell” out loud like 4-5 times this book alone
My first impulse on reading the description of the claw of the conciliator was to imagine what it tasted like
The book of the new sun, gene wolfe, will happily help you burn 3 credits.
The book of the new sun, gene wolfe, will happily help you burn 3 credits.
Si @minotaurolibros le consigue La saga del Sol Nuevo a @tomashijo para que les ilustre un ómnibus, lo peta muchísimo.
'The Shadow of the Torturer' cover by Bruce Pennington #fantasyart #scifiart
I have recently finished the first three books of the Book of the New Sun. Currently working on the fourth. All I can say is I've never read anything like it.
'The Shadow of the Torturer' cover by Bruce Pennington #fantasyart #scifiart
Wolfe, aunque no se entienda, debe quedar a disposición de todos los aficionados porque se siente y se recuerda. Luego, lo relees y te preguntas por qué cambió tanto la historia. Una inversión de sagas. Las puedes disfrutar eternamente. @ReReadingWolfe
Wolfe, aunque no se entienda, debe quedar a disposición de todos los aficionados porque se siente y se recuerda. Luego, lo relees y te preguntas por qué cambió tanto la historia. Una inversión de sagas. Las puedes disfrutar eternamente. @ReReadingWolfe
Ive got the whole rest of the evening to drink Black coffee out of my Enamel blue metal camp cup and read Gene Wolfe short stores which have of late had a profound effect upon my corpus
it is necessary now that I share my Gene Wolfe fun fact: he helped design the machine that molds Pringles. neat!
whenever I have like a $200+ cart full of necessities these things just sneak in there bc it doesn’t count
Before manga and psychedelia, Alphonse Mucha imagined a world in bloom. On his birthday, let’s honor his vision of art. 🧵 👇
I think people may have slightly misunderstood what I meant, I don't mean 100% accurate and dogmatic depictions of Christian theology, I mean using genuine aspects of Christian theology to tell a story without having to literally preach the gospel directly.
I think people may have slightly misunderstood what I meant, I don't mean 100% accurate and dogmatic depictions of Christian theology, I mean using genuine aspects of Christian theology to tell a story without having to literally preach the gospel directly.
Some recent favs - Galata 2.2 by Richard Powers, Gateway by Frederick Pohl, The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze, Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Tau Zero by Poul Anderson, The Book of the New Sun trilogy by Gene Wolfe
Children. Definitely more impressive that they make these and feed them from their own bodies. Anything a man can contribute pales to this. Work like a slave, Men, and demonstrate fidelity. Contribute what pittance you are able to.
This is what men build for women. What is the equivalent from women to men?