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We begin this last installment of our 3-part series with-- what else?-- playing our harps as we watch the downfall of a prestigious literary magazine! After that spectacle, join us for another as we finish chapter 24 of Claw of the Conciliator and watch the curtain fall on our time with Dr. Talos' play. What is this play doing? Why is it doing it? What does it mean for us as readers moving forward...

Welcome to Fuligin Snuggie, a podcast for Gene Wolfe......converts?! Join us as we dive into the midsection of Dr. Talos's mysterious and utterly entrancing play. What will happen on this cosmic stage? Will we finally be enlightened? The answer might surprise you (and us)!! Brought to you by AD & Will. Fuligin Snuggie on Tumblr! Check out Phillament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

We're soooo back! In this first installment of a multiple episode series, we begin our deep dive into Dr. Talos's Play, Eschatology and Genesis. And...it's really fucking good??? So good that it has the potential to alter the trajectory of our whole podcast O_o Uh oh! Apologies for the poor quality audio in this one, it just wouldn't be a comeback without a brand new mic problem, haha. Brought to...

Aaaannnnnddddd we're back in the fucking building! Join us as we continue our discussion on chapter 23 of Claw of the Conciliator and dig deeper into what tf we think Wolfe was thinking when he wrote this doozy. Brought to you by AD & Will. Fuligin Snuggie on Tumblr! Check out Phillament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a (very belated) announcement! Brought to you by AD & Will. Fuligin Snuggie on Tumblr! Check out Phillament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uh oh! There was an accident at the podcast factory, and now our episode contains nothing but Friendly Rivalry. It's really really hard to talk about this show for under an hour folks. Please enjoy our discussion of Episodes 3 & 4 feat. the worst dad in the world and the legendary dream sequence. Brought to you by AD & Will. Check out Phillament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Dear listeners, we have come to it at last: the Jolenta chapter. Join us as we take a few steps away from our usual merriment to read chapter 23 of Claw of the Conciliator and take a serious look at one of the most controversial scenes in the whole series. What, exactly, is Wolfe trying to do with Jolenta, and what does this mean for his portrayal of women, sexual violence, and power? Later, we jo...

Listen listeners, we know that last episode we talked about how Wolfe has been stumping us, but alas this time we REALLY mean it! Join us as we read chapters 21 & 22 of Claw of the Conciliator and once more fail to disentangle the literary spaghetti Wolfe has dumped on our plate. Why must the autarch's portals look like a huge book? Are we seeing biblically-accurate angels now? Could Dorcas ce...

Well dear listeners, we think it's time to admit: Wolfe has finally stumped us. And by stumped us, we mean that he has gotten so incomprehensible that we have been driven into the treacherous embrace of the Gene Wolfe subreddit yet again. Join us as we read chapters 19 & 20 of Claw of the Conciliator and try to pick a few noteworthy pearls of coherence from this mess. When we fail to do that,...

Well folks, did this episode come out on time? No. But do we make up for it by having some of the most exciting, thought-provoking chapters yet? Also no! Join us as we read chapters 16, 17, & 18 of Claw of the Concilliator and ask these most central of questions: will Jonas finally prove that he's interesting? (No.) Can Wolfe write a good short story based on a pun? (Also no.) Will Severian ev...

We're sorry, we promise we'll try our best to stop talking about him! But thank you, listeners, for joining us briefly as we discuss plagiarism, abuse, and what it means to love and grapple with art made by cruel people. But don't worry, we're soon back on our bullshit with some truly lush prose in chapters 14 & 15 of Claw of the Conciliator! Join us as we encounter strange and incomprehensibl...

And now for something completely different! Hello again friends and listeners! We are happy to announce/sorry to disappoint you with a brand-new bonus series! That's right folks, we have yet again had recording troubles, so we decided to launch this snappy little series to buy ourselves some time to fix things. To that end, we're going to introduce each other to some of our favorite things and exp...

Is Severian supposed to be a carnifex or a torturer? Join us as we find out! That's right folks! Our most pressing and important question has been answered, thanks to the top minds at Reddit! Also I guess we read chapters 12 & 13 of Claw of the Conciliator and meet the latest in our copyright-distinct Pokémon rolodex of creepy creatures, encounter yet another ghostly Thecla appearance, and exp...

Telekinetic necromantic erotic cannibalism, you say? Sounds like our kind of party! Join us as we read chapters 10 & 11 of Claw of the Conciliator and finally encounter the mysterious alzabo! Well, the special juices from its glands, that is. Now that we're getting into the meat (hehe) of this arc, how will Severian react when brought to the weirdest dinner party of all time? Will he be able t...

Warning! While we usually give a broad content warning at the beginning of each episode, we thought we'd give a particular warning for this one considering current events. After our chapter discussion, we talk quite a bit about transphobia, and in his writing Wolfe repeatedly uses a transphobic slur. If this is something that will cause you distress, you can either skip this episode or peace out d...

It is the hosts' opinion that Severian should be tied up and unmasked by Scooby & The Gang-- if only they could help us untangle these chapters! Join us as we read chapters 5, 6 & 7 of The Claw of the Conciliator and encounter some of the (we keep saying this) most twisty chapters we've read to date. Is Wolfe actually doing something brave and daring here, or have we lost the plot entirely...

Turns out, pond scum gives you psychic powers! Alas dear listener! We are back to tell you that we are having a good time! Join us as we read chapters 4 & 5 of Claw of the Conciliator and discuss some of our favorite passages so far. There's a cryptic green man! A murder mystery! Ominous liturgy! And, most excitingly, Hethor's back, baybee! Brought to you by AD & Will. Follow us on Twitter...

Our second season begins most auspiciously with a very dated conversation about House of the Dragon (more time travel! woohoo!) and a trip to 4chan to see how Book of the New Sun ranks among literature's other luminaries. We then begin our reading of Claw of the—ahem, Cwaw of the Conciwiatow with some deliciously spooky scenes. Despite our ongoing struggles with Severian as a narrator, are we actu...

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 W...

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...

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 wo...

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 luminar...

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...

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 o...

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 (!!!) befor...