The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast

Are you ready for Bet-Your-Life, the management-managing real-life pseudo-game? Neither are we. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us...

It's just sports metaphors all the way down. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks ! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics?...

Welcome to the planet Planet. DO NOT GO TO THE HOUSE ON THE LEFT. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks ! Neil Gai...

Thanks to one of our awesome supporters on Patreon, we're back a week early with a bonus episode about how we do the show and how we approach a Gene Wolfe story. Become a patron on Patreon to support the show and help us produce even more content for you. Subscribe to the show and leave a review! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here . Join the conversation on the Claytemple...

Recorded by Michael Frasca, November 30th 2019 at ChambanaCon 49. Participants: Brenda Sutton, Michael Frasca, Jessica Frasca, Randy Pardue, David Busboom, Margaret Bumby, and Clark Wierda

An isolated mental hospital in orbit around Jupiter. What could possibly go wrong? Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower...

An isolated mental hospital in orbit around Jupiter. What could possibly go wrong? Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower...

An isolated mental hospital in orbit around Jupiter. What could possibly go wrong? Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower...

An isolated mental hospital in orbit around Jupiter. What could possibly go wrong? Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower...

An isolated mental hospital in orbit around Jupiter. What could possibly go wrong? Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower...

Just in time for Halloween, it's Wolfe's Christmas story! With special guest C. Michael Morrison, author of Hannah Goodheart and the Guardian of Time and co-host of Meta Treks: A Star Trek and Philosophy Podcast. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners....

Thanks to our awesome supporters on Patreon, we've reached our first crowd-funding goal! Supporters already received the reward of three exclusive bonus episodes, but we had so much fun doing them that we decided to release an extra one on the main show for everyone. So, here's the runner-up in our story-selection poll, "Winter's King" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Become a patron on Patreon to support th...

Our discussion of Gene Wolfe's scathing critique of American corporate ideology, the novella Hour of Trust. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek?...

Part two of three of Gene Wolfe's scathing critique of American corporate ideology, the novella Hour of Trust. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Tre...

Part one of Gene Wolfe's scathing critique of American corporate ideology, the novella Hour of Trust. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come f...

Dragons, spaceships, and heretics! Join Brandon and Glenn for a special episode about the George R.R. Martin short story "The Way of Cross and Dragon." This bonus episode was commissioned by a listener. If there's a special episode you'd like us to do just for you, you can find out how to do that here . Become a patron on Patreon to support the show and help us produce even more content for you. J...

Feathers, and tigers, and cute bunny aliens ... oh my. Support the show and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every single week by becoming a patron on Patreon . Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast . Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks ! Check out Glenn's m...

Winston Churchill protects the U.K. from the Volkswagen. It's "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion." Become a patron on Patreon to support the show and help us produce even more content for you. Subscribe to the show and leave a review! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here . Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum . Up Next: "Feath...

Post-apocalyptic religion, gorgeous nature descriptions, and some genuine horror. Join Glenn and Brandon for their discussion of The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois, live from PhilCon! Become a patron on Patreon to support the show and help us produce even more content for you. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum . Subscribe to the show and leave a review! Up Next: Gene Wolfe!

Our adventure begins in an inn. Join us for Gene Wolfe's "Westwind," our first story since finishing the masterpiece novel The Fifth Head of Cerberus . Become a patron on Patreon to support the show and help us produce even more content for you. Subscribe to the show and leave a review! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here . Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum . U...

Renowned Wolfe scholar Marc Aramini returns to the show to present a very different reading about the puzzles and mysteries. Check out Marc's YouTube channel ! Support the show on Patreon . You'll gain access to twenty bonus episodes and help us reach our goal of hosting an online discussion of this novel with listeners. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum . Up next: A conversation with...

Nature vs. nurture, family, Lamarckian evolution, personhood, and religion! Join Brandon and Glenn for the conclusion of their two-part wrap-up of the entire novel. In this episode they talk themes and motifs. Support the show on Patreon . You'll gain access to twenty bonus episodes and help us reach our goal of hosting an online discussion of this novel with listeners. Join the conversation on th...

So are there actually any aliens on Sainte Anne or is it all just a new-planet myth? Join Brandon and Glenn for Part I of their two-part wrap-up of the entire novel. In this episode they talk puzzles and mysteries. Support the show on Patreon . You'll gain access to twenty bonus episodes and help us reach our goal of hosting an online discussion of this novel with listeners. Join the conversation...

What is V.R.T. and what does he think he is? Join Brandon and Glenn for Part II of their two-part wrap-up of V.R.T. In this episode they talk puzzles, mysteries, and unresolved questions. Support the show on Patreon . You'll gain access to twenty bonus episodes and help us reach our goal of hosting an online discussion of this novel with listeners. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum . U...

How can you tell if something is human? Join Brandon and Glenn for Part I of their two-part wrap-up of V.R.T. In this episode they talk themes and motifs. Support the show on Patreon . You'll gain access to twenty bonus episodes and help us reach our goal of hosting an online discussion of this novel with listeners. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum . Up next: Wrap-Up Part II: Puzzles,...