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The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 7 "Attractions"
Severian and Cyriaca keep flirting until Abdesius shows up.
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Bonus: Ryan Leslie talks about The Between and The Garden of Before (and Wolfe)
Ryan Leslie Interview
Ryan Leslie is a writer whose third book, The Garden of Before, is coming out on September 23, 2025. We discuss his other books The Between and Colossus (which Craig narrated for him -- the audiobook is available on Audible).
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* Incubus (Shatner's Esperanto movie)
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Outro from "Colossus" by Magic Sword
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tbotns 3-6 "The Library of the Citadel"
Listener comments end at: 18:10
The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 6 "The Library of the Citadel"
Severian and Cyriaca keep each other company while Cyriaca relates a strange story that is also vaguely familiar.
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* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
* Outro from "Timemachine" by Suburbs
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tbotns 3-5 Cyriaca
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The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 5 "Cyriaca"
Severian goes to a party and chats up a girl in a nun costume.
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* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
* Outro from "Garden Party" by Ricky Nelson
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tbotns 3-4 In the Bartizan of the Vincula
Listener comments end at: 30:32
The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 4 "In the Bartizan of the Vincula"
Severian has a project management meeting with his boss.
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* Pre-Intro from Absolutely Sweet Marie by John Craigie
* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow
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* Outro from "Two Tone Feather" by Dion
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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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