This week we discuss Parts 1 and 2 of Red Rising by Pierce Brown. The twists come early and often, and we are left reeling from the shifts in genre. This is a good one to go in fresh, so read it if you can! As always, spoilers abound. You have been warned.

• 02:40 1st person present
• 09:41 The twist
• 10:16 Part 1 summary
• 15:42 Thwarted expectations
• 18:35 Eo
• 24:47 Worldbuilding
• 28:19 The twist, for real
• 41:55 The Institute
• 48:58 Predictions
• 51:42 Conclusion

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This week we discuss the stories “An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce and The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft.

The more I read, the less I know. I feel just like a Lovecraft protagonist seeking forbidden knowledge!

• 02:14 "Haïta the Shepherd"
• 05:35 “An Inhabitant of Carcosa"
• 07:23 Thoughts on Bierce
• 15:15 Introduction to Lovecraft
• 17:42 “The Whisperer in Darkness”
• 24:28 Where is the King in Yellow?
• 28:24 Jonah loses his mind
• 33:22 Back to Lovecraft
• 39: 03 Wrapping up

Next week we will be reading Parts 1 and 2 of Red Rising, the sci-fi novel by Pierce Brown. See you then!

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This week we discuss the first five stories in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers: “The Repairer of Reputations,” “The Mask,” “In the Court of the Dragon,” “The Yellow Sign,” and “The Demoiselle d’Ys.”

• 01:06 Introduction
• 04:20 Readings for next time
• 06:22 Chambers according to Robin D. Laws
• 10:13 The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2
• 11:57 “The Repairer of Reputations”
• 31:07 “The Mask”
• 47: 31 “In the Court of the Dragon”
• 1:02:30 “The Demoiselle d’Ys”
• 1:10:06 Final thoughs
• 1:16:45 Wrapup

Continuing down the King in Yellow rabbit hole, we will be reading three stories that feed into the mythos: "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce as found in his short story collection Can Such Things Be?, followed by The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft.

See you then!

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