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Alzabo SoupChapter 6 Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Return to the WhorlIntro - We announce the Alzabo Soup 10th anniversary party at MileHi Con 58. Content (3:12) - Discussion of Part 1 of Chapter 6 of Return to the Whorl, by Gene Wolfe. This Month's Read-Along - The Dragon Waiting, by John M. Ford Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2025-12-1252 minAlzabo SoupChapter 6 Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Return to the WhorlIntro - We announce the Alzabo Soup 10th anniversary party at MileHi Con 58. Content (3:12) - Discussion of Part 1 of Chapter 6 of Return to the Whorl, by Gene Wolfe. This Month's Read-Along - The Dragon Waiting, by John M. Ford Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2025-12-1252 min
The Great and Secret KnowledgeThe NeverEnding Story with Jessie Rye This is the biggie, yall. Bastien, Etrayu, the whole shebang. Jessie Rye and Jeff Richardson take on the seminal weird fantasy adventure that is The NeverEnding Story. Prepare to be amazed, delighted, and intrigued. You're so welcome. Join our Discord server and get to know the fam! https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd Jeff's podcasts Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show) James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme...
2025-08-192h 42
Fuligin SnuggieS2 Ep5: Right In Front Of My Corpse?!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 to handle this feast for the... senses? Will we??Brought to you by AD & Will.Check out Phillament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
2025-05-231h 58
Oddly InfluencedE33: Interview: Jessica Kerr on /Games: Agency as Art/Jessica Kerr (known to computers everywhere as @jessitron) is a software developer, speaker, and symmathecist. (A symmathesy is a learning system composed of learning parts. To her, each software team is a symmathesy composed of the people on the team, the running software, and all of their tools.) @jessitron is another of those people who apply ideas from outside software to software, including in her role as a developer advocate at Honeycomb, a company that aims to make the workings of software visible to its developers. Were she not engaging, personable, and enthusiastic, she'd be scarily like me. This...
2023-06-0641 minAlzabo SoupMy Defense, Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Exodus From the Long SunIntro - Metz and Phil envision a fragrance line for Alzabo Soup. Content (2:57) - Discussion of Part 1 of My Defense of Exodus From the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2023-02-171h 11Alzabo SoupMy Defense, Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Exodus From the Long SunIntro - Metz and Phil envision a fragrance line for Alzabo Soup. Content (2:57) - Discussion of Part 1 of My Defense of Exodus From the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2023-02-171h 11
Paragon MarathonOops, All Monsters! Halloween ExtravaganzaWe did it; we did the mash. Join Tomb, Dankenstein, and Scare-ah on a special tour of mythic and modern monsters. After a brief meditation on scary stories and Horror movies, the marathoners run for their lives through monster tales from Greek, Japanese, Cree and Celtic mythology. Also featured are some monstrous figures from modern stories and legends, including the Alzabo from Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun, and the infamous Pale Man from Guillermo Del Toro's fantasy masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth. Contained within: getting bodied by a gadfly, wildly violent defecation, Ickybod Clay, Gabba-Ghouls, and asking tough questions...
2022-10-281h 46Alzabo SoupChapter 6, Part 2 - Gene Wolfe's Exodus From the Long SunIntro - Phil and Metz talk about other authors they'd like to cover in the style of Alzabo Soup. Content (8:53) - Discussion of Part 2 of Chapter 6 of Exodus From the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2022-09-161h 18Alzabo SoupChapter 6, Part 2 - Gene Wolfe's Exodus From the Long SunIntro - Phil and Metz talk about other authors they'd like to cover in the style of Alzabo Soup. Content (8:53) - Discussion of Part 2 of Chapter 6 of Exodus From the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2022-09-161h 18Alzabo SoupChapter 7, Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Lake of the Long SunIntro - Phil and Metz celebrate five years of Alzabo Soup. Content (5:15) - Discussion of Part 1 of Chapter 7 of Lake of the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2021-08-2051 minAlzabo SoupChapter 7, Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Lake of the Long SunIntro - Phil and Metz celebrate five years of Alzabo Soup. Content (5:15) - Discussion of Part 1 of Chapter 7 of Lake of the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2021-08-2051 minAlzabo SoupChapter 1, Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Lake of the Long SunIntro - Phil and Metz talk about the updated Alzabo Soup website. Content (4:26) - Discussion of Part 1 of Chapter 1 of Lake of the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2021-05-281h 00Alzabo SoupChapter 1, Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Lake of the Long SunIntro - Phil and Metz talk about the updated Alzabo Soup website. Content (4:26) - Discussion of Part 1 of Chapter 1 of Lake of the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2021-05-281h 00
ReReading WolfetBotNS 1:20 Father Inire's Mirrors - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New SunThe Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 20, "Father Inire's Mirrors"
Severian and Agia walk the Jungle Gardens as Severian tells the story of Domnina and Father Inire's mirrors. Also, we discuss Inire and Sancha's cat. It all wraps up at the hut in the Jungle.
Links:
Filippo Di Paola on the Adamnian Steps
The Vision of Adamnan (wikipedia)
Filippo on the word "mensal" and on the term "monach" and the connection between Terminus Est and the Claw.
Redditor dergrimnebulin's First Severian/Thea is Hyperion/Theia - Our Severian is his son, Helios
Redditor tbhidgafAboutReddit suggests that...
2020-05-181h 57
Twin Cities by NightDelta Green “Operation Chopstick Headcount” The Final Chapter: What the Alzabo Leaves BehindThe party on the cliffside estate finally shows its teeth, and Mike Diana has to decide whether he’s still a guest…or prey. As the memories he’s consumed churn against his own, the carefully curated glamour of high society gives way to locked gates, armed men, and something howling in the dark below. What follows is a scramble for survival through a house built on secrets, tapes that should never have been copied, and a truth no editor will ever print. By dawn, Mike will learn what the Alzabo really takes—and what it leaves behind.
About...
2020-05-0840 minTwin Cities by NightDelta Green “Operation Chopstick Headcount” Chapter 1: Invitation to the Alzabo
When freelance journalist and Delta Green asset “Mike Diana” is summoned off his couch and into a bespoke Manhattan limousine, it feels at first like just another strange assignment. Armed with a forged identity, a crumpled (and carefully restored) invitation, and his own charm, he’s sent to infiltrate an exclusive high-society dinner hosted by the enigmatic Megan Brennan.
As the limo climbs toward a windswept estate, Mike finds himself surrounded by wealthy socialites who seem a little too practiced at playing their parts. Inside the mansion’s parlor—amid rare art, unsettling relics, and a bar stocked wit...
2020-05-0640 min
The Watt From Pedro Show2019-11-27 The Watt from Pedro Showhour one:
"ruby, my dear" john coltrane w/thelonious monk
"tenderly" rebecca turner
"living rock" rebecca turner
"training pit bulls for the navy" fitted
"II" mike baggetta
"ne sme fini eden so drug" bernays propaganda
"god is not dead" spain
"stella" mids
"Irisia" bit-turner
"ho" can can heads
"the cat that can be alone" rebecca turner
hour two:
"sun in my morning" rebecca turner
"are you experienced?" alexander de large
"the analeptic alzabo" henry kaiser
"fell ill" darto
"still thinking of you" wish granters
"biomechanoids" simon grab
"millennial love song" mb jones
"water shoes" rebecca turner
"nobody sees me like...
2019-11-273h 00
Three HoarsemenBetween the CoversYour Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, discuss books. So many books!
With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens.
Books!
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson
Show Notes & Links
Links from Jeff Patterson
Chuck Wendig: Wanderers—A Novel
Book Nook, Decatur GA
McKay’s Books, Chattanooga TN
Remembering Johnson’s Bookstore, Springfield MA
Ada Hoffmann: The Outside
Lisa Yaszek (editor): The Future is Female
The Fu...
2019-07-1746 min
The Three HoarsemenBetween the CoversYour Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, discuss books. So many books!
With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens.
Books!
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson
Show Notes & Links
Links from Jeff Patterson
Chuck Wendig: Wanderers—A Novel
Book Nook, Decatur GA
McKay’s Books, Chattanooga TN
Remembering Johnson’s Bookstore, Springfield MA
Ada Hoffmann: The Outside
Lisa Yaszek (editor): The Future is Female
The Fu...
2019-07-1746 min
Pet Theories PodcastBritish Westminster TheoryToday, we cover the news out of Crufts 2019, especially the agility star Kratu! And we talk about all the bats hanging out at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Plus, we answer some great questions about how to get new sibling pups from rasslin' all. of. the. time. And answer a bunch of philosophical bee questions from Phil and Metz of Alzabo Soup. Oh, and go back and listen to episode 29 for more information about pedestal training (or as we refered to it then, "platform training"), and come back later next week for our...
2019-03-2050 min
No Rangers AllowedDungeons & Diners & Dragons & DivesThe party considers some bizarre physiologies, starting with a 90's starlet alzabo-Frankenstein and ending with Halfling cloacas. Eventually they stop goofing around and enter the mind palace, which turns out to be completely built out of elves. Allegedly this isn't a sex thing. BJ and Honeydew get completely blasted, thus transmorphing a literal sleeping giant first into Guy Fieri and then into Tex Wasabi.
2019-02-212h 50
????????????????Things Not Seen, by Andrew Clements/Islay Storm - Part 1When you distill meanness down into a glass, what do you get? We’re discussing Things not Seen by Andrew Clements, a classic from Michael’s youth.
Michael tells only some of the listeners to go suck an egg. That’s not you.
Ethan quotes Hezekiah 16:4.
Michael makes an Alzabo Soup transition.
Michael confesses, he hasn’t finished this book.
Ethan whispers secrets, while Michael goes to get books.
How many horrible ways can Ethan mispronounce “Sophocles”?
They talk about a stack of other books.
Ethan offends Andrew Clements.
This is what Ethan was trying to pronounce.
Their next book will be The...
2019-01-141h 04
Tapestry Radio NetworkThings Not Seen, by Andrew Clements/Islay Storm - Part 1When you distill meanness down into a glass, what do you get? We’re discussing Things not Seen by Andrew Clements, a classic from Michael’s youth.Michael tells only some of the listeners to go suck an egg. That’s not you.Ethan quotes Hezekiah 16:4.Michael makes an Alzabo Soup transition.Michael confesses, he hasn’t finished this book.Ethan whispers secrets, while Michael goes to get books.How many horrible ways can Ethan mispronounce “Sophocles”?They talk about a stack of other books.Ethan o...
2019-01-141h 04????????????????A Borrowed Man, by Gene Wolfe/The MacAllan Triple Cask Matured 10-yr, Part 2Michael & Ethan continue talking about A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe while drinking a Highland single malt. Ethan promised to answer all your questions. Does he? In this episode:
Ethan pilots the podcast alone.
Karen doesn't get credit.
Ethan gives Michael a giant bubble. Michael pokes holes in it.
Ethan wants to be Alzabo Soup.
Michael issues a public challenge to Alzabo Soup.
They discuss next month's book already.
As promised, you can read the Neil Gaiman article they mentioned here.
Next month they'll be reading and discussing A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Join the discussion! Go to the Conta...
2018-02-261h 19
Tapestry Radio NetworkA Borrowed Man, by Gene Wolfe/The MacAllan Triple Cask Matured 10-yr, Part 2Michael & Ethan continue talking about A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe while drinking a Highland single malt. Ethan promised to answer all your questions. Does he? In this episode:Ethan pilots the podcast alone.Karen doesn't get credit.Ethan gives Michael a giant bubble. Michael pokes holes in it.Ethan wants to be Alzabo Soup.Michael issues a public challenge to Alzabo Soup.They discuss next month's book already.As promised, you can read the Neil Gaiman article they mentioned here.Next month they'l...
2018-02-261h 19
SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #439 - READALONG: The Fifth Head Of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
The SFFaudio Podcast #439 – Jesse, Scott, and Paul Weimer discuss the novella entitled The Fifth Head Of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
Talked about on today’s show:
Serberous?, the novella (not the whole book), maybe an accident maybe on purpose, very-Wolfeian, Orbit 10 edited by Damon Knight, fixup vs. novel?, V.R.T., to fully understand…, you need them all together, error or on purpose, many moons ago, novella is the perfect length for any Science Fiction work, read in publication order, old home week, Ender’s Shadow, Ender’s Game, cheating, the Alzabo Soup podcast, The Book O...
2017-09-181h 32
You Know What I Like...?Episode 10: Gene Wolfe (feat. Alzabo Soup)This month we sat down with Alzabo Soup and talked about one of the most beloved and pioneering, yet highly contentious, authors from the past century: Gene Wolfe.Follow Alzabo Soup on Twitter (@AlzaboSoup)Listen to Alzabo SoupFollow You Know What I Like...? on Twitter (@YKWILPodcast)Like You Know What I Like...? on FacebookMusic: http://www.purple-planet.comCover Art: Andrew Losq
2017-03-011h 37Alzabo SoupIntroduction and Letter 1 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's HouseWelcome to the first episode of Alzabo Soup, a podcast about speculative fiction. Here begins our in-depth discussion of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." We introduce ourselves, the author, and the book in general, then dive right into Letter Number 1. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2016-09-0246 minAlzabo SoupIntroduction and Letter 1 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's HouseWelcome to the first episode of Alzabo Soup, a podcast about speculative fiction. Here begins our in-depth discussion of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." We introduce ourselves, the author, and the book in general, then dive right into Letter Number 1. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
2016-09-0246 min
Sol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe8.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 32 al 35 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-0751 minSol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe9.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 36 al 38 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-0733 minSol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe7.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 27 al 31 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-071h 05Sol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe6.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 23 al 26 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-0756 minSol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe5.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 19 al 22 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-071h 05Sol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe4.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 16 al 18 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-0743 minSol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe2.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 5 al 11 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-071h 23Sol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe3.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 12 al 15 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-0758 minSol Nuevo 3. Gene Wolfe1.La Espada Del Lictor ( Cap 1 al 4 )Severian, desterrado por el pecado de misericordia, ha llegado a Thrax, la Ciudad de los Cuartos sin Ventanas, y se prepara para desempeñar el papel, a menudo desagradable, de funcionario del gobierno. Los acontecimientos perturbadores se precipitan. Dorcas deja a Severian y vuelve al Lago de los Pájaros. Severian es perseguido por una bestia mortífera. Ha empezado a cuestionarse su oficio de torturador y al fin deja libre a una mujer y escapa de la ciudad. Ya en las montañas sobrevive a otro encuentro con Agia, que pretende vengar la muerte de su hermano, y sigue huye...
2012-11-0759 min