The Subtle Knife Chapters 1-3

Caitlin, Anya, and Alan welcome Francis to the team as we start Will’s adventure in ‘The Subtle Knife’ by Phillip Pullman. We talk about mental health, willpower, and how much we hate a certain Witch Queen. The Subtle Knife has a very different start and tone to it- which fits our weird pandemic time-capsule perfectly.

We recorded the podcast on March 18th 2020 when lockdowns associated with the COVID pandemic became ubiquitous. We were feeling a lot of anxiety…

Philip Pullman wrote the Young Adult Mystery ‘The Ruby in the Smoke’ in 1985 as well as three more sequel novels.

What is a Babel Fish??

Caitlin’s Tolkien podcast is called: So You Want To Read Tolkien…

The book by Philip Pullman that is full of Tolkien thoughts is ‘Daemon Voices’

The Multi-verse theory is a thing

What is Schrödinger’s cat again?

Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche was a Nazi and Fredric Nietzsche’s sister.

Nietzsche is most often associated with Nihilism but he wasn’t actually a fan of it.

Follow Francis on Twitter: @franciswindram

Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn

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