tBotNS 1:32 The Play - Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer, The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer Chapter 32, "The Play"

Marc Aramini assists on this one to talk about symbolism and Talos's play. Severian and Dorcas try out some improv drama. 

Links:

• On Ultan's Library: "A Weird Mystery: James Wynn considers Gene Wolfe’s 'A Borrowed Man'"
• Cody Martin doesn't think Thecla gets the treatment most exultants do after execution. 
• Boombaptraprap talks about chapter 31 and Jung
• The Psychologist that Went Mad to Understand Madness
• Angus Townsend theorizes about Agilus and Kim Lee Soong 

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• Outro from "Horrendous Disc" by Daniel Amos
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