ReReading Wolfe – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

This episode's bonus content: two of four of Wolfe's early stabs at detective stories, now collected in The Wolfe at the Door.

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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 "Drifting Away" by Roy Orbison

* Logo art by SonOfWitz

Outros and alternate outros are cued on the Rereading Wolfe Podcast Spotify playlist IF the songs are available on Spotify.

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tbotns 3-10,11,12 The Dorcas Break-Up Part 1

Episode 31

Saturday, July 18, 2026 • Duration 01:50:40

Listener comments end at: 24:25

The Sword of the Lictor The Dorcas Break-Up Part 1 Chapter 10-12 "Lead", "The Hand of the Past", "Following the Flood

The first part of Dorcas and Severian's breakup, along with some drama about vomiting odd things.

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This episode's bonus content: two of four of Wolfe's early stabs at detective stories, now collected in The Wolfe at the Door.

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* Facebook

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tbotns 3-9 "The Salamander"

Episode 30

Thursday, May 7, 2026 • Duration 01:11:25

Listener comments end at: 28:00

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 9 "The Salamander"

After a spiritually fulfilling evening at the jacal with the children, Severian has an encounter with the local fauna.

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This episode's bonus content: Gene Wolfe's 1974 essay ''The Tolkien Toll-Free Fifties Freeway to Mordor & Points Beyond Hurray!" from Vector 67/68.

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tbotns 3-8 "Upon the Cliff"

Episode 28

Sunday, March 8, 2026 • Duration 01:30:29

Listener comments end at: 26:30

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 8 "Upon the Cliff"

Severian and Cyriaca keep flirting until Abdesius shows up.

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- Chapters 11 and 12 Cyriaca's Story

This episode's bonus content: Gene Wolfe's ''Mathoms from the Time Closet"

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- Chapters 11 and 12 Cyriaca's Story

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* Reddit

Her music (and this week's outro...)

RRW Bonus: CSE Claire Cooney and Carlos Hernandez interview

Episode 27

Saturday, January 31, 2026 • Duration 58:47

Craig talks to CSE Cooney and Carlos Hernandez

CSE Cooney met Wolfe early in her career, and he became something of a mentor to her. Craig caught up with her and her husband at Gen Con where they were releasing and demo-ing their new narrative role playing game Negocios Infernales (all about aliens infiltrating 16th century European culture). Check out her collection Bone Swans or the novel Twice Drowned Saint for a first read.

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Sample story: "The Bone Swans of Amandale"

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Links:

Her website

Her substack

Negocios Infernales

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tbotns 3-11 and 12 Cyriaca's Wrap Up

Episode 26

Monday, November 24, 2025 • Duration 01:13:02

Listener comments end at: 10:05

The Sword of the Lictor Cyriaca flashbacks in Chapters 11 and 12

No. You did not miss an episode. We have skipped Severian's actions immediately after leaving the party to discuss the end of Severian and Cyriaca's tryst -- related to Dorcas in her little motel room.

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Patron-only bonus content can be accessed HERE.

This episode's bonus content: Gene Wolfe's ''The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It)"

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- Chapters 11 & 12, Cyriaca's wrap up

- Chapters 11 & 12, Cyriaca's wrap up

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* Reddit

tbotns 3-7 "Attractions"

Episode 25

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 • Duration 01:15:15

Listener comments end at: 21:45

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 7 "Attractions"

Severian and Cyriaca keep flirting until Abdesius shows up.

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This episode's bonus content: Gene Wolfe's ''The Tale of the Four Accused"

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Links:

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* Audiobook of Colossus (narrated by Craig)

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This episode is sponsored by Message Compression!

Bonus: Ryan Leslie talks about The Between and The Garden of Before (and Wolfe)

Episode 24

Saturday, August 16, 2025 • Duration 53:13

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).

Links:

* The Between

* Colossus

* Incubus (Shatner's Esperanto movie)

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tbotns 3-6 "The Library of the Citadel"

Episode 23

Thursday, August 7, 2025 • Duration 01:59:16

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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This episode's bonus content: Gene Wolfe's ''Incubator"

You can read it HERE

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tbotns 3-5 Cyriaca

Episode 22

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 • Duration 01:13:46

Listener comments end at: 14:45

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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This episode's bonus content: Gene Wolfe's ''British in Bloomington"

You can read it HERE

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- Chapter 4 'In the Bartizan of the Vincula'

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* Reddit