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J David Osborne joins us once more, this time to talk about his new psychedelic cyberpunk epic novel, Gods Fare No Better. 

We talked about spirituality, cyberpunk, science fiction, and the impact of various media on JDO's work, as well as book marketing strategies, industry challenges, and the importance of creativity and playfulness in literature and art.

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And the discussion continues over on Patreon where we talk about one of the novel's main influences, Cyberpunk 2077. To listen, go to https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

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This week, we chat about an ancient classic, Medea by the Athenian tragedian Euripides. 

We also discuss Lars Von Trier's 1988 TV movie adaptation of the play, written by Carl Theodor Dreyer.

Sini also published a well-received essay on men reading books on podcasts at Unherd, which you can read here: 

https://unherd.com/2025/04/the-literary-man-isnt-dead/

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Glen and Psi from Rare Candy podcast join us to talk about three stories from the science fiction writer, Thomas M Disch.

The stories discussed include Descending, The Number You Have Reached, and The Squirrel Cage.

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This episode, we're joined by River Page (@gayliaronline on Twitter), contributing editor at Twink Revolution and Twitter enfant terrible. We chat about The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell's harrowing account of the plight of the poor and working class in northern English coal mining towns. We talk about the disconnect between the working class and the middle class socialists who want to "help," Orwell's fiction vs his nonfiction, identity vs class politics, the deep problems with left politics and therapeutic culture, Oprah, as well as River's insightful essay on the Democratic Socialists of America, "The Standpoint Bureaucracy."

River's essay: https://twinkrev.com/2021/02/the-standpoint-bureaucracy/

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Reuben and Matt are joined by Sina (@KhanKuchek on Twitter) from the Trepidation podcast to talk about Michel Houellebecq's Submission and Michael Haneke's 2005 film, Caché. For once, they aren't drinking! Is this because they've converted to Islam and are extremely pious now? Or because it was too early in the morning?
Topics and themes covered: multiculturalism, French identity, the decline of the West, Islam, the difference between religious texts and literature, and whether Houellebecq is an enfant terrible satirist or something else entirely.

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While smashing down a few bottles of soju, the lads discuss South Korean writer Han Kang's disturbing novel, The Vegetarian. Not only do they delve into this tale of violence and non-conformity, but somehow Australian triple threat Keiynan Lonsdale is brought into the discussion. Because this is a show that embraces the digression.

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In the second part of our first episode, Reuben makes us read noted English wanker Will Self, Rio elevates things a little with the Grande Dame of Science Fiction, Ursula K LeGuin, then Matt sickens everyone with a notorious Chuck Palahniuk short story.

Will Self's short story, "Prometheus" is featured in his collection, Liver.

You can read LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" here.

Chuck Palahniuk's "Guts" can be found here or in his collection, Haunted.

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In the first part of the inaugural episode, we introduce ourselves and then throw some shade at Sally Rooney, before talking a bit about transgression in literature and the plan for the podcast. In part 2, we give the listeners a taste of our own tastes, each sharing a short story we think represents us. 

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Josh from The Dionysian Dream substack talks all things Wicked.
The original novel, Wicked (1995) by Gregory Maguire, the stage musical (2003) by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, and the 2024 film version directed by Jon M Chu and starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

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This week, we read Sigmund Freud's 1930 essay Civilization And Its Discontents and paired it with Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 film, Frenzy.

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This week, we're celebrating Christmas with a discussion about the overtly Christian horror movie, Terrifier 3, released this year.

We're joined by former guests Jack Mason of The Perfume Nationalist podcast, and Ryan Simón, Editor in Chief of American Vulgaria magazine.

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Yeerk joins the show once again to talk about the first book in Michael Moorcock's Corum series, The Knight of the Swords.

We range across topics such as sword and sorcery, formula, the British New Wave science fiction, and much more.

And for more talk about Moorcock, politics in fiction and social media, head on over to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit

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We talk about J.M. Coetzee's brilliantly brutal novel of post-Apartheid South Africa, Disgrace.

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This episode we chat about Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 'In A Grove' (1922) and Akira Kurosawa's adaptation, Rashomon (1950).

What even is truth, man?

Also, catch Fresta on Rare Candy's 'Psi Ops' series talking about Rudolf Steiner:
https://rarecandy.substack.com/p/psi-ops-vol-2-how-to-know-higher

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The New Era begins with new co-host Matt Fresta. Fresta is the editor of Rango Tango Magazine and is now the "second mic."

For this first episode, we chat about William S Burroughs, 'The Place of Dead Roads', a psychedelic, gunslinging Western with science fiction elements and Burroughs' trademark deconstructionist schtick.

On the Patreon-exclusive show, Back Matter, we chat about Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy, which pairs well with Burroughs (he makes a cameo as a junkie priest). Feel free to subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

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A return after a long hiatus! There was a family tragedy so I took some time off. But we are back to regular programming.
I'm talking about how apparently it is bad to expect college students to read 100 pages per day, why straight men don't read novels, also doing a few recommends at the end!

Recommends:
Scavenger's Reign
Crooked Smile by Jared Klickstein: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CWZ1GHLW?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_au
Agonist by Udith Dematagoda: https://www.amazon.com.au/Agonist-Udith-Dematagoda/dp/1916376711

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This episode, I go out in Deep Ellum, Texas with post-punk/goth icons Rosegarden Funeral Party and we talk about Bukowski with lead singer Leah Lane and drummer Dean Adams.

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If you're in Dallas on the weekend of the 6th of July, 2024, come to Obituary Fest, which Leah has organized. Details here:
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This week, a triple crosspost collaboration with Agitator and Bistro Californium, where we discuss the remasters of the Legacy of Kain videogame series. We talk about the game's mechanics, story progression, incredible voice acting and sound design, character development, themes of free will, spiritualism, and the liminal space between analog and digital technology and much more.

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A short episode on the use (or lack thereof) of the third person omniscient point of view in modern novels after recently revisiting Dickens.

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Part 3 in our series on John Crowley's Little, Big, covering book 3: Old Law Farm.

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Gldpny aka Erik joins me for part two of the two-part series on classic military science fiction. This episode is on Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, which is a "novel in response" to Heinlein's Starship Troopers, but also very much its own thing.

And over on Patreon, we talk about online friendships, the power and downsides of "scenes", more about Erik's celebrity hair styling career, working in the music industry. To listen, go to patreon.com/gettinglit and subscribe!

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Part 2 of our read-along of John Crowley's Little, Big. John joins me once again, and we have special guest star Yeerk (from the recent Mr Palomar episode) on the episode as well.

Don't be a bitch and read this book about fairies with us!

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This is a cross post from Rare Candy's Gain of Fiction series featuring yours truly as well as former guest Eddy Rathke, hosted by Glen and Psi from RC. We look at Samuel R. Delany's classic and very wild science fiction experimental novel, Dhalgren.

To access the full episode as well as Getting Lit Podcast's aftershow, Back Matter, go to patreon.com/gettinglit.

Enjoy!

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Gldpny aka Erik joins me once more for a two-part series on classic military science fiction. First up is Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. The next episode, released in a couple of weeks, will be on Joe Haldeman's The Forever War.

And over on Patreon, we talk about the film Starship Troopers, whether it is a 'failed satire' as claimed in a recent online debate, as well as abstract politics vs skin in the game life-living, and much more. To listen, go to patreon.com/gettinglit and subscribe!

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Ryan Simón, editor-in-chief of American Vulgaria magazine, joins me once more to talk about three films by the occultist homosexual filmmaker, Kenneth Anger.

We talk Fireworks (1947), Scorpio Rising (1963), and Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969). You should be able to find all of these on YouTube.

And over on the aftershow, Back Matter, we talk shit about J David Osborne, why boob-obsessed Ryan is actually a feminist, some secrets about future events we will be doing together, plus much more juicy stuff. To find out more, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit.


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Talking about a recent online discussion about the Starship Troopers film and how people who are into the death of the author concept tend to invoke the author when expedient, as well as how the death of the author concept is used and abused these days.

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Former guest John joins me for the first of a six-part, monthly slow read of John Crowley's Little, Big.

This quirky, beautiful novel is sizeable. So over the next six months, we will be meeting and discussing each section of the book. Read along with us. Join our cute little book club dedicated to the greatest American fantasy novel ever.

This week, we talk about fantasy vs magical realism, Crowley's marginal position in American letters, genre tourists, and the horniness of the book.

And over at Back Matter on Patreon, John and I show tell some things that remind us of this first section of the book: https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

John last joined us a few years back to talk about John Crowley's novella, In Blue. Check it out on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/7o3l8U0Eb1UE4CzayHgazM?si=9fsk_8VFRBqCpN5hdzs7Eg
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This episode, I'm joined by the wonderful Yeerk to chat about Italo Calvino's final novel, Mr Palomar.

We talk about Yeerk's battles against people who believe in "misinformation" and "AI art", humanism, encountering the world as it is and describing it, Italo Calvino's work more generally, looking at art and literature texturally, and the sense of the numinous writers like Calvino can bring to everyday existence.

And over on Back Matter on Patreon, we will be discussing the Ron Fricke non-narrative documentary film, Samsara as a companion piece to discussion of this novel. To subscribe and listen, go to patreon.com/gettinglit.

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This week, we have compiled all four episodes of our Book of the New Sun series we did in 2023 into one massive 8.5 hour journey. Join Sini, J David Osborne and Kelby Losack as they unpack Gene Wolfe's masterwork of science fiction.

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Australian crime writer Iain Ryan joins me live from a bar in Brunswick East to talk about his new book of Gold Coast noir, The Strip, as well as his major inspiration, James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential.

We talk about the crime novel genre, hardboiled style, the difficulties in reading Ellroy, Australian culture and literature and more, until we got kicked out of the bar.

This is a free preview of the episode. The full version, including our discussion after we found another bar, can be found at patreon.com/gettinglit.

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On this episode, writer and podcaster J David Osborne returns to talk about several short stories by the late science fiction grandmaster, Ursula K Le Guin.

We talk about cultural relativism, anthropology, how Ursula's father's work with a lost Indian influenced her, influences in general, whether we would have sex with our clones, writers folding stuff they read into their work instead of not reading, the many different answers to Omelas, girlboss adventures done right, and much more.

Stories discussed:

Semley's Necklace
Nine Lives
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Sur

And on Back Matter over at Patreon, JDO talks about the Australian he hates the most, we both complain about Covidians, self-publishing vs traditional publishing, lots of other writing and literature talk. Subscribe and listen at https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

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Three-time guest of the pod and "Australia's Ottessa Moshfegh" Paul Dalla Rosa joins me at my house for bento takeout while we discuss Natsuo Kirino's crime novel, Out.

In this book, a woman murders her husband and her workmates at a bento factory become implicated in disposing of the body. From there, an incredibly disturbing story unfurls. It was a great read, suggested by Paul.

We talk the drudgery of factory work, precarity, always thinking about money, the gruesome realities of disposing of a human body, erotics and death, violence, and much more.

And over on the Patreon exclusive aftershow, Back Matter: we watch an episode of Iron Chef, eat mochi, and talk about our favourite culinary show while it's playing. Listen here:  https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

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Recording on location from the smoke-wreathed vista at Siglo in Melbourne, I am joined by writer and researcher Nicolas Hausdorf to discuss German writer Ernst Jünger's post-apocalyptic novel, Eumeswil. 

We talk about the novel as a metaphor for Europe in the 70s, parapolitics, Jünger's politically awkward position, his aristocratic outlook, his concept of "The Anarch," libertarianism, Victoria's Covid response, and much more.

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Hoodrat noir/cyberpunk writer, Agitator podcast host, and former guest on the show, Kelby Losack, joins me to talk about his collection God is Wearing Black.

A lot of writing talk, Texas, writing places, class and the publishing industry, honesty and truth in writing and more in this wide ranging discussion on Kelby's short fiction.

And over on the Getting Lit Podcast's new aftershow, Back Matter, I force Kelby to undergo the 'game of connection and vulnerability' known as We're Not Really Strangers. We also shoot the shit about a whole range of things literary and otherwise. To hear more, subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit

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Surrounded by vinyl records and cassette tapes, I joined editor of the Rango Tango zine, and former GLP guest Matthew Fresta (in his lounge room!) to talk about the very literary songwriting of British band, The Kinks.

With some selections from their discography playing in the background, we talk about the way lead singer Ray Davies writes songs like short stories, the influences on the band, whether rock will ever come back, and more.

This was a fun one. Matt also made up a playlist of some of the edgy songs The Kinks recorded if you're interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6R5Vcpt7qjvy0FnDRBFyS8?si=hbciIS2wS7mGY1OWxHnPNw&pi=a-gO8PfY-QSwyl

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Poet Stephen Zerance joins me to talk about Greek poet C.P. Cavafy and four greco-roman films (Sebastiane, Caligula, Alexander, and 300).

We talk about homoeroticism in these kinds of films as well as in Cavafy's verse.
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We also have previous guests of the pod reading some of Cavafy's poems that we have paired with the films.

Zach Langley Chi Chi reads "In Despair"
Young Dean reads "The City"
Kelby Losack reads "Waiting for the Barbarians"
Steff reads "Thermopylae"

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Jayson Young, writer and co-host of the Mangaroos podcast, joins me to talk about David Mitchell's novel about stories, life, death, perception, rebirth, and reincarnation: Cloud Atlas.
We also talk about the 2012 film version by Tom Twyker and the Wachowskis.

Jayson's substack: https://jaysonyoung.substack.com/
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On this episode, Steff joins me to talk about R.F. Kuang's Yellowface, which we've decided is YA posing as literary fiction (probably the marketers fault).

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To round out the Sally Rooney trilogy, I am joined by Sydney-based writer, editor, producer Sheila Ngoc Pham to discuss Sal pal's latest novel, Beautiful World Where Are You?

The theme for this episode is "generations" where we will be talking about Rooney as a "millennial" novelist, how she has or will mature, onlineness and the internet in fiction, internet dating, the place of autobiographical elements in these books, and much more.

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We're celebrating 100 episodes of the Getting Lit Podcast by talking about a few Jorge Luis Borges stories: The Library of Babel, Three Versions of Judas, The House of Asterion, and Borges And I.

We talk about infinity, intellectualism, mythology. We also touched on the challenges of creating a public persona as a writer, a few movie opinions, and the podcast's 100 episode milestone.

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Writer E Rathke joins me for the second part of the Sally Rooney series, where we look at Sal's second novel, Normal People.

We chat about the internet and writing, commercial fiction, chick lit, Trojan-horsing fucked up shit into normal looking genres, writing craft, and much more.

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Zach returns to kick off the Sally Rooney trilogy over the next few weeks. We will be looking at her books in chronological order with a different guest each week, starting with Conversations with Friends.

The theme for this episode is "emotionality."

We range over love, romance, sex, generational differences, online culture and more. A superb conversation with pod friends!

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This episode, one of my faves and host of the Unpopular podcast, Jacques Peterson, returns to mansplain the Britney Spears memoir "The Woman in Me" (because I'm not going to read it). How did Spears go from a pop sensation to an online meme, dancing scarily in her house with knives and such?
I really haven't followed the drama with Britney and the conservatorship, so this was educational for me. Later, we discuss three of her albums: Blackout (2007), Femme Fatale (2011), and Glory (2016).

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Ryan Simón, editor-in-chief of American Vulgaria magazine returns to the show and I made him read some Aussie literature: Colleen McCullough's Tim, a sexy and heartwarming 1974 novel about a middle-aged spinster falling for her mentally challenged (yet incredibly physically beautiful) gardener.
We also talked about the 1979 film adaptation of the same name starring Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie.
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Cody LaDuke from the Cents of Life podcast joins me for a Halloween special. We're talking ghost stories, specifically Henry James' classic, The Turn of the Screw, the 1961 film version The Innocents, and the 2001 film The Others starring Nicole Kidman.

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Jack Mason, host of The Perfume Nationalist podcast joins me to talk about Jacqueline Susann's 1966 novel of showbiz, sex, and substance abuse, Valley of the Dolls, as well as the 1967 film adaptation directed by Mark Robson and starring Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, and Susan Hayward, and also the 1970 film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, directed by Russ Meyer and written by film critic Roger Ebert!

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Part 4 of The Book of the New Sun series, looking at Volume IV: The Citadel of the Autarch.

We have finally reached the end of our Gene Wolfe series, and we take a look back at the journey, a lot of writing talk, the psychological depth of Severian, Christian symbolism, whether it's a conservative book, why we can't leave genre fiction to the autists and much more.

Listen to the Agitator podcast: https://www.patreon.com/agitator/

Buy Kelby's latest book: https://www.amazon.com/Mercy-Kelby-Losack/dp/B0BQ5243JZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Part 2 of my chat with Max Easton, this time talking about a book he introduced to me, The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio di Maria. A haunting, unsettling, uneasy book, full of weird implications, surreal and gruesome imagery and a whole lot of dread. Such fun!

If you're American and want to buy Max's new book but don't want to pay for exorbitant postage, you can purchase the ebook here:
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Estate-Max-Easton-ebook/dp/B0CHK3XJYQ?ref_=ast_author_dp

If you're Australian, you can also purchase here:
https://giramondopublishing.com/books/max-easton-paradise-estate/

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Getting Lit episode on Max's last book, The Magpie Wing:
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Joining me for a two part  special is novelist and friend of the pod, Max Easton. In part 1, we discuss Max's new book, Paradise Estate, a sequel to his amazing debut The Magpie Wing. In part 2, we will discuss The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria.

This episode has a lot of writing talk, but we also discuss generational malaise, the horrors and the comedy of sharehousing, political dead ends, collectivism vs individuality, punk politics and aesthetics, why Matt hates anarchists, Current Thingism and how to write about it without succumbing to it, living life in a holding pattern, and more.

If you're American and want to buy Max's new book but don't want to pay for exorbitant postage, you can purchase the ebook here:
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Estate-Max-Easton-ebook/dp/B0CHK3XJYQ?ref_=ast_author_dp

If you're Australian, you can also purchase here:
https://giramondopublishing.com/books/max-easton-paradise-estate/

Follow Max on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/maxeaston__
Max's substack: https://mebarelyhuman.substack.com/

Getting Lit episode on Max's last book, The Magpie Wing:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lore-of-footy-feat-liam/id1571854866?i=1000567069928

Paradise Estate synopsis:

It’s 2022 and Helen is starting again. Newly single, dogged by grief, adrift in a hostile rental market, she finds a four-bedroom house flanked by apartment blocks that stare into the yard. Despite the lack of privacy, she fills its rooms with an unlikely group of residents looking for communal belonging: zine maker, activist, disaffected artist, part-time rugby league player – each looking to build a future, each haunted by their recent past. But if a rented house in Sydney could ever promise salvation, it would come with a coating of black mould.

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Part 3 of The Book of the New Sun series, looking at Volume III: Sword of the Lictor.

"Sword of the Lictor? I don't even know her?" - Kelby

A lot of laughs in this one, ranging over Severian's horniness, the sheer amount of pulpy action and monsters, people being naked constantly, stories within stories, our favourite set pieces, and why women need to understand how horny men can get!

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