Informative and Entertaining Supplement

I started listening in conjunction with reading Shadow of the Torturer for the first time, and I’m happily impressed with Phil & Metz. They give great commentary and insight into a fairly complex book! I appreciate that they’ve taken the time to research possible influences of the themes, characters, concepts, etc, as well as the etymology of the unfamiliar names throughout. I also like how their interpretations of the text sometimes differ and how they take time to argue their points of view. The podcast has definitely enriched my experience as a first time reader of Wolfe, and I look forward to following along throughout the Book of the New Sun. Part of me wishes I had discovered Gene Wolfe and this podcast about a year in the future so I could just binge through the books and analysis, but the other part is happy I’m forced to take my time experiencing Wolfe’s writing.