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Next Word hosts Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction, a arts show with 91 episodes published.
This week, we conclude our discussion of Terry Pratchett's Mort with thoughts on Pratchett's precision as a stylist, tick-tock structure, and how much of the theme is on the page. Is sentimentality a good thing? Is Mort
This week, we return to Terry Pratchett's Mort to discuss perspective, the dualities of life on the Disc, and what is really going on with Death. Do we believe that everything is predestined? Who gets to tell the story?
This week, we dive into the Discworld with our first discussion of Terry Pratchett's Mort . Are the rules as unbreakable as they seem to be? Are ideas as dangerous? How does Death blow smoke rings? To see the video versi
This week, we return from an extended hiatus to offer a short conclusion to our unit on William Gibson's Neuromancer . How are Zion and Istanbul connected? Is Wintermute right about the power of hate? Is the punk more im
This week, we continue our unit on William Gibson's Neuromancer . Are there only a few pathways to juvenile rebellion? How does the industrial become the post-industrial? How does Gibson's understanding of artificial int
This week, we begin our unit on influential science fiction with the first part of William Gibson's novel Neuromancer . Where does cyberpunk come from? How does Gibson complicate the mind-body problem? How do we know wha
This week, we conclude our spooky-season unit on The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. As Eleanor retreats from the story, how do we become aware of the perspective of the house itself? Is it possible to read Th
This week, we continue our thirteenth unit on The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. What are the atomic units of identity, and how do they interact? How does the book operate with -- or without -- the queer subt
This week, we begin our thirteenth unit with an introduction to The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. How does Jackson's biography help us to understand the themes of this book? How do we understand Hill House i
This week, we conclude our unit on David Sodergren's The Haar . Where did cozy fiction come from? Is the satire effective? How do we understand Muriel's faith and final decision? To see the video version of this week's s
This week, we continue our spookily-seasonal unit on David Sodergren's The Haar . What is the role of memory in a story preoccupied with bodies? How is identity constructed? Is this book the first recorded instance of Co
Welcome to spooky season, and our Modern Horror unit on David Sodergren's The Haar . What is the necessary context for this novel? How does the possibility space of a horror novel work in practice? Is Muriel Margaret McA
This week, we conclude our discussion of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility . How does the text position WIlloughby as an interesting villain? Is there a moral lesson to be found in Marianne's last transformation? Is Ed
This week, we continue our discussion of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility . How are the Miss Steeles revealed to be undesirable types? Why does Mrs. Jennings set up a great conflict, then immediately resolve it? Just
This week, we continue our discussion of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility . How does Colonel Brandon's awkwardness communicate his honesty? How do we understand the backstory of Willoughby and Eliza? Is John Dashwood
This week, we continue our discussion of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility . How does Marianne embody the modernity of Austen's age? What are the social expectations surrounding courtship and engagement? Is Edward mayb
This week, we continue our discussion of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility. Does Willoughby make the perfect heroic entrance into the story? What draws Elinor and Colonel Brandon together? Is Barton Cottage secretly a
This week, we begin our eleventh unit and our discussion of Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense And Sensibility . How are Elinor and Marianne Dashwood compared and contrasted? How sharp is Austen's satire? What exactly makes
This week, we conclude the our study of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion with the back half of On the Rings of Power and the Third Age. How bad is Isildur's failure? How does Tolkien integrate the material from The Hobb
This week, we conclude the history of Númenor and the Second Age with some apocalyptically terminal punctuation, and then rewind to consider what's been happening in Middle-earth this whole time. Could Sauron have been r
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Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction is hosted by Next Word. The show is categorised under arts (books) and has published 91 episodes.
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