About this episode

Metz and Phil discuss the new Backrooms movie trailer and part 1 of Chapter 17 of Gene Wolfe's Return to the Whorl.

Intro - Metz and Phil discuss the new Backrooms movie trailer. Content (11:25) - Discussion of part 1 of Chapter 17 of Return to the Whorl, by Gene Wolfe. Current Read-Along - Perhaps the Stars, by Ada Palmer Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

People in this episode

Hosts: Philip Armstrong, Andrew Metzroth

Topics covered

• Gene Wolfe
• Return to the Whorl
• Backrooms movie
• literature discussion
• science fiction
• read-along

Keywords

• Gene Wolfe
• Return to the Whorl
• Backrooms movie
• Perhaps the Stars
• literature
• science fiction
• podcast

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Organizations: alzabosoup.com

Books & works: Return to the Whorl, Perhaps the Stars

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