Ep. 117 — Chapter 11 from "Tower of Swallows"

About this episode

Kitty and Softie discuss Chapter 11 of Andrzej Sapkowski's Tower of Swallows, exploring themes of horror, comedy, and destiny.

Kitty from the US and Softie from the UK take over from Alyssa for our discussion of Andrzej Sapkowski's Tower of Swallows, Chapter 11. Very important bits include: being on the other side of our protagonists, the parallels between horror and comedy, one-line bangers, fate and destiny, divine intervention, Norse mythology, cherry-flavored numbing liquid, and the close of the penultimate Witcher novel. [0:00] Cold Open [0:49] Introduction and Guest Introductions [4:49] Chapter Recap [6:32] Overall Thoughts [7:29] The Pursuit of Vengeance [24:21] The Wild Hunt's Intervention [41:49] "What took you so long?" [47:44] Takeaways [51:46] Hosting [55:30] Outro [56:50] End Credits

People in this episode

Host: Alyssa Esteban

Guests: Kitty, Softie

Topics covered

• literature
• Witcher series
• horror and comedy
• fate and destiny
• Norse mythology
• divine intervention

Keywords

• Tower of Swallows
• Andrzej Sapkowski
• Witcher
• horror
• comedy
• Norse mythology
• divine intervention
• fate
• vengeance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tower of Swallows

Places: US, UK

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