Monday, May 6, 2019

Gamecool Books: The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman

The continuation of His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, and with it, of the Gamecool Books project of serious play, commentary, and interpretation (Episodes 1-33 covered The Golden Compass). This page will be updated weekly as new episodes are released, alternating with Bookwarm Games: Xenogears.





Ch 1 The Cat and the Hornbeam Trees


Ch 2 Among the Witches
















Ep 43: A Little Wiser
Ch 7 The Rolls-Royce
"The Collectors," Pullman's (originally audio-only) short story




Ep 45: The Heart of Everything


Ep 47: What I Know Is
Ch 10 The Shaman


Ep 48: Counting the Stones in the Wall
Ch 11 The Belvedere


Ep 49: Conversation with Faith Acker
See more about her Signum U course, The Life and Times of the English Epic
And our conversation celebrating the release of The Secret Commonwealth, with Kris Swank and Gabriel Schenk, as part of Signum's annual fundraising campaign

Ep 50: YOU NEED TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS
Ch 12 Screen Language
Everett and his Many Worlds
Augustine on Angels

Ep 51: He hasn't got Æsahættr
Ch 13 Æsahættr
Word study: Fandom, wiktionary, Skaldic poetry; Waking of Angantyr; Icelandic dictionary
And while you're looking that up, maybe you want to check out this band's Self-titled album  

Ep 52 Conversation with Guillermo Lariguet
Concerning literature and philosophy, as explored in his paper "A Brief Examination of the Literary Trilogy by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials" 


Ep 53: A Question of Balance
Ch 14 Alamo Gulch


Ep 54: The Night is Full of Angels

Ep 55: Exploring The Secret Commonwealth, with Gabriel Schenk
Interlude before starting up The Amber Spyglass

See the draft transcript here.

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