Ep 458 - The Ziggurat, by Gene Wolfe
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Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Gene Wolfe is a sci-fi author's sci-fi author, best known for his descriptive language and a penchant for unreliable narrators. To attempt to discover the REAL meaning of The Ziggurat, we take a break in the middle of this episode to read the story again. It only sort of helps.
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