Thanks for listening to The Great and Secret Knowledge: A Speculative Fiction Podcast! In this episode, Lindsey and Jeff cover the second half of Part 2: The Other.
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Links
The Twilight Zone: "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street"
Doctor Who: "Enemy of the World", "Invasion of the Dinosaurs"
"Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead"
Extended Notes
title chat
A Conversation
ask the other for shoes?
other doing a ritual
Addy Domarus
is Addy Domarus one of the dead?
Other even more condescending
Piranesi needs shoes
list of things Other has given Him
in the year he named the constellations, the list began
11:40
About shoes - move it back?
12:40
in the year i named the dead he gave me a ham sandwich
dude has new suit everytime we see him
he rationalizes the abuse and its effects
why wouldnt he ask for the shoes?
was he always like this?
17
None of the dead claim the name Addy Domarus
this is a fantasy book so everything may have meaning
he journeys with his new shoes
he's nervous about the dark room
he has an obligation to the other
he has a desire to please
crowd of statues
could the statues be actual people? or images from plays?
are they seeing the actual moon?
he decides the secret knowledge is pointless
the House is the House
its sacred, we shouldnt exploit it or try to define it
enriched uranium
he finds 47 pieces of paper in the herring gull room
he has so much patience
the other asks how the shoes are
Piranesi's bad memory
Other remembers way more information
if we're no longer colleagues than i cant spend time with you
this comes up every 18 months
the house cares about systems but time seems less important
Other is really busy
P has never tried to find out where Other lives
is the House sentient? editing select memories
is P an experiment?
is TO afraid to stay over an hour cuz he might lose memories?
why doesnt P seem to ever want to leave
Westworld
you dont know what you dont know
He writes a letter
right on the stone where they normally meet
Another person! 16
are they a test subject?
if you challenge traditions and their adherents you have to give up some of that veneration
reason is one of the things that 16 wants to tear down
prejudice him against people who might help him
the First Vestibule
We Got Two Minotaurs
a long corridor formed by the shadows
Cabin in the Woods
the statue of an elderly fox teaching to youngsters
could the letter be for Piranesi?
P writes to the letter writer
that's it
The Other is an asshole
P disbelieves the corridor's reality
how does somebody just disappear?
wolf child theory
who is the Prophet?
16? Piranesi?
Jeff guesses there's a fourth person!
1:05:19 the end
aftershow
bookshelves collapsing
CS Lewis
dream library
Beauty & the Beast
The Thing
X-Files
The Twilight Zone
"Enemy of the World"
"Invasion of the Dinosaurs"
Fallout
"The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street"
we're inquisitive by nature
social primates
we want to fit in
yawning and sociopaths
10 percent of the population (is this accurate?)
Am I a Psychopath?