codex 1962 – Three Percent

TMR 8.11: CoDex 1962 (Pages 451-517)

Chad Post — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:30:16 +0000

We did it! Chad and Rachel Cardasco (with an assist from Tom Flynn of Volumes) talk about the last sections of ��ó��’s CoDex 1962.��It’s been quite the season and they bring it home in old school TMR style with a lot of Twin Peaks talk, many many digressions, acknowledging motifs and ideas that may or may not actually be in the text, and having a lot of fun. This is the most sci-fi section of the novel, which makes it a lot of fun. (THE ROBOTS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE OVER.)

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TMR 8.09: CoDex 1962 (Pages 344-406)

Chad Post — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:30:39 +0000

We’re into the homestretch! Today episode, featuring special guest Katie Whittemore, kicks off the discussion of the third and final volume of ��ó��’s CoDex 1962, “I’m a Sleeping Door: A Science-Fiction Story.” More origin myths in this volume, ranging from the epic and literary, to the mundane and realistic. A woman gives birth to a daughter made up of sperm from four men, and we get to see the fate of all four thousand Icelandic children born during 1962, many of whom have mutated. We find out who’s been talking to whom and (kind of) why. And we find out about a mysterious geneticist. All of these threads are interwoven in a detailed, intricate way that Brian, Katie, and Chad unwind in a fun, intelligent ways.

The next episode will focus on the first eight chapters of this third volume (pages 345-406). The complete schedule can be found here.

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TMR 8.08: CoDex 1962 (Pages 303-343)

Chad Post — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:30:19 +0000

This week, Tobias Carroll joined Chad and Brian to talk about werewolves, puns that don’t exactly work in translation, evil baseball card shop owners, weird Masonic rituals, , and Fred Durst and John Travolta’s .��They also have a lot of praise for ��ó�� and the wild, fun nature of the second volume in CoDex 1962, and set up volume three: “I’m a Sleeping Door: A Science-Fiction Story.”

The next episode will focus on the first eight chapters of this third volume (pages 345-406). The complete schedule can be found here.

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TMR 8.06: CoDex 1962 (Pages 199-256)

Chad Post — Thu, 30 May 2019 13:32:34 +0000

Chad and Brian break down the next few chapters of “Iceland’s Thousand Years” by ��ó��, which really set the plot in motion. They also talk about water, what it means to be an Icelander, how “bacon-eater” is an insult, Danes in general, myth-making, and much more.

The next episode will focus on pages 257-302 (all in the second volume of the trilogy, “Iceland’s Thousand Years”). The complete schedule can be found here.

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TMR 8.05: CoDex 1962 (Pages 156-198)

Chad Post — Thu, 23 May 2019 12:00:30 +0000

Even without an expert to guide them, Chad and Brian dissect the end of the first volume of CoDex 1962, talking golems and tenderness, speculating about the film behind the narrator’s eyes, evaluating origin myths (and their apocalyptic counterparts), and praising the overall narrative structure of “Thine Eyes Did See My Substance” and how the writing itself ramps up as the volume comes to an end. Plus, they compare chapter one from the first two volumes and find some great parallels.

The next episode will focus on pages 199-256 (all in the second volume of the trilogy, “Iceland’s Thousand Years”). The complete schedule can be found here.

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TMR 8.04: CoDex 1962 (Pages 110-155)

Chad Post — Thu, 16 May 2019 15:17:40 +0000

Kári Tulinius joins Chad and Brian this week and provides some incredibly valuable insight into the translation itself, connections to Iceland and to other writings, and much much more. This is one of the most difficult parts of the book to read, given the horrific actions of one of the characters, but also points toward some of the major themes in the trilogy.�� And Brian’s hatred of the name “Karl” turns out to be really justified . . .

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The next episode will focus on pages 156-197 (the end of “Thine Eyes Did See My Substance: A Love Story” and the first chapter of “Iceland’s Thousand Years”). The complete schedule can be found here.

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TMR 8.03: CoDex 1962 (Pages 58-109)

Chad Post — Thu, 09 May 2019 12:30:55 +0000

Chad’s just back from a 7 hour train ride. Brian is inebriated. Tom Flynn is . . . Tom Flynn? It’s a classic episode of the Two Month Review about horny avenging angels, chamber pot dumps, how many books actually last for a hundred years, the name “Karl,” whatever Bumble is, and much more. A fun, loose podcast about a brilliant books.

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The next episode will focus on pages 110-155 (chapters 12-15 of “Thine Eyes Did See My Substance: A Love Story”). The complete schedule can be found here.

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TMR 8.02: CoDex 1962 (Pages 1-57)

Chad Post — Thu, 02 May 2019 12:30:10 +0000

This is a special episode of the Two Month Review featuring Chad’s “World Literature & Translation” class, who read CoDex 1962 (and ten other contemporary works in translation) this semester. They talk with Chad and Brian about interpretation and translation, how they judge whether a translation is good or bad, Werner Herzog and Lars von Trier, the structure of the narration in the first section of CoDex 1962, British punctuation, Chad’s no-longer-so-secret project, Delino Deshields, and more.

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The next episode will focus on pages 58-109 (chapters 7-11 of “Thine Eyes Did See My Substance: A Love Story”). The complete schedule can be found here.

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TMR 8.01: CoDex 1962 (Introduction)

Chad Post — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:30:51 +0000

The new season of the Two Month Review kicks off with a pretty wide-ranging discussion. Sure, there is a bit about ��ó�� (pronounced SYOHN, which is not how Chad says it) and a few things about his earlier books and CoDex 1962, but a good part of this introductory episode is about patterns in narrative, cinematic realism, the imaginative nature of international literature, boxes and small rooms, Game of Thrones, and Iceland.

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The next episode will focus on pages 1-57 (chapters 1-6 of “Thine Eyes Did See My Substance: A Love Story”) and will be an audio only release. (Chad’s graduate students will be the guests.)

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CoDex 1962: Introduction

Chad Post — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:00:30 +0000

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