{"id":437762,"date":"2021-10-15T15:43:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T19:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=437762"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T19:43:53","slug":"tmr-16-2-can-anyone-solve-the-riddle-2666","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2021\/10\/15\/tmr-16-2-can-anyone-solve-the-riddle-2666\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 16.2: &#8220;Can Anyone Solve the Riddle?&#8221; [2666]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode opens with &#8216;Professor Post&#8221; poking a bit of fun at academics, then dives headfirst into the first 75 pages of\u00a0<em>2666. <\/em>Brian, Katie, and Chad talk about the representation of Liz Norton, of the voids that exist in\u00a0<em>2666<\/em>, the religious experience of becoming obsessed with an author, violence, made up books, the covers of the U.S., UK, and Spanish editions, &#8220;ennui&#8221; vs. &#8220;boredom,&#8221; Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n&#8217;s appearance, and much much more.<\/p>\n<p>Also, stay tuned for a bonus section in which Nick Buzanski of Books Are Magic talks about the hype surrounded\u00a0<em>2666\u00a0<\/em>from a bookseller&#8217;s perspective. And click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hicUghq3J94\">here<\/a> if you want to see the videos he and Chad talk about.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s music is &#8220;Hug from a Dinosaur&#8221; by Torres.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to <em>watch<\/em> the conversation\u2014and see Chad looking mighty uncomfortable in a tie\u2014you can find it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JRq4ybKlFXg&amp;t=259s\">YouTube<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCicUncIFZZEdqt8pka0U05g?view_as=subscriber\">all our past episodes<\/a>. And tune in next Thursday at 9am ET for the next episode, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CHfjL0JVxvM\">El Cerdo<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/open_letter\">Open Letter,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadwpost\">Chad Post,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWood_\">Brian Wood<\/a> for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to order Brian&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/products\/joytime-killbox\"><em>Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions. And all of Katie&#8217;s translations, especially\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/four-by-four\">Four by Four<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/last-words-on-earth\">Last Words on Earth<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can also support this podcast and\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>of Open Letter&#8217;s activities by making a tax-deductible donation through the <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1676\/giving19\/giving19.aspx?sid=1676&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=712&amp;cid=1541&amp;appealcode=15U2Y\">University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20833364\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode opens with &#8216;Professor Post&#8221; poking a bit of fun at academics, then dives headfirst into the first 75 pages of\u00a02666. 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