Tom's Terror Trove
Hello, and welcome to Tom's Terror Trove, a podcast currently disgorging The Crawling World, an original dark fantasy/sci fi, full cast audiodrama. I also narrate classics and little-known gems of horror fiction: Mid 19th - early 20th century a speciality.
New episodes every Friday, 9am NZ Time.
I’m Thomas, a voice-actor (+ an occasional writer and musician), and I’m delighted to have you join me for tonight's episode.
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Tom's Terror Trove
Gregor, Kafka, Limbus. An inquiry into Gregor Samsa(ra), and the parallels between sinner and salaryman
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In this episode, I take a look at suffering and redemption in The Metamorphosis, philosophical pessimism, and how Gregor in Limbus Company might be Georg Bendeman, the happiest Gregor yet, or even Kafka himself. Reincarnation is a heck of a thing.
Plus of course the traditional (I've done it three, now it's definitely a tradition) interlude dub!
Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker
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References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimism
Ryan, M. P. (1999). Samsa and Samsara: Suffering, Death, and Rebirth in “The Metamorphosis.” The German Quarterly, 72(2), 133–152. https://doi.org/10.2307/408369
Kafka: The Metamorphosis, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir
https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Gregor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-translating-kafkas-the-metamorphosis
Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com
Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi
