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Would you still like your doctor if they were a worm? LEECH by Hiron Ennes
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CONTENT WARNING: suicide, sexual assault, infant loss
Rose and Nico discuss LEECH by Hiron Ennes (Tordotcom). On a post-apocalyptic earth, a sentient parasite seems to have cornered its niche by "integrating" the entire physician profession, until a chance encounter in the frozen north introduces it to an unexpectedly fierce competitor -- and humanity's will to survive. Two fungal hyphae way up!
Timestamps: Act I/II: 07:00 Act III/***SPOILER ZONE***: 51:10 SLIME MOLD CHAT: 01:19:01 Conclusion: 01:26:00
Other titles mentioned:
- WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson
- FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley
- WHAT MOVES THE DEAD by T. Kingfisher
- MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- THE LOCKED TOMB (series) by Tamsyn Muir
- THE WITCHER (series) by Andrzej Sapkowski
Topical non-books:
- YEAR WALK (video game)
- BLOODBORNE (video game)
- THE THING (1982 film)
- PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997 film)
Other related reading:
- THE MYTHOLOGY AND MISREPRESENTATION OF THE WINDIGO
- YOUR BODY IS A HAUNTED HOUSE: HIRON ENNES ON THE DISCOMFITING TRADITION OF MEDICAL HORROR
Read along with us! We'll be back in December to discuss THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
Contact us: robotelfbookclub@gmail.com
Music: Intro/Outro: "Our Princess Is In Another Castle," 8 Bit Era Intermission: "Becco Das Garaffas," The Night Train
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