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Phi Fic LogoPhi Fic means Philosophical Fiction. Each episode, we have a candid dicussion on a heady work of of fiction, full of SPOILERS. Join host Nathan Hanks and readers Cezary Baraniecki, Daniel St. Pierre, Laura Davis, and Mary Claire, plus the occasional guest.

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Phi Fic #0 “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy

April 29, 2016 by Nathan Hanks 4 Comments

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tumblr_nlbye2akv51r1kvkyo1_500We talk about the novel Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy with Nathan Hanks, Jordan Payne, and special guest Dylan Casey from the Partially Examined Life Podcast. This origin/zero-episode is taken from an older (2013) recording of the Philosophical Fiction group, before our current group of readers got together.

Worth Mentioning: No Country for Old Men/The Crossing/Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy, and Paradise Lost by John Milton, PEL ep. #63: No Country for Old Men.

Thanks to Christopher Nolen for music.

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  1. Daniel says

    December 15, 2016 at 11:12 pm

    They were simply afraid of the judge.
    Doesn’t matter if you have an advantage on a man… Even a significant one… If you are afraid enough.. If you don’t feel powerful enough, you will not capitalize on it…

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  2. Kai Kosog says

    May 5, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    It seems like the judge may represent an almost Schopenhauerian ”strife” that is universal and atemporal.

    Reply
  3. WAT says

    November 26, 2018 at 1:05 am

    Though the ending is uncertain, to me it seems a finish with a tortured whimper at the whim of self contained Chaos.

    Reply

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