#7 The Book That Wouldn't Burn: Chapter 18 - 35

Escapists Anonymous

Sam and Dan discuss chapters 18 - 35 of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.
SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers of the first half of this book. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.
Now that our main characters have met, we discuss what we've learned and what their futures (or pasts... depending on where you're starting from) might hold. We try to figure out the motivations of some of our supporting characters, including Master Yute and his cryptic instructions to Livira. Maland, despite his complete absence from the story, presents a lot of mystery for us to theorise about. And, as usual, we throw around loads of theories about where this story is heading.

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1. #7 The Book That Wouldn't Burn: Chapter 18 - 35 (00:00:00)

2. Intro and recap of chapters 18-35 (00:00:55)

3. The Livira/Evar connection (00:04:58)

4. Confusing time-travel conversation (00:11:09)

5. Who are the Soldier and the Assistant? (00:13:01)

6. Master DumbleYute (00:17:11)

7. The Library as a metaphor for the internet (00:20:23)

8. The mystery of Maland (00:22:43)

9. What next for Livira and Evar? (00:27:46)

10. Nit-picking (00:29:56)

11. Questions on the Exchange and Escapes (00:31:29)

12. Final thoughts (00:35:34)

13. Wrapping-up (00:36:55)