Episode 55 - A Very Special Mongoose
Added 2019-09-26 21:14:14 +0000 UTCBram, (or is it pronounced Bram) Stoker's Dracula followup The Lair of the White Worm, is not very good. But there's a lot to discuss!
Adam Salton has willingly traveled halfway across the world to live with his elderly Grand-Uncle, which is frankly a clue that we're not in for a relatable experience. But we were not prepared for just how unrelatable! We've got mongoose purchasing down by the docks, men who stare like hawks until a woman possibly faints, outfits made of stuff, and women who may be snakes or just smell like them. Plus a big scoop of racism on top!
All this plus some snippets from a rare audiobook of the unabridged version. For next time, read thru Chapter 16!
Comments
I'm listening to this episode for the first time 5 years late, while playing a game from 6 years ago, and I just got an achievement titled "Lair of the White Worm". Spooky!
Stephen Schultz
2024-05-30 05:45:09 +0000 UTCThat’s my first thought when I know of giant holes
Jeremy Rieske
2019-10-02 19:04:00 +0000 UTCI keep wondering if this is the sequel to Rikki Tikki Tavi
Jeremy Rieske
2019-10-02 19:03:10 +0000 UTCI think we found The Racist Chapter: Part II The Racist Speaks again.
Jeremy Rieske
2019-10-02 19:00:55 +0000 UTC“There are some deep holes around here, therefore G I A N T W O R M S .” I cackled.
Carson Heschle
2019-10-02 18:28:26 +0000 UTCI’ll be honest I liked most of the first 8 chapters beyond The Racist Chapter, but boy this Caswell stuff is dull. We get it, Caswell like his kite, it’s time to move on.
Jeremy Rieske
2019-10-02 16:04:16 +0000 UTCI have a theory about the horses that were not most all good: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/902027.Latawnya_the_Naughty_Horse_Learns_to_Say_No_to_Drugs
Chaos Shadow
2019-09-30 23:34:01 +0000 UTCShockingly, the unabridged is MORE comprehensible.
Mike Truman
2019-09-29 16:40:11 +0000 UTCI bought the unabridged version for $1.99 and I need to switch over. This next reading section is incomprehensible and I'm worried non of it appears in the abridged version.
Alex V.
2019-09-29 14:10:32 +0000 UTCWell, I'm plowing through Chapter 14, and it looks like our boy Adam Salton is assembling a mongoose army. My hope that mongooses are the key to defeating the White Worm remains alive.
Theodore Lehman
2019-09-29 02:05:59 +0000 UTCIts focus goes, shall we say, in some unexpected directions
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
2019-09-29 00:10:10 +0000 UTCGeez, I thought the first 8 chapters were bad. These are...worse.
Mike Truman
2019-09-28 21:34:23 +0000 UTCI thought it was, it only has 28 chapters and not the 40 of the unabridged.
Jeremy Rieske
2019-09-27 16:38:29 +0000 UTCThat's a good call, attachments should work just fine, I'll put the call out on the socials
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
2019-09-27 13:46:19 +0000 UTCI enjoyed Mike's reaction to the news that yes, there shall be a birdemic in this story. Also, since Mike will be delivering the fanfics next time, should we be emailing them as attachments, or will spam filters shoot down unsolicited files?
SabreMau
2019-09-27 13:29:29 +0000 UTCIs the free Amazon one abridged?
Emily Brown
2019-09-27 11:20:59 +0000 UTCI must be reading the unabridged. Mimi’s backstory in mine is: The other is her first cousin, the daughter of Watford’s second son. He went for a soldier when he was just over twenty, and was drafted abroad. He was not a good correspondent, though he was a good enough son. A few letters came, and then his father heard from the colonel of his regiment that he had been killed by dacoits in Burmah. He heard from the same source that his boy had been married to a Burmese, and that there was a daughter only a year old. Watford had the child brought home, and she grew up beside Lilla. The only thing that they heard of her birth was that her name was Mimi.
M Williams
2019-09-27 03:03:43 +0000 UTCThe Special Mongoose is explained in my copy. “Well, of course I want a good one. But I see no need for anything special. It is for ordinary use.” “I can let you have a choice of ordinary ones. I only asked, because I have in stock a very special one which I got lately from Nepaul. He has a record of his own. He killed a king cobra that had been seen in the Rajah’s garden. But I don’t suppose we have any snakes of the kind in this cold climate—I daresay an ordinary one will do.”
M Williams
2019-09-27 02:49:57 +0000 UTCToo succinct. Can you express the same sentiment but take up about a page and a half?
Kerry S.
2019-09-27 00:06:38 +0000 UTCVin Diesel: I LIVE FOR THIS.... incomprehensible novel!
Jacob Grudzina
2019-09-26 23:42:56 +0000 UTC
