DROOD ...📚 And Our Endless Attempts To End It: with Pete Orford

Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! 🔥

Dominic is joined again by the inimitable Dr. Pete Orford for Part II of his examination of The Mystery of Edwin Drood ...
Pete’s book Edwin Drood: Charles Dickens’ Unfinished Novel And Our Endless Attempts To End It … (Pen & Sword books) is our guide throughout. It is a hugely entertaining read where scholarly citations and tomfoolery combine with vibrant illustrations by Alys Jones … there is a link purchase this in the description.

And reading extracts today, it is an honour to welcome the fantastic actors Joseph Chance and Dan Wheeler together they are part of a quartet known as The Apocalypse Players: an award-winning podcast where role-playing and improvisation combine to create immersive stories for eager listeners each week.

Dominic also asks AI to try and write an ending to Edwin Drood with some truly hilarious results!

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Host: Dominic Gerrard
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Original Music: Dominic Gerrard
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Chapter

1. Exploring Endless Solutions to Dickens' Mystery (00:00:00)

2. Dickens' Parodies and Unfinished Mystery (00:09:20)

3. Exploring the Ending of "Edwin Drood" (00:15:04)

4. Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Trial (00:25:30)

5. Interpretations of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (00:30:08)

6. Illustrations, AI Endings, and Character Relationships (00:43:58)

7. Quality of AI in Literature (00:50:12)

8. Promotion and Appreciation for a Book (00:55:26)