Costa's Audio Book ft "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" The Nyctalops Trilogy 讀你聽2.2《死夢者之歌》

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"Songs of a Dead Dreamer" by Thomas Ligotti

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The Nyctalops Trilogy
00:24 I The Chymist - Simon, a cryptic chemist, is led to Rosemary’s home in a decaying city, where his talk of an alchemical process warps reality, drawing her into a disturbing, dreamlike mystery with eerie, irreversible consequences.
26:17 II Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes - A hypnotist showcases his eerily beautiful assistant at a society party, scorns his entranced audience, confronts a skeptical child, and prepares to reveal her horrifying corpse-like reality.
48:22 III Eye of the Lynx - An unnamed narrator explores the House of Chains, a BDSM brothel, guided by a dominatrix through surreal, fantasy-laden scenes, blending reality and imagination in a hypnotic, seductive power play.
1:07:40 Notes on the Writing of Horror - what appears to be a guidebook on horror fiction, but slowly this apparatus of learning collapses into the grotesque performance of the horror it aims to describe.

Costa's Wordbook
Nyctalop n derived from nyctalopia or related to nyctalope. It refers to someone or something with night vision or the ability to see in darkness, from the Greek nykt- (night) and ops (eye) (Nict ta lop)
Chymist n arch. Chemist, person who studies chemistry, which historically emerged from alchemy (author’s wordplay to allude chyme, reflecting the story’s focus on grotesque transformation)
Rosicrucianism n a secretive 17-18th century society devoted to the study of metaphysical, mystical, and alchemical lore. An anonymous pamphlet of 1614 about a mythical 15th-century knight called Christian Rosenkreuz is said to have launched the movement 玫瑰十字會主義 (roe se Crusian ism)
Mixology n the activity or skill of mixing drinks such as cocktails
Maraschino n a strong, sweet liqueur made from small black Dalmatian cherries (mara Scheen noe)
Sub rosa -lat, under the rose, secretive, confidentially
Necrose v (with reference to cells) die or cause to die owing to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply 壞死 (Nec krose)
Putrescence n the state of being putrescent, turn putrid, rotten, foul (pew Tres sens)
Bordello n a brothel
Tobacconist n a shopkeeper who sells cigarettes, tobacco, and stuff used by smokers (to Bac con nist)
Squalid adj (of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect
Cognomen n a name or nickname (cog No men)
Rosiecrantz - allusion to Rosencrantz from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two courtiers who spy on Hamlet for King Claudius, pretending to be his friends
Seamy adj sordid and disreputable
Policía - Spa, police
Scientia arcana - lat, secret knowledge
Pedagogue n a teacher, especially a strict or pedantic one 嚴師 學究 (Ped deg gog)
Proteation n process of protean, tending or able to change frequently or easily (pro tee A tion)

Optometrist n a person who practises optometry (op Tom met trist)
Stigma n (stigmata pl) a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person; a visible sign or characteristic of a disease
Metronome n a device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick (Metro nowm)
Somnambule n French word for a sleepwalker (som Nam bule)
Verbose adj using or expressed in more words than are needed (ver Bows, as in bose)
Incandesce v glow with heat (in can Des)
Supernal adj relating to the sky or the heavens, celestial (su Per nal)
Somnolence n the quality or state of being drowsy (Som no lence)
Carnality n the physical feelings and wants of the body (carn Nal lity)
Cosimo Fanzago, Gaudenzio Ferrari, Johnny Tiepolo - Italian architect and sculptor, active in Italy of rococo style, in the Baroque and renaissance period 
Chinoiserie n a decorative style in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century, characterized by the use of Chinese motifs and techniques (shin Noi ser rie)
Piranesian adj inspired by the work of Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), particularly his etchings of Roman ruins and fantastical, labyrinthine prisons (pi ren Nay sian)
Tenebrosity n the quality of being dark or shadowy (ten ne Bross sity)
Seraphita - title of an 1834 French novel by Honoré de Balzac, which also functions as the name of its central androgynous character, Séraphita, a being with both masculine (Séraphitus) and feminine (Séraphîta) characteristics who is on a journey to the afterlife. The name itself is derived from the Hebrew "seraphim," referring to the highest order of angels, meaning "fiery ones" or "burning ones

Purpurean adj relating to the color purple or having a purplish hue. Derived from the Latin purpura
Milliner n a person who makes or sells women's hats (mil lin ner)
Traipse v walk or move wearily or reluctantly; walk about casually or needlessly (Traypse)
Run amok phr behave uncontrollably and disruptively
Cellophane n a thin transparent wrapping material made from viscose 玻璃紙 (Cel lo fein)
Divulge v make known (private or sensitive information) (dy Vulge)
Internee n a person who is confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons (in Ter nee)

Leetle adj little (lee tle)
No-goodnik n no good, low life
Triadic adj relating to or comprising a set of three related people or things
Latinate adj (of language) having the character of Latin
Helter-skelter adj involving disorderly haste or confusion
Normalcy n the state or fact of being normal (Normal see)
Providentially adv in a way that happens exactly when needed but without being planned 上天註定 (pro vi Dent tial ly)
Clothier n a person or company that makes or sells clothes or cloth (Clowth thier)
a fortiori adv for an even stronger reason than one that has already been accepted (aye forti Aw ry)
Desiderata - lat, things desired
Omniscient adj knowing everything 全知 (om Nis sient)
Pseudonymic adj being a pseudonym (a fictitious name) or pertaining to a pseudonym (seu do Nym mic)
Pig in a poke idiom something one buy or accept without first seeing it or finding out if it is good
Up to your eyeballs idiom be very busy with something
Predilection n a preference or special liking for something, a bias in favour of something (pre dil Lection)
Revelatory adj revealing something hitherto unknown 啟示性 (rev vil Lay tory)
Noggin n a person's head; small quantity of alcoholic drink (Nog gin)

End of the year features: 
Horror- Songs of a Dead Dreamer, The Lottery; Phantasy- The Last Unicorn; Philosophical- Brothers Karamazov; Absurd- Metamorphosis 

Complete Collections: 
The Fellowship of the Ring, Winnie the Pooh, Jane Eyre, Angels and Demons, Perfume, Great Gatsby, Jekyll and Hyde, Maigret, 1984, Metamorphosis, Dracula, Don Quixote, Dorian Gray, Diary of a Young Girl, Lord of the Flies, Liar's Poker, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Great Expectations

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