In this episode, we discuss chapters seventeen to twenty-nine of Terry Miles’ Rabbits.

This week, we consider K’s role as a narrator and as a protagonist, discuss not one but two possible explanations of what is (metaphysically) going on with Rabbits, flip the script with Chloe, lament the loss of a cinematic classic, and close out the second act.

Next week, we continue with chapters thirty to forty-one.

Unanswered Questions:

• Does the book sufficiently reassure the reader that the events of the game are not just in K’s head?
  
  
• Does the rhythmic, episodic structure of the middle of the novel detract from its impact?
  
  
• What are the echoes or reflections between Baron and Sydney? Neil and the Magician? Crow and Scarpio?
  

Footnotes:

• Rabbits: A Novel (Terry Miles)
  
  
• Rabbits Podcast
  
  
• Serial
  
  
• Richard Linklater
  
  
• Space Ace
  
  
• Simulation Theory
  
  
• Quantum Field Theory
  
  
• Baader-Meinhoff Phenomenon
  

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