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"Songs of a Dead Dreamer" by Thomas Ligotti

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探索腐敗城市與夢境

Dreams for Sleepwalkers
00:28 The Frolic- A prison psychiatrist, Dr. Munck, meets John Doe, a charismatic, supernatural patient whose chilling, otherworldly crimes unsettle Munck’s rational worldview, threatening his family’s safety with eerie, ominous implications in a tense narrative.
32:04 Les Fleurs- A narrator’s romance with florist Daisy unravels amid his secretive life. Her curiosity and a detective’s probing hint at dark secrets, ending ambiguously with looming dread and wilting connections.
49:41 Alice’s Last Adventure- Alice, an aging writer, revisits her surreal children’s stories, blurring reality and fiction. Strange events and a sinister figure haunt her, leading to an ambiguous, unsettling end hinting at her possible demise.
1:27:44 Dream of a Manikin- A psychologist analyzes Miss Locher’s dream of working in a clothing shop, where a lifelike manikin unsettles them. Paranoia grows, blurring dream and reality, as they suspect a mysterious conspiracy involving “you.”

Costa's Wordbook
Masochistically adv in a way that shows that you enjoy an activity or situation that most people would find very unpleasant 自虐 (ma se Kist tically)
Inanimate adj not alive, lifeless (in Nan nimet)
Aesthete n a person who is appreciative of and sensitive to art and beauty 審美家 (ease theet)
Illiberal adj opposed to liberal principles, restricting freedom of thought or behaviour
Engrossing adj absorbing all one's attention or interest 引人入勝
Ramshackle adj (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair
Phantasmagoric full of different images, like something in a confused dream (phan Tas mag gor ric)
Metaphysical adj an idea, doctrine, or posited reality outside of human sense perception; based on abstract reasoning 形而上學
Scour v subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something (Sgau wer)
Gravid adj carrying eggs or young, pregnant; full of meaning or a specified quality
Dregs n the most worthless part or parts of something; the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment
Whorl n a pattern of spirals or concentric circles (worl)

Lilt v speak, sing, or sound with a lilt
Cereus n any of various cacti of the Americas (cerious)
Ocelot n a medium-sized wild cat that has an orange-yellow coat marked with black stripes and spots, native to South and Central America (O, like Or without r, ce lot)
objet d’art - fr, art object
Dissonance n lack of harmony among between people or things; among musical notes (Dis sen nance)
Offbeat adj unconventional, unusual
Dubiety n the state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty (du Buy ety)
Ensorcell v arch. enchant, fascinate (in Saw sol)
Loquacious adj tending to talk a great deal, talkative (lo Kway cious)
Dentes n pl or dens, of tooth (Den tees)

Puckish adj playful, especially in a mischievous way
Erstwhile adj former
Sortilege n the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection
Dictatorial adj of or typical of a ruler with total power (dic tat Tor rial)
Professorial adj relating to or characteristic of a professor (pro Fes sor rial)
Intimation n an indication or hint; the action of making something known, especially in an indirect way
Divinatory adj related to divination, which is the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means 占卜 (di Vin natory) 
prima materia n a formless primeval substance regarded as the original material of the universe (Pry ma)
Lintel n a horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window 楣
Cattily adv in a mean, spiteful, or malicious way, often with the intent to hurt or offend
Patently adv clearly, without doubt (Pay tently)
Madcap adj amusingly eccentric 荒唐
Tenuous adj very weak or slight (Ten u ous)
Prefiguration n the act of showing or suggesting something will happen in the future
Bedlamite n arch. madman, lunatic (Bed la mite)
Half-crocked adj slightly drunk or intoxicated
Lectern n a tall stand with a sloping top to hold a book or notes, from which someone, typically a preacher or lecturer, can read while standing up (Lec tun)
Geriatric neuroticism n the presence and impact of neurotic personality traits in older adults 老年神經過敏
Soused adj drunk; marinated; drenched with liquid
Corpore sano - latin, healthy body
Cry wolf - idiom, false alarm

Oneiric adj relating to dreams or dreaming (oh Nai ric)
Aphasia n loss or impairment of the power to use (a Fay shia)
Victrola n a kind of gramophone used particularly in the 1920s and 1930s (vic Trol la)
Sibilant adj making or characterized by a hissing sound (Sib bil lant)
Oeuvre n the body of work of a painter, composer, or author (Eur as in earth vre)
Posit v put forward as fact or as a basis for argument; put in position, place (Pau sit)
Bizarrerie n a thing considered extremely strange & unusual, especially in an amusing way (bizZar rer ry)
Ontological adj relating to the branch of metaphysics dealing with nature of being 本體論 (on toe Logical)
Mentation n the activity of thinking or the process of using one's mind
De rigueur - fr, rigorous
Unequivocal adj leaving no doubt; unambiguous (un e Quiv vical)
Masochism n the tendency to derive sexual gratification from one's own pain or humiliation; the enjoyment of an activity that appears to be painful or tedious 被虐狂 (Mas sik kism) 
Corollary n a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved 必然結果 (cor Rol lary)
Eidolon n (pl eidola) an idealized person or thing; a spectre or phantom (i Dol la)
Keep mum phr remain silent, especially so as not to reveal a secret
Mlle abbr de mademoiselle
Individuate v distinguish from others of the same kind, single out

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

《讀你聽》里程碑 
2021: 0 太太陪同旁聽 全配樂 無剪接 附旁述 總結 文字大綱 不定時播出 
2022: 2.0 全配樂 DaVinci剪接 小字典 作品介紹 智能主持+插畫 文字大綱 定時播出 
2023: 2.1 DaVinci, Descript, CapCut, Suno 大綱+人物介紹+字典 每周播出 
2024: 2.2 初階電容咪 Audacity, ChatGPT注解+插畫 分秒顯示 一小時内容 

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