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City of Dis · A cosmicist novella · Twelve movements

The House Without a Master

What becomes of obedience when there is no authority, and of identity when memory cannot establish whose life one has lived?

By Therion Ware · Complete online edition

Dr Émilie Varenne receives an invitation that contains a correction to mathematics she has shared with nobody. In the house that awaits her, rooms are familiar before they have been entered, histories remain mutually incompatible, and the language of permission becomes progressively less useful.

No one will tell her who governs the house. More disturbing still, the possibility that nobody does is taken perfectly seriously.

Audio / Visual Edition

Movement II - The Courtesy of Strangers is available as a narrated and illustrated film (approximately 67 minutes).

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Contents

  1. IThe InvitationMovement I
  2. IIThe Courtesy of StrangersMovement II
  3. IIIThe First RenunciationMovement III
  4. IVThe Measure of an HourMovement IV
  5. VThe Empty PlaceMovement V
  6. VIThe Western CorridorMovement VI
  7. VIIThe Intimacy of AbsenceMovement VII
  8. VIIIThe Second RenunciationMovement VIII
  9. IXThe Absence of AuthorityMovement IX
  10. XThe Architecture of ObedienceMovement X
  11. XIThe Final PermissionMovement XI
  12. XIIBeyond the ThresholdMovement XII
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