Episode

A Sudden Wild Magic

Podcast
Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones
Published
Jan 17, 2026
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Summary

The restraints of knowledge harmed this wild power. In order to use it, Zillah could not know what it was. It would only answer a being as untrammeled as itself. Time for elves, centaurs, demons, gods, witches, monks, princes, soulbonds, spaceships, sex, death, and an ever-present toddler, in undoubtedly the wildest book of Diana Wynne Jones' career to date. Transcript available here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vTTKxVdf2If-PLSfi0NhJkuKC3EeQOUo/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=104165161002412880034&rtpof=true&sd=true], and we'll be back in two weeks with Hexwood!