Why people recommend it
Through the Looking-Glass is a classic children's fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll that follows Alice's adventures in a strange, mirror-image world structured around a game of chess. On The Book Review, Pamela Paul mentioned reading this imaginative sequel aloud to her youngest child. Matt Haig appeared on the same podcast to discuss the book, recalling it alongside Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a treasured family heirloom edition. Also on The Book Review, Tina Jordan shared an archival story about an early London publishing house edition that featured illustrations slightly askew on the page. On People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt and guest Sarah Hart discussed how the novel serves as a genuine game of chess, using the board game to structure its entire narrative pattern. Additionally, Reggie Watts and Rich Benoit mentioned separate books by John Lilly on The Joe Rogan Experience, with Benoit specifically recalling instructions on building a sensory deprivation tank in Lilly's work. Finally, Tony Hawk reminisced on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von about being a fan of the band KISS in the 1970s and how the group famously contributed their own blood to the ink vats of a Marvel comic book, rounding out a diverse set of cultural and literary recollections from the podcasts.
Who recommended it
- Matt Haig Discussed
- Steve Levitt Discussed
- Pamela Paul Recommended
- Tina Jordan Discussed
- Joe Rogan Discussed
- Sarah Hart Discussed
- Rich Benoit Discussed
Matt Haig — 1 mention
“So, it's the closest thing I've got to a family heirloom and it was Through the Looking Glass and Alice's Adventures.”
Steve Levitt — 1 mention
“Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess and he actually said you could play that book as a genuine game of chess”
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“and you know the nice thing about this is I'm actually reading through the Looking Glass right now allowed to my youngest child”
Tina Jordan — 1 mention
“and then the book review editor goes on to supply a little context and he reminds the times readers that a London Publishing House very early on printed an addition of leis carols through a looking glass with the illustrations slightly a skew on the page”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
“but all that is created by lily lily wrote a bunch of books on it like the center of the cyclone the deep self”
Sarah Hart — 1 mention
“he hides it in some of the patterns in Alice in Wonderland and in through the Looking Glass and then games Alice in Wonderland is based on cards there's the queen of hearts and those things Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess”
Rich Benoit — 1 mention
“and then i read a book called the deep self and that was a book that lily wrote about you know I think that one each he even had instruction on how to build a tank”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“And I grew up a fan of KISS in the 70s. And KISS did that in comic books, in Marvel Comics. They made a KISS comic book and all the members of the band put their blood into the ink vat.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Once upon a Prime
- The Luminaries
- A Novel Love Story
- A backward glance
- Autumn
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“are you a through thee Looking Glass fan”