Popular Reviews of Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature

This was such a nice fresh take on the usual ‘secret archive’ sort of theme - fantastic quality audio, brilliant acting, and a thoughtful but intriguing plot.

Excellent! I feel like I'm sitting in an Anthro class I want to be in again, plus a little bit more.

Fantastic. Love the idea, writing and acting is top-notch. I'm eagerly awaiting another lecture!

Binged every episode in a night. So imaginative, well written, intensely researched and beautifully acted. I almost feel like Anterra could be real!

Everything about Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature is excellent. The concept, the acting, the plot, the production... you name it, it's all top shelf! I only wish they had 100 episodes.

Uh... wow. That was... weird. In a good way! But... weird. It's not your normal storytelling, which I quite enjoyed. Settle in, don't overthink it, and just be a part. You'll dig it!

Intriguing because it makes such a clever use of the media (every episode is presented as a record of a "lesson" by the professor). So far it's not dumbing down the matter to make it more accessible to the audience, I appreciate that, but at the same time the plot moves very very slowly and when it does it's quite clumsy. This is mostly a one-man show and indeed I think the scenes with simply the Professor lecturing (and weird accidents happening) work better: the secondary characters are either useless or quite annoying so far, with some plotlines that make little sense or sound a bit ridiculous (like SPOILER............. at some point a certain character is presumed dead... but they were only faking their own death... but another character finds out and is able to track them down with seemingly no time and effort, despite all the supposed secrecy).

The Imperfection by the same podcasters is one my all time favorites, so I've stuck by Modes of Thought through season 4, but I'm not as enthusiastic about this one. These two podcasts couldn't be more different. Modes of Thought has, I'm sure, an intelligent plot, but the story moves so slowly that it's making me impatient, and I'm still not entirely sure what's going on.

This class was informative, thorough, and interesting. The professor is super knowledgeable about Anterran literature and, especially, its cultural and historical contexts. Honestly his knowledge of Anterran civilization is remarkable given how recently the remains of the civilization were discovered. He’s definitely an eccentric guy and lectures can be a little disorganized (he goes on a lot of fun tangents), but he’s a very fair grader and you’ll learn a lot. Highly recommend for anyone interested in ancient history, archaeology, and literature.

Mostly takes the form of a professor's lectures on a [supposedly] recently discovered oldest civilization, and other episodes expand on him, his TA, and other students' opinions of the class. Worldbuilding of the civilization focuses on philosophy (ignorance/knowledge), religion/mythology, and literature. The sound design with background classroom ambiance makes it sound like a recorded lecture.

Excellent world-building, thought provoking, slow unfolding mystery.

Modes of Thought is a slow but rewarding journey deeper into mysteries that feel grounded enough that it can be difficult at times to separate fact from fiction. Delivered in one of the most inventive ways I've seen, it's structured to feel like a college lecture series and absolutely nails it. Try this one and stick with it- it's worth it.

If you like history and archeology and weirdness, give this one a try!"Modes" is an exciting academic (weird combo) experience that feels authentic with its soundscape and characters. Even with all the philosophical ponderings, the story manages to avoid feeling sophomoric or navel-gazing.My only complaint is that the amount of translated texts from the site seemed pretty implausible, to the point that I still feel it's possible that it's all a huge hoax. In fact, there being any translation at all seems pretty out there. I could buy deciphering the meaning of logography with modern methods, but definitely not the sounds of a completely dead language. That's like how Tarzan learned to spell his apeman name in the Latin alphabet from an English picture book.

So very intriguing! I was hooked from the start, mostly because I´m a history buff and a lover of mysterious, ancient culture. But also the excellent writing and acting along with the subtle sound design. The story is slowly unraveling, and as I´m nearing the end of S1 I´m left with all sorts of theories of what is going on. I´m in luck, there´s currently 3 seasons, and I´m not stopping until I get to the end, that´s for sure!