1988
Orbis de Ignis: circle of fire.
Severance
The Writing on My Father's Hand
In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings: an coined phrase, not sure from what.
Chant of the Paladin: a paladin was one of the twelve knightly peers of Charlemagne; the title evokes The Song of Roland, who was a paladin.
Song of Sophia: sophia is the Greek word for wisdom.
Echolalia: a disorder in which a person uncontrollably repeats what others say; it is also when a baby emulates the sounds of structured speech.
Mother Tongue: a native language?
Ulysses: Latin for Odysseus, also a monstrous book by James Joyce and a poem by Tennyson.