The Shadow of the Torturer – Part 1

Shelved By Genre

Ranged Touch

Arts, Books, Education

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 145 minutes

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We talk about Chapters I-VI of The Shadow of the Torturer, the first book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: torture, animal cruelty, misogyny, medical horror including de-gloving, bestiality, and general physical violence. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed.… Continue reading

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0:12.0	Oh Welcome to shelved by genre, show about types of literature in the worlds they imagine.
0:40.6	This season, we are reading Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun.
0:45.9	In this episode is about the chapters 1 through 6 of the Shadow of the Torturer.
0:48.8	For a list of content warnings, please check the episode description.
0:57.4	I am Cameron, and with me here in my ancient guild, built in the husk of a rocket ship are Michael and Austin.
0:59.9	Hey, hello.
1:02.7	Well, we did it.
1:03.2	Good app.
1:04.8	It is a rocket ship.
1:11.7	And that's something that I think there is at least, what is the percentage of readers do you think who missed that it was a rocket ship?
1:16.0	Oh, most of them. I didn't know it until like the third time I read the book. Yeah, I was like,
1:21.7	wait a second, this is a friggin rocket ship. They got a propulsion chamber in the bottom and they're torturing people in it. Uh-huh. Yeah. Check the episode description for content warnings again,
1:27.7	my own way. Yeah, that's episode description for content warnings again. My way.
1:29.4	Yeah, that's going to be important for the next couple hours of your life.
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