Join Cameron, Michael, and Austin as they book club their way through the classics, and some not-so-classics, of genre literature.
The Shelved By Genre podcast is an absolute gem for fans of genre literature. Hosted by Austin Walker, Michael Lutz, and Cameron Kunzelman, this podcast delves into the depths of various genre books, providing insightful analysis and engaging discussion. It's a show that truly brings together a love for literature and a passion for thoughtful conversation.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the knowledge and expertise of the hosts. Each host brings their own unique perspective and background to the discussions, resulting in a well-rounded and comprehensive exploration of the books they cover. They have a deep understanding of the genre tropes, themes, and conventions, which allows them to provide meaningful insights and connect readers to the larger literary landscape.
Another standout feature of Shelved By Genre is the chemistry between the hosts. Their banter is delightful and their camaraderie shines through in every episode. They have a genuine enthusiasm for the material they discuss, which is infectious for listeners. The conversations flow naturally and organically, creating an enjoyable listening experience that feels like being part of a book club with friends.
However, one potential downside of this podcast is its niche appeal. While it provides fantastic analysis for genre literature enthusiasts, it may not be as accessible or engaging for listeners who are not already familiar with or interested in these types of books. It might be helpful if the show included occasional episodes or segments that explore more mainstream or popular works to attract a wider audience.
In conclusion, The Shelved By Genre podcast is an absolute must-listen for fans of genre literature. With its knowledgeable hosts, engaging discussions, and infectious enthusiasm, it offers a unique space for exploring beloved books in depth. Whether you're new to genre fiction or a seasoned reader looking for fresh perspectives on your favorite novels, this podcast has something to offer everyone who appreciates thoughtful literary analysis and lively conversation.
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We talk about the second part of Walter M. Miller Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Content warnings for: racism, antisemitism, suicide On the next episode, we're discussing Part 3 of A Canticle for Leibowitz. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael… Continue reading A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 2
We talk about the first part of Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Content warnings for: ableism and cannibalism On the next episode, we're discussing Part 2 of A Canticle for Leibowitz. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael… Continue reading A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 1
We talk about the classic cyberpunk film that Mick Garris made in 1998. Content warnings for: stalking, misogyny, medical and body horror, ableism. On the next episode, we're discussing the film Virtual Obsession. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz,… Continue reading Virtual Obsession
We finish Mona Lisa Overdrive and the Sprawl Trilogy! Content warnings for: misogyny, abuse, racism. On the next episode, we’re discussing the film Virtual Obsession. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by… Continue reading Mona Lisa Overdrive – Part 2
We read the first 17 chapters of Mona Lisa Overdrive. Content warnings for: misogyny, domestic abuse, racism, cannibalism. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan Mallory (https://linktr.ee/jordanmallory) The show theme song… Continue reading Mona Lisa Overdrive – Part 1
We finish Count Zero! CWs for: medical horror, misogyny, racism. For the next show, we are reading the first 17 chapters of Mona Lisa Overdrive. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. You can get the mentioned… Continue reading Count Zero – Part 2
We read the first sixteen chapters of Count Zero. CWs for: For the next show, we are finishing Count Zero. CWs for: medical horror, misogyny, racism. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. You can get the… Continue reading Count Zero – Part 1
We finish William Gibson's novel Neuromancer. CWs for: racism, ableism, cannibalism, medical horror, incest, sexual assault. For the next show, we are reading the first 16 chapters of Count Zero. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.… Continue reading Neuromancer – Part 2
We read the first ten chapters of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer. CWs for: racism, body horror. For the next show, we are reading the rest of Neuromancer. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. You can get… Continue reading Neuromancer – Part 1
We read the rest of the stories of William Gibson's Burning Chrome. CWs for: misogyny, rape, ableism. For the next show, we are reading the first ten chapters of Neuromancer. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.… Continue reading Burning Chrome – Part 2
We read the first six stories of William Gibson’s Burning Chrome. CWs for: sexual assault, racism, addiction, animal abuse, suicide. For the next show, we are finishing Burning Chrome. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. You… Continue reading Burning Chrome – Part 1
We watch the Hallmark film Love in Paradise. For the next episode, we are reading the first five stories of William Gibson’s Burning Chrome. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. You can get the mentioned shirt… Continue reading Love in Paradise
We finish Magic’s Price. CWs for: extreme sexual assault, homophobia, animal abuse. For the next show, we are watching Love in Paradise. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. You can get the mentioned shirt for a… Continue reading Magic’s Price – Part 2
We read the first eight chapters of Magic’s Price. CWs for: homophobia. For the next show, we are reading the rest of Magic’s Price. CMRN might be misremembering the plot of “Dethcarraldo” as something that actually happened. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by… Continue reading Magic’s Price – Part 1
We finish Magic’s Promise. CWs for: child and domestic abuse, incest, misogyny, homophobia. For the next show, we are reading the first eight chapters of Magic’s Price. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. You can get… Continue reading Magic's Promise – Part 2
We read the first seven chapters of Magic’s Promise, the second book in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy. CWs for: Homophobia, incest, child abuse and domestic violence. For the next show, we are finishing Magic’s Promise. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman,… Continue reading Magic’s Promise – Part 1
We finish Magic's Pawn, the first book in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy. CWs for: manipulation and abuse, suicide and self-harm, homophobia, sexual assault and rape. For the next show, we are reading the first seven chapters of Magic’s Promise. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is… Continue reading Magic’s Pawn – Part 2
We read the first seven chapters of Magic’s Pawn, the first book in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy. CWs for: homophobia, domestic abuse, csa. For the next show, we are reading through the end of Magic’s Pawn. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron… Continue reading Magic’s Pawn – Part 1
We talk about Final Days of Planet Earth. We had some audio issues on this one. Please forgive us. CWs for: misogyny, body horror. For the next show, we are reading the first seven chapters of Mercedes Lackey’s Magic’s Pawn. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show… Continue reading Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
We read Sensor. CWs for: misogyny, body horror, suicide, descriptions of gore. For the next show, we will watch an as-yet-unnamed Hallmark movie. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan Mallory… Continue reading Sensor
We read Remina. CWs for: misogyny, torture, body horror. For the next show, we are reading all of Sensor. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan Mallory (https://linktr.ee/jordanmallory) The show theme… Continue reading Remina
We read Gyo. CWs for: extreme body horror, disease and infection, suicide, misogyny, sexual violence, animal mistreatment and death. For the next show, we are reading all of Remina. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The… Continue reading Gyo
We read the rest of Uzumaki. CWs for: body horror and gore, medical horror, cannibalism. For the next show, we are reading all of Gyo. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by… Continue reading Uzumaki – Part 2
We read the first ten chapters of Uzumaki. CWs for: body horror and gore, suicide, self-harm and mutilation, automotive accidents. For the next show, we are reading through the end of Uzumaki. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and… Continue reading Uzumaki – Part 1
We finish up Tomie. CWs for: extreme body horror, misogyny, descriptions of mutilation, dismemberment, and gore, medical horror, bondage and torture, suicide, pedophilia and child sexual abuse, trichophobia, burn injuries, bullying, racism, suicide, cannibalism. For the next show, we are reading Chapters 1-10 of Uzumaki. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the… Continue reading Tomie – Part 2
We talk about the first nine stories of Tomie. CWs for: extreme body horror, misogyny, descriptions of mutilation, dismemberment, and gore, medical horror, torture, suicide, pedophilia, cannibalism. For the next show, we are reading the rest of Tomie. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted… Continue reading Tomie – Part 1
We talk about The Good Witch. CWs for: terminal illness, bullying, child abuse. For the next show, we are reading the first nine chapters of Junji Ito’s Tomie. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show… Continue reading The Good Witch (2008)
We talk about the rest of the big red omnibus. CWs for: misogyny, suicide. For the next show, we are discussing The Good Witch. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan… Continue reading Finishing the Earthsea Omnibus
We talk about The Other Wind. CWs for: misogyny and Islamophobia For the next show, we are discussing the rest of the Earthsea omnibus. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan… Continue reading The Other Wind
We talk about the back half of Tales from Earthsea. Content warning for misogyny, mind control and manipulation, sexual assault, incest, and childhood sexual abuse. For the next show, we are discussing the entirety of The Other Wind. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted… Continue reading Tales from Earthsea – Part 2
We talk about the stories “The Finder” and “Darkrose and Diamond” from Tales from Earthsea. Content warning for misogyny, slavery, racism. For the next show, we are discussing the rest of Tales From Earthsea. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael… Continue reading Tales from Earthsea – Part 1
We talk about Tehanu. Content warning for misogyny, rape, ableism, fire-related injury, physical abuse, child sexual abuse, slavery, mind control, torture. For the next show, we are discussing the Foreword, Finder, and Darkrose from The Tales of Earthsea. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted… Continue reading Tehanu
We talk about The Farthest Shore. Content warning for drug addiction and slavery. For the next show, we are discussing the entirety of Tehanu. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan… Continue reading The Farthest Shore
We talk about The Tombs of Atuan. Content warning for torture. For the next show, we are discussing the entirety of The Farthest Shore. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan… Continue reading The Tombs of Atuan
We complete A Wizard of Earthsea. For the next show, we are discussing the entirety of The Tombs of Atuan. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan Mallory (https://linktr.ee/jordanmallory) The show… Continue reading A Wizard of Earthsea – Part 2
We talk about chapters 1 – 4 of A Wizard of Earthsea. For the next show, we are talking about chapters 5 – 10 of A Wizard of Earthsea. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The… Continue reading A Wizard of Earthsea – Part 1
We talk about Next Stop, Christmas. For the next show, we are talking about chapters 1-4 of A Wizard of Earthsea. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by Jordan Mallory (https://linktr.ee/jordanmallory) The… Continue reading Next Stop, Christmas
We talk about The Urth of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: incest, misogyny, rape, racism. For the next show, we are talking about Next Stop, Christmas. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.… Continue reading The Urth of the New Sun
We talk about Chapters XXIV through the end of The Citadel of the Autarch, the fourth book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: torture, misogyny, racism, incest. For the next show, we are reading all of The Urth of the New Sun. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and… Continue reading The Citadel of the Autarch – Part 4
We talk about Chapters XXIII through XXXIII of The Citadel of the Autarch, the fourth book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: racism, misogyny, pedophilia, sexual assault and rape, suicide, incest, cannibalism. For the next show, we are reading through the end of The Citadel of the Autarch. You can… Continue reading The Citadel of the Autarch – Part 3
We talk about Chapters X through XXII of The Citadel of the Autarch, the fourth book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: slavery, torture, misogyny, racism, sexual assault and rape, wartime violence. For the next show, we are reading Chapters XXIII – XXXIII of The Citadel of the Autarch. You… Continue reading The Citadel of the Autarch – Part 2
We talk about Chapters I through IX of The Citadel of the Autarch, the fourth book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny and homophobia. For the next show, we are reading Chapters X – XXII of The Citadel of the Autarch. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show… Continue reading The Citadel of the Autarch – Part 1
We talk about Chapters XXV through the Appendix of The Sword of the Lictor, the third book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: suicide, body and medical/surgical horror, child sexual abuse. For the next show, we are reading Chapters I – IX of The Citadel of the Autarch. You can… Continue reading The Sword of the Lictor – Part 3
We talk about Chapters XIII – XXIV of The Sword of the Lictor, the third book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: racism, child death, surgical horror. For the next show, we are reading through the end of the book. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access… Continue reading The Sword of the Lictor – Part 2
We talk about Chapters I – XII of The Sword of the Lictor, the third book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: torture and imprisonment, racism, misogyny, and rape. For the next show, we are reading XIII – XXIV. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the… Continue reading The Sword of the Lictor – Part 1
We talk about Chapters XX – Appendix of The Claw of the Conciliator, the second book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: physical abuse, misogyny, sexual assault and rape, racism, suicide. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron… Continue reading The Claw of the Conciliator – Part 3
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