The new SHELVED BY GENRE completes our Mercedes Lackey unit as, unfortunately, Vanyel's promised tragic end is undercut by some less than stellar authorly decisions, ranging from structure to pacing to content. But finally, we get to say The Line: rangedtouch.com/2024/12/06/m…

The turkey is packed away, but why not sneak a little extra? Celebrate Black Friday with the newest SHELVED BY GENRE Bonus Episode, our examination of the cultural document that is THE BEASTMASTER (1982): patreon.com/posts/shelved-by…

Just in time for your holiday travels and travails, a Patreon-exclusive BONUS Bonus episode in which Michael, CMRN, and Austin revisit 1998's classic superhero horror-action flick, BLADE. patreon.com/posts/116832083

SHELVED BY GENRE hits the final stretch of The Last Herald Mage Trilogy with part one of MAGIC'S PRICE, wherein an older Vanyel faces his greatest recurring foe: people trying to get him to date someone new, despite his Depression. Plus, bardic content: rangedtouch.com/2024/11/22/m…

The wheel turns: reunions are made, battles are won, friends are lost, and 30 years of Stephen King's career are summarized and reflected upon as his magnum opus comes to a close with 2004's THE DARK TOWER, on the latest JUST KING THINGS: rangedtouch.com/2024/11/11/t…

SHELVED BY GENRE completes the second book of The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy, with the guys giving their thoughts as Vanyel makes peace with childhood adversaries, solves the mysteries of the Royal House of Lineas, and confronts denizens of THE HUNGER REALM: rangedtouch.com/2024/11/08/m…

It's a BONUS week for SHELVED BY GENRE, so we're talking about 1985's rather imperfect, but very interesting romantic fantasy fable LADYHAWKE, featuring an out-of-place Matthew Broderick and one of the most dissonant soundtracks in film history: patreon.com/posts/shelved-by…

GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES gets lost in a hotel lobby and discusses the work and legacy of Fredric Jameson, who had some thoughts about this situation we're all in back in 1984 with his essay "Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism": rangedtouch.com/2024/10/31/7…

@WarrenIsDead You want the Tower?

Transformed by the years from a depressed teen to a depressed adult, Herald-Mage Vanyel goes home again for a series of awkward family interactions before a mysterious plot breaks out--as we read MAGIC'S PROMISE by Mercedes Lackey for SHELVED BY GENRE. rangedtouch.com/2024/10/25/m…

@ckunzelman You want the Tower?

For the JUST KING THINGS Bonus Episode this month, we begin our limited special event "A Lot of Salem's Lot", starting with the 2004-as-heck miniseries. Next month is the new HBO movie. Forecast there is not so great, but for now, this one's pretty good! patreon.com/posts/113981953

Gather round with all your animal friends as JUST KING THINGS hurtles along toward the conclusion of the Dark Tower saga with 2004's penultimate metafictional grab bag about the the 1960s, the 1990s, and 9/11, SONG OF SUSANNAH: rangedtouch.com/2024/10/14/s…

Have you ever wondered how badly things could go at the midway point of a book? Mercedes Lackey's MAGIC'S PAWN shows just how awful you can make things go for your little wizard protagonist, as we discuss today on the latest SHELVED BY GENRE: rangedtouch.com/2024/10/11/m…

Ever wondered about unicorns? What if there was only one? And it turned into a lady? All set to music by iconic songsmith Jimmy Webb? Wonder no more, as SHELVED BY GENRE covers this and more in our bonus episode on animated fantasy THE LAST UNICORN. patreon.com/posts/113366906

OUT NOW on Game Studies Study Buddies: we talk about board games, early transmedia book-to-game and game-to-book adaptations, and pure humbug with Douglas A. Guerra's SLANTWISE MOVES: GAMES, LITERATURE, AND SOCIAL INVENTION IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA rangedtouch.com/2024/09/30/7…

SHELVED BY GENRE's latest episode covers the first half of Mercedes Lackey's MAGIC'S PAWN, a groundbreaking queer fantasy that is also about hanging out with cool psychic horses (who ARE NOT transformed humans, despite what you might think). rangedtouch.com/2024/09/27/m…

SHELVED BY GENRE bids farewell the Junji Ito unit with our traditional Hallmark movie viewing, and this time the concept really rises to the occasion with THE FINAL DAYS OF PLANET EARTH, possibly the weirdest film to carry Hallmark branding: rangedtouch.com/2024/09/13/f…

On this month's JUST KING THINGS Patreon-exclusive BONUS EPISODE, we are joined by Patrick Klepek of @RemapRadio to discuss the many questionable choices made in the 2017 epic fantasy misfire, THE DARK TOWER. patreon.com/posts/just-king-…

The boss rush to the end of the Dark Tower begins today! Join JUST KING THINGS as they discuss bizarre hobbit-flavored westerns, Asimov robots, and King's explicitly metafictional turn with 2003's WOLVES OF THE CALLA. rangedtouch.com/2024/09/09/w…