Gene Wolfe
The Shadow of the Torturer
The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
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The Claw of the Conciliator
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 2
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant so far
- By Alison Hain on 2024-02-03
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The Claw of the Conciliator
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: The Book of the New Sun, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2009-12-23
- Language: English
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The Urth of the New Sun
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 5
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Listeners return to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test, to become the legendary New Sun or die....
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The Urth of the New Sun
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 5
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: The Book of the New Sun, Book 5
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-12
- Language: English
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On Blue’s Waters
- Book of the Short Sun, Book 1
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
Horn now tells his own story. Though life is hard on the newly settled planet of Blue, Horn and his family have made a decent life for themselves. But Horn is the only one who can locate the great leader Silk, and convince him to return to Blue and lead them all to prosperity....
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On Blue’s Waters
- Book of the Short Sun, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Series: Book of the Short Sun, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2022-05-03
- Language: English
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The Citadel of the Autarch
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 4
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
The Citadel of the Autarch brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion....
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The Citadel of the Autarch
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 4
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: The Book of the New Sun, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2010-01-12
- Language: English
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In Green’s Jungles
- Book of the Short Sun, Book 2
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest from his home on the planet Blue in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Now Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itself complex....
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4 out of 5 stars
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a fantastic story but I have no idea what it was about
- By JCRW on 2024-01-11
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In Green’s Jungles
- Book of the Short Sun, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Series: Book of the Short Sun, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2022-05-03
- Language: English
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Litany of the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Books 1 and 2
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun that together make up the first half of The Book of the Long Sun....
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Litany of the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Books 1 and 2
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Series: Book of the Long Sun Series, Book 1-2
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-08
- Language: English
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Soldier of Arete
- Latro, Book 2
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Gregory Connors
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The second volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who, while fighting in Greece, received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In return it gave him the ability to converse with supernatural creatures, gods, and goddesses....
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Soldier of Arete
- Latro, Book 2
- Narrated by: Gregory Connors
- Series: Latro, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-19
- Language: English
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The Sword of the Lictor
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 3
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
The Sword of the Lictor is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterpiece
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-10-26
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The Sword of the Lictor
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 3
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: The Book of the New Sun, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2010-01-12
- Language: English
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Epiphany of the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Books 3 and 4
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 29 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
The two novels combined in this omnibus (Caldé of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun) comprise the second half of Gene Wolfe's series The Book of the Long Sun....
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Epiphany of the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Books 3 and 4
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Series: Book of the Long Sun Series, Book 3-4
- Length: 29 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-08
- Language: English
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The Knight
- The Wizard Knight Series, Book One
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Able and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him....
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The Knight
- The Wizard Knight Series, Book One
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Series: The Wizard Knight Series, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-18
- Language: English
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The Shadow of the Torturer
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 1
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
The tale of a young Severian, an apprentice to the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession - showing mercy towards his victim....
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5 out of 5 stars
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My new favorite book series
- By Liam on 2021-02-14
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The Shadow of the Torturer
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: The Book of the New Sun, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2010-01-12
- Language: English
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Return to the Whorl
- Book of the Short Sun, Book 3
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Horn has embarked on a quest in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. He has traveled from his home on the planet Blue, reached the mysterious planet Green, and visited the great starship, the Whorl and even, somehow, the distant planet Urth. But Horn's identity has become ambiguous....
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Return to the Whorl
- Book of the Short Sun, Book 3
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Series: Book of the Short Sun, Book 3
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2022-05-03
- Language: English
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Soldier of the Mist
- Latro, Book 1
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Gregory Connors
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In return it gave him the ability to converse with supernatural creatures, gods, and goddesses who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible performance of a great book
- By Ori Kowarsky on 2023-09-16
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Soldier of the Mist
- Latro, Book 1
- Narrated by: Gregory Connors
- Series: Latro, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-19
- Language: English
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The Wizard
- The Wizard Knight Series, Book Two
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Gene Wolfe's The Wizard Knight duology is in the rare company of those works which move past the surface of fantasy and drink from the wellspring of myth. Magic swords, dragons, giants, quests, love, honor, nobility - all the familiar features of fantasy come to life in this work....
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The Wizard
- The Wizard Knight Series, Book Two
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Series: The Wizard Knight Series, Book 2
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-18
- Language: English
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Soldier of Sidon
- Latro, Book 3
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Gregory Connors
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Latro now finds himself in Egypt, a land of singing girls, of spiteful and conniving deities. Without his memory, his is unsure of everything, except for his desire to be free of the curse that causes him to forget....
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Soldier of Sidon
- Latro, Book 3
- Narrated by: Gregory Connors
- Series: Latro, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-19
- Language: English
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A Borrowed Man
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer....
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3 out of 5 stars
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great story if you can get through the narration
- By JCRW on 2024-10-23
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A Borrowed Man
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Series: A Borrowed Man, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2015-10-20
- Language: English
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Interlibrary Loan
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Hundreds of years in the future our civilization is shrunk down but we go on. There is advanced technology, there are robots. And there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person, his personality an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer....
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Interlibrary Loan
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Series: A Borrowed Man, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2020-06-30
- Language: English
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Nightside the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Book 1
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Life on The Whorl, and the struggles and triumphs of Patera Silk to satisfy the demands of the gods, will captivate listeners yearning for something new and different in science fiction, for the magic of the future....
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Nightside the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Series: Book of the Long Sun Series, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-08
- Language: English
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The Wolfe at the Door
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The Wolfe at the Door is a brand-new collection from one of America's premiere literary giants, showcasing some material been seen before....
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The Wolfe at the Door
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2023-11-07
- Language: English
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Caldé of the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Book 3
- Written by: Gene Wolfe
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Journeying aboard the generational starship The Whorl, the young priest Patera Silk becomes a prophet and revolutionary as he questions his faith while confronting a crime lord....
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Caldé of the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Book 3
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Series: Book of the Long Sun Series, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-08
- Language: English
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