completed version - Donaldson, Moorcock etc

Gerry Quinn · 09 Aug 2011, 11:24 · from 2011-August.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:24:14 +0100
Subject: (urth) completed version -  Donaldson, Moorcock etc
References: <4E4018C6.3030407 at irit.fr>
Message-ID: <68C7293C23F5490E823FD1179CCE4DFE@jill>


----- Original Message ----- 

> - Master torturer in Elric story - hybrid of torture device
> from "In the penal colony" by Kafka:
>> an elaborate torture and
> execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his
> skin in a script before letting him die (Wiki)

Wolfe also pinched that idea!  It is one of the devices shown by Gurloes to 
Thecla before her excruciation, though he mentions that it does not work.

- Gerry Quinn

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