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| Original Title: | The Book of the New Sun |
| ISBN: | 1568658079 (ISBN13: 9781568658070) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2tmhh/wolfe.html |
| Series: | The Book of the New Sun #1-4, Solar Cycle #1-4 omnibus |
| Characters: | Severian |
Gene Wolfe
Hardcover | Pages: 950 pages Rating: 4.19 | 3383 Users | 155 Reviews
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Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his victims, and journeying to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est. This edition contains the first four volumes of the series.
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| Title | : | The Book of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #1-4) |
| Author | : | Gene Wolfe |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | 1st Science Fiction Book Club Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 950 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 1998 by SFBC (first published 1983) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.19 From 3383 Users | 155 ReviewsJudge Appertaining To Books The Book of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #1-4)
I finished this 4-volume set a couple weeks ago.Since that time, I've been thinking about it and reading about it and I even listened to a podcast that analyzed each chapter of book 1.The story takes place a million years in Earth's future. The sun is dying. The Earth - now called "Urth" - has resorted to a medieval society, but it still retains remnants of its forgotten technology. For example, man no longer can travel between the stars, but old spaceships are repurposed as buildings and alienIt's difficult for me to "review" this book because of the profound affect it had on me when I first read it. I will admit to being biased. I read these books within a year or so after their individual release(s). My personal prelude to this series was LOTR/Sim, Zelanzy, Moorcock, Asimov, Heinlein, Vance, (as a kid I cut my teeth on Lewis, Hobbit, Lieber, Feist, Anthony, etc.) I had read through what many consider as classics of the genre, most of them multiple times. I tell you this because I
I just couldn't get through this book. I read 400 pages and just had enough. I know it is heralded as wonderful sciencfiction/fantasy and has won all kinds of awards, but for me it was just too rambling and difficult to follow in any enjoyable way.
This was a book club side read. First, I was cautioned it was a difficult read - I did not find that at all. Additionally, I've read too many books of late that are just regurgitations of facts and this was a refreshing change from that 'genre'.This is a craft of thought and story telling at its finest. It is now on my "I'd read it again" shelf which has not occurred in a very long time. Its very quotable, lends itself to reading aloud and is fantastically current on many levels. Its about
Like many readers, my second instinct after hearing about a seminal work of fiction is to get the gist of what it is (the first being to jot down its title/author). Just a smidgeon. A crumb of datum to warn me what I'm in for.The thing that surprised me about The Book of the New Sun is that it's impervious to this approach. From reviews I found hyperboles. Blurbs about its sci-fi and fantasy trappings, its layers, its unreliable narration, its imaginative scope and allusions to everything from
I got through seventy pages in three months, and then I put it down. I realized I got no joy from it, that I would find reasons not to read it. Seeing Neil Gaiman's praise on the cover made my heart sink, but I admit defeat. I feel like I just watched all the raw footage from "Planet Earth", the hours of following around some bird waiting for it to do something, and I don't even have David Attenborough to narrate. Actually, I finally understand why people say, "I don't really get science
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