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The Complete Book of the New Sun
The Complete Book of the New Sun: (The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun) | Gene Wolfe
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This discounted ebundle includes: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun Magic stuff...a masterpiece...the best science fiction I've read in years! Ursula K. Le Guin The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfes most remarkable work, hailed as a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis by Publishers Weekly, and one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, has been exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his professionshowing mercy toward his victim. Tor books by Gene Wolfe The Book of the Long Sun Nightside the Long Sun Lake of the Long Sun Cald of the Long Sun The Wizard Knight The Knight The Wizard Other Novels A Borrowed Man The Fifth Head of Cerberus The Devil in a Forest Peace Free Live Free Latro in the Mist There are Doors Castleview Pandora by Holly Hollander Pirate Freedom An Evil Guest Home Fires The Land Across Collections Endangered Species Storeys from the Old Hotel Castle of Days The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Strange Travelers Innocents Aboard Starwater Strains The Best of Gene Wolfe At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Sad news today. Wolfe, once described by none other than Neil Gaiman as “...the finest living male American writer of SF and fantasy...‘” has passed away. I‘ve read the short book he and Gaiman co-wrote, A Walking Tour of the Shambles, and have long had the tagged book sitting in my TBR pile (my husband heard about it on NPR one day and bought it for me). It might be time to move it to the top of the pile.

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RIP Gene Wolfe 1931 - 2019.

The Book Of The New Sun blew me away when I first read them...and to this day stand as some of my all time favorite reads.

Thanks for the stories Mr. Wolfe. 😞

tournevis Not a good news day, today. 5y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Just saw this on Tor. He was one of the greats. 5y
Leftcoastzen 😞😢 5y
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This is one of my favorite books of all time and one of the most impressive works of sci-fi. It is incredibly intricate (think Joyce), as details from the first page will come back hundreds of pages later. The distant future which Wolfe portrays is revealed only through the eyes of the narrator, Severian, whose story expands in the most unexpected ways.

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