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"Outstanding...A major work of twentieth-century American literature." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Wonderfully vivid and inventive...the most extraordinary hero in the history of the heroic epic." --"Washington Post Book World"
"Brilliant...terrific...a fantasy so epic it beggars the mind. An extraordinary work of art!" --"Philadelphia Inquirer"
"Wonderfully vivid and inventive...the most extraordinary hero in the history of the heroic epic." --"Washington Post Book World"
"Brilliant...terrific...a fantasy so epic it beggars the mind. An extraordinary work of art!" --"Philadelphia Inquirer"
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The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's 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 T"he Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sword & Citadel "brings together the final two books of the tetralogy in one volume:
"The Sword of the Lictor" is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home.
"The Citadel of the Autarch" brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion, as Severian clashes in a final reckoning with the dread Autarch, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will forever alter the realm known as Urth.
"Brilliant . . . terrific . . . a fantasy so epic it beggars the mind. An extraordinary work of art!"-"Philadelphia Inquirer"
"The Book of the New Sun establishes [Wolfe's] preeminence, pure and simple. . . . The Book of the New Sun contains elements of Spenserian allegory, Swiftian satire, Dickensian social consciousness and Wagnerian mythology. Wolfe creates a truly alien social order that the reader comes to experience from within . . . once into it, there is no stopping.""--The New York Times Book Review"
"The Sword of the Lictor" is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home.
"The Citadel of the Autarch" brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion, as Severian clashes in a final reckoning with the dread Autarch, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will forever alter the realm known as Urth.
"Brilliant . . . terrific . . . a fantasy so epic it beggars the mind. An extraordinary work of art!"-"Philadelphia Inquirer"
"The Book of the New Sun establishes [Wolfe's] preeminence, pure and simple. . . . The Book of the New Sun contains elements of Spenserian allegory, Swiftian satire, Dickensian social consciousness and Wagnerian mythology. Wolfe creates a truly alien social order that the reader comes to experience from within . . . once into it, there is no stopping.""--The New York Times Book Review"
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Unparalleled, yes. Yet, I must offer a somewhat askew opinion of all four parts of Mr. Wolfe's magnificent series: There is much meandering and often seemingly parenthetical material to these episodes of Severian. Some of them are less than successfully interesting, others seem deliberately obtuse. Yes, Mr. Wolfe can illuminate by misdirection; but sometimes that misdirection is a distraction. In any case, after having read the entire series of four installments or movements - as you prefer to consider them - three times,I must confess that the Sword of The Lictor is, to my mind, perfect. Would that the other three shared the same wealth of plain old-fashioned narrative drive! Superb as the inventiveness, the brilliance of language and writing and overall ambiance of this masterpiece is, there are numerous tiresome stretches. Wolfe's virtue sometimes results in his only vice worth mentioning: over complicated indefiniteness -- he just hates resolution. This poetic openness of style, this opacity that makes New Sun so dreamlike, also can result in an aggravating diffuseness of meaning, as if he is afraid of limiting the story's scope or its resonance -- little chance of that though there is! Which brings me to that fith installment: Urth of The New Sun is the best example of over- mythopoeia, if that is the right word, I have ever seen (until Hyperion). After reading the fourth installment, Citadel of the Autarch, to discover its beautiful but unresolved finale to this long, long journey, I wanted to throw the book against the wall. In fact, I think I did (18 years ago). But after Urth, I vowed never again to let Mr. Wolfe take me on any more quests, or whatever it was! Of course, now I am planning to read The Litany of the Long Sun, so there is hope for me yet. Anyway, be prepared for wonder and beauty and deep, deep imagination...but at a price!
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What Frank Herbert attempted and only partially succeeded at in the DUNE series--a tale of theosophy and apotheosis that keeps its head in the heavens and its feet down to Earth (or Urth)--Gene Wolfe does with the apparent effortlessness of a true master. I consider myself well-read in general, but THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is easily one of the two or three most difficult texts I've ever encountered...it's the ULYSSES of science fiction.
Wolfe presents us with a cosmogony staggering in its scope and detail and challenges us, along with his narrator Severian the torturer, to puzzle out its secrets. He poses questions to us that, until we stumble across the answers, we weren't even aware were asked. The story is filled to the brim with Biblical allusions, rich metaphor, high adventure, and--at the last--revelations and insight that feel authentic rather than contrived or exaggerated. THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN makes you work for your entertainment, but what you come away with really sticks to your ribs.
Information about Mr. Wolfe is depressingly hard to come by, so I can only marvel at the kind of mind that could have produced something this compelling, truthful, and--let's not forget--entertaining.
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I have read this series over and over and everytime I read it I rediscover something or uncover a gem I missed. This is a series that you can read over and over and enjoy it on a new level every time. A must read.
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Justifies the Existence of Science-Fiction
If Gene Wolfe's BOOK OF THE NEW SUN stood alone, towering over a vast field of L. Ron Hubbard "blockbusters" and the latter works of Piers Anthony, surrounded by the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Mai 2000 von Alex D. Groce
Science Fiction's Greatest Contribution to Literature
If science fiction will ever gain any sort of critical respect from the literary canon, this is the type of book that would do it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Dezember 1999 von Jason Voegele
Best-written sci-fi/fantasy ever
Wolfe's writing is second to none.
Veröffentlicht am 27. Oktober 1999 von J. E. Stewart
Excellent and moving, a composition to live by
When I first read this series as a teenager, I did not understand the weighty implications, symbolism and depth behind the literature. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Oktober 1999 von eric isaacs (eisaacs@aol.com)
The Language of Fantasy.
Never short on vocabulary. The most enriching books I have read in the genre. Between the start of the first book and the end of the fourth their are half a dozen completely... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
One of the greatest stories ever told
This book encompases the second half of the New Sun series, and you should first see the reviews for the first two books (in one volume), "Shadow & Claw". Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Juli 1998 von Stephen
A superior piece of work, falls nothing short of literature.
Until my roommate handed me Wolfe's four part "Book of the New Sun" I did not believe that I would ever come across another writer of Tolkien's caliber. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Januar 1998 von Jeff Maxwell
The best science fiction novel there is.
I recently read for the third time The Book of the New Sun (four volumes, now available in these two fine trade paperbacks. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. März 1997 veröffentlicht
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