Shadow & Claw
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This new Tor Essentials edition of Sword & Citadel contains a new introduction by historian and novelist Ada Palmer, author of the award-winning Too Like the Lightning.
Gene Wolfe has been called "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced" by the Washington Post.
THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is unanimously acclaimed as 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 the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
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 alter forever the realm known as Urth.
"Wonderfully vivid and inventive... the most extraordinary hero in the history of the heroic epic." -The Washington Post
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In the beginning, I was really fascinated by this book, thought the world interesting and was curious, where the story would lead. But after Severian leaves the Citadel, it really gets strange. He walks through surreal places and has strange encounters with strange people. It somehow reminds me on a medieval mystery play, where everything has a second meaning - only that I was missing the key. The second book was a little better - at least it has most of the time something like a plot. But I could not stand the esoteric/religious vibes. Also I had a problem with how the female characters were portrayed: all of them are weak and in need of a man - and mainly defined by their appearance.
Description
This new Tor Essentials edition of Sword & Citadel contains a new introduction by historian and novelist Ada Palmer, author of the award-winning Too Like the Lightning.
Gene Wolfe has been called "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced" by the Washington Post.
THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is unanimously acclaimed as 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 the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
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 alter forever the realm known as Urth.
"Wonderfully vivid and inventive... the most extraordinary hero in the history of the heroic epic." -The Washington Post
Book Information
Posts
In the beginning, I was really fascinated by this book, thought the world interesting and was curious, where the story would lead. But after Severian leaves the Citadel, it really gets strange. He walks through surreal places and has strange encounters with strange people. It somehow reminds me on a medieval mystery play, where everything has a second meaning - only that I was missing the key. The second book was a little better - at least it has most of the time something like a plot. But I could not stand the esoteric/religious vibes. Also I had a problem with how the female characters were portrayed: all of them are weak and in need of a man - and mainly defined by their appearance.