gene wolfe

So, has anybody else read this wonderfully odd book? Personally, I found it to be an incredibly difficult book to read - normally I can just sit down and zip through a novel in a single night. This book, on the other hand, still demands my attention, even after several weeks since its...

Here's a piece I wrote several years ago on Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus. I never did find out if I'd solved the book's puzzle correctly...

Ok, so I'm in the process of re-reading Gene Wolfe's New Sun series. And I have some questions for debate. There will be SPOILERS below, so beware. *************SPOILERS***************** Dorcas. I have to admit that Dorcas has always confused me. When we first meet her, and she is...

Its finished now I could hardly put it down! My god how did I miss this author all these years? That has to be one of the strangest worlds I have ever had the pleasure to read. Rahl

Has anybody read these? Made up of 3 books, In Green's Jungles, On Blue's Waters, and Return to the Whorl, it picks up from where the Book of the Long Sun left off and shows the colonisation of Green and Blue by people from the Whorl, describes whether Patera Silk died or not, and what aliens...

The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe Since this is a short little novella, most people should have finished by now. If you haven't finished it yet, please do not read the following thread as there are quite possible spoilers contained herein. My personal thoughts: I found the piece to...

I've found this published info for Gene Wolfe :) Please do add any further information about future publications :D Series Urth : Book of the New Sun 1. The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) 2. The Claw of the Conciliator (1980) 3. The Sword of the Lictor (1981) 4. The Citadel of the...

I just read 'Shadow and Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe. It was fairly difficult read, and at times a little boring (and confusing). However I kept turning the pages ... Funny thing is I can't tell if I liked the book or not. On some levels the story was so...

So I'm now reading The Book of the New Sun, starting with Shadow and Claw. Initial impression after chapter 1 - approx 30 pages... Nothing much has happened, am I'm personally finding the reading a little limp and prosaic. The style itself reminds me of late 19th century writers, but...

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It seems that the whole Book of the New Sun is the starter for a larger series - but how do the books of the Long Sun fit into it? Do they follow directly - or some distant point in time? Or are they prologues? In fact, are any of Gene Wolfe's works considered as prologues for Book of the New...

Here is a blurb about this series that I found here: http://mysite.verizon.net/~vze2tmhh/wolfe.html The series is set far into the future. Earth's (or Urth's) sun is dying out. The story is narrated by the main character, Severian, a journeyman in the Order of the Seekers of Truth and...