Gene Wolfe
Hardcover | Pages: 950 pages Rating: 4.19 | 3383 Users | 155 Reviews
List Of Books The Book of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #1-4)
| 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 |
Description To Books The Book of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #1-4)
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.Point Books Conducive To The Book of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #1-4)
| 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 |
Rating Of Books The Book of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #1-4)
Ratings: 4.19 From 3383 Users | 155 ReviewsJudge Of Books The Book of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #1-4)
It'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 IThe Book of the New Sun is one of the greatest works of literature ever written. The Book of the New Sun is really not four novels, but instead one book divided into four parts. It's fundamentally a picaresque novel, although all the incidents are related and produce an overarching narrative, but this is secondary to the picaresque nature of the novel. The novel is set in the far future. The novel is set millions of years in the future, possibly hundreds of millions of years in the future and
The Book of the New Sun: SFFs greatest and most challenging epicOriginally posted at Fantasy LiteratureTHE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is considered by many SFF readers as the greatest, most challenging, and most rewarding SF-fantasy epic ever written in the genre. At the same time, its baroque language, ambiguous plot, unreliable narrator, and depth of symbolism are likely to discourage most casual readers. Therefore, new readers need to dedicate themselves to unraveling the many layers of plot,
I just raised my rating from 4 stars to 5 after my second read-through. The Book of the New Sun ranks among the best books I've read in my 55 years on the planet. I can see why the NYT called it "a major work of twentieth-century American literature" and the Washington Post called Gene Wolfe "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced." The story is set so far in the future that the Sun is dying. That is all I'll say about the plot...no spoilers here! Very well written. Deeply
This is compared to LotR in scope and epicness and also I guess in meandering plotlines.Lord of the Rings at least HAD a plot.This book has a fairly bland main character, no "MacGuffin" even 20 percent in, as far as I can tell, and women who parade around with their dresses ripped and boobs hanging out for no reason other than to provide something pretty for the main character to look at.Eowyn she ain't.This is a nope, nope, nope.
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
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