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Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after the lord of the rings and the hobbit, gene wolfes 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. Published in four volumes between 1980 and 1982, gene wolfe s book of the new sun is considered by many to be the greatest science fiction novel ever written, and by some to be one of the great. Gene wolfes vast tome sets many puzzles for the reader, not the least of which is why on earth it isnt better known. It is the most fulfilling of all science fiction books i have ever read. Pdf the book of the new sun book by gene wolfe free. The book of the new sun is considered by many to be wolfes masterwork. The book of the new sun is considered by many to be wolfe s masterwork. Blending the lyric extravagance of fantasy and the keen edge of science fiction, the book of the new sun weaves a powerful tapestry. 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. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 950 pages and is available in hardcover format. The complete book of the new sun gene wolfe macmillan. The main characters of this fantasy, science fiction story are severian. For science fiction readers, the book of the new sun is roughly what. The urth of the new sun is the long awaited sequel to gene wolfes fourvolume classic, the book of the new sun.

The book of the new sun 19801983 is a series of four science fantasy novels, a tetralogy or single fourvolume novel written by the american author gene wolfe. We return to the world of severian, now the autarch of urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test yet. Gene wolfes science fiction is neither operatic nor scientifically. After serving in the korean war he graduated in mechanical engineering. Without debating whether its his greatest achievement, it is clearly the masterwork, the work that gained him recognition from his peers, critics, and general readers as a master of his craft. The first edition of the novel was published in 1983, and was written by gene wolfe.

Chicago suntimes gene wolfes new book soars, falls free, runs like the river that runs through it from universe to universe, between life and death and life again. According to wolfe, in the valuable series companion, the castle of the otter, he wanted to create a vast and believable fantastic setting with. For sciencefiction readers, the book of the new sun is roughly what. The book of the new sun is unanimously acclaimed as gene wolfes most remarkable work, hailed as a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in. The shadow of the torturer, the claw of the conciliator, the sword of the lictor, the citadel of the autarch, the. It inaugurated the socalled solar cycle that wolfe continued by setting.