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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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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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 distinct short stories and a play.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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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. From phylogenectically engineered destriers to the multiplicity of the autarch produced by an alzabo, Gene Wolfe has spun a tail that intricately incorporates elements of past and future, science and magic, English and the language of future Urth. Independent tales of an entirely different genre are woven into every fold and crease of Severian's journey. As I dismiss myself to go and usher in the new year, I leave these comments as a testimony to the best novel that I read in 1997.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book along with it's other half (Shadow and Claw) is the nearest to perfect writing in this genre that I've ever read. As LOTR set the standard for fantasy filmaking this and its other half sets the standard for sci-fi writing.
Best sci-fi I've ever read
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