I lack knowledge on how much subsequent novels can help in understanding BotNS, and how knowledge of BotNS is required to understand them, how closely they are connected, so that jumping to them with fresh memory of BotNS could be beneficial.Ī) Take a break and read whatever you want and return when you're eager to continue with Solar Cycle and then (choose one of the point below)ī) Start a reread with concurrent Alzabo podcast listeningĭ) Read Urth of the New Sun and then continue with Long Sun and Short Sun. Kindle 29.58 Rate this book The Book of the New Sun 1-5 The Complete Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 4. 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. After such demanding read I feel I should take a break and read something easier, but on the other hand I feel frustrated that probably I haven't even grasped/understood 20% (or less) of the book deeper layers, so I will end up not completely satisfied after finishing. The author of over three dozen award-wining novels and story collections, he is regarded as one of modern fantasys most important writers. My head is banging already on what to do after I finish it. I've close to finish Sword of Lictor and then Moving straight to Citadel. The novel takes place in the far future, when the sun has so diminished in radiance that the stars are. I’M A Celebrity is set to be stirred up once more as TWO new All Star legends are dropped into the camp. However while the autochthons are vaguely described as tribal and primitive, they are not necessarily described as human or sub-human. The completed Book of the New Sun establishes his pre-eminence, pure and simple.

There are regular humans, ape-men and Zoanthrops, and probably some other variations. 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. Hello everyone as this is my first post here. In The Book of the New Sun there are many variations of humans and other life forms.

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