Author: Gene Wolfe Year: 1983 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fantasy, Science fiction
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ISBNs: 9781568658070 1568658079 |
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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.
This book is part of the "The Book of the New Sun" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Shadow and Claw" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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