The Commonwealth The Book of the New Sun (1980–1983, 1987) is a four-volume science fantasy novel [2] written by the American author Gene Wolfe. The work is in four parts with a fifth novel acting as a coda to the main story. It inaugurated the "Solar Cycle" that Wolfe continued by setting other works in the same universe (The Book of the Long Sun series, and The Book of the Short Sun series ...
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 ...
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Spoilers FAQs about The Book of the New Sun Reviews About the Author Conclusion Introduction What is The Book of the New Sun about? This book is an extraordinary epic set a million years in the future. It unfolds in a transformed Earth where humans have lost cultural memory. The protagonist, Severian, is a torturer exiled after sympathizing ...
Summary of 'The Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe: A Detailed Synopsis
Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed and hailed as “a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis” (Publishers Weekly) Wolfe’s classic series blends elements of fantasy and science fiction to tell the story of the disgraced torturer Severian. The series comprises the award-winning books: The Shadow of the ...