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My copy of Book of the New Sun (the two-volume Orb edition) contains epigraphs for the first three novels, but nothing for Citadel. In Castle of Days, Wolfe says that he intends to…
04 Jul 2011, 06:07
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Did you know "Cas" was Dorcas right away? I didn't. When I read these books the first time, I didn't realize that Dorcas had been one of the lake's dead until it was spelled out i…
21 May 2011, 21:36
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I'm confused about the atmosphere on the bridge that Severian crosses at the very beginning of his exile (Shadow chapter XIV). Previously he had been walking on the Water Way, and…
17 May 2011, 07:40
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Shadow Grammar Puzzle: When Ultan meets Severian, he asks him whose apprentice he is; Severian replies that Master Gurloes sent him and that Master Palaemon teaches the apprentice…
13 May 2011, 09:15
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Hi folks-- first-time poster. Doing a pretty detailed re-read of New Sun. I'm having trouble visualizing the sundial in the Atrium of Time. It's described as "one of those old, fa…
12 May 2011, 07:27
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